Biafran War Memories

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    • I don’t like remembering all this
      December 31, 2025

      I don’t like remembering all this

    • Coming back with parts of their body
      November 30, 2025

      Coming back with parts of their body

    • As far as you are an Igbo man, they will kill you
      January 5, 2020

      As far as you are an Igbo man, they will kill you

    • I drink my piss…I shit maggots
      January 4, 2020

      I drink my piss…I shit maggots

    • When we got home, there was nothing
      August 21, 2019

      When we got home, there was nothing

    • Uli airport was what made us survive
      August 8, 2019

      Uli airport was what made us survive

    • Give us gun, we are all angry
      June 26, 2019

      Give us gun, we are all angry

    • I was very proud to be a Biafran
      June 11, 2019

      I was very proud to be a Biafran

    • I was a student-turned-soldier overnight
      May 28, 2019

      I was a student-turned-soldier overnight

    • It was bad enough
      May 21, 2019

      It was bad enough

    • They planned to destroy us
      February 26, 2019

      They planned to destroy us

    • The beginning of the catastrophe
      February 18, 2019

      The beginning of the catastrophe

    • They were forced to dig their grave
      February 3, 2019

      They were forced to dig their grave

    • Daddy, what are we going to do?
      January 29, 2019

      Daddy, what are we going to do?

    • Bullets Raining Like Water
      November 21, 2018

      Bullets Raining Like Water

    • Marketplace is a war target
      May 27, 2018

      Marketplace is a war target

    • They forced people to join
      May 27, 2018

      They forced people to join

    • Igbos were saved
      April 25, 2018

      Igbos were saved

    • If you die, you say ‘bye bye’
      April 25, 2018

      If you die, you say ‘bye bye’

    • We jumped the fence and ran to the woods
      April 23, 2018

      We jumped the fence and ran to the woods

    • You know what they do to that boy?
      August 14, 2017

      You know what they do to that boy?

    • They allowed children to be decimated
      August 6, 2017

      They allowed children to be decimated

    • The war delayed our marriage
      August 6, 2017

      The war delayed our marriage

    • They said women should not be killed
      August 5, 2017

      They said women should not be killed

    • It was a very slow death
      August 5, 2017

      It was a very slow death

    • They had opened her stomach, taken the baby
      July 2, 2017

      They had opened her stomach, taken the baby

    • Every young man was eager to fight
      June 15, 2017

      Every young man was eager to fight

    • I lost my four brothers
      May 30, 2017

      I lost my four brothers

    • Their rocket got me
      May 29, 2017

      Their rocket got me

    • I woke up, there were soldiers
      May 29, 2017

      I woke up, there were soldiers

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    Biafran War Memories is a digital archive of personal stories, and first hand accounts of the 1967-1970 Nigerian Civil War, also known as the Biafran War. It was launched in 2017.

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