We leave everything and run
My name is Patrick Obute. I was born when just a few individuals went to school. When I started working for the government, my name was written as David. I […]
Tag Archives: Igbos
We understood at that time, the Igbos were being killed or chased out of town
My name is Evangelist Musa Paul-Gindiri. I was born here in the city of Jos in 1962 and I have ever been here except for the few times I […]
If you die, you say ‘bye bye’
I am Lieutenant Colonel Lawrence O. Akpu. I am one of the disabled veterans of Biafra, quartered at Okigwe in Imo state. 1966, I was at Lafia [in present day […]
You know what they do to that boy?
I was born in Nigeria in Port Harcourt, Rivers State now in 1947. The eighth of April. [My name is] Christiana Ofiaeli. When the war started, I was in England. […]
The war delayed our marriage
I am Mrs. Joy Onubogu. I am from Ogidi in Anambra State. I was born in 1944. I am 73 years old. I live in Jos [in Plateau State, Nigeria] […]
They said women should not be killed
My name is Hamsatu Allamin. In fact, I was born in 1958 in Nguru. Then, my father was a civil servant working there. Nguru is in Yobe state bordering […]
It Was A Very Slow Death
My name is Okey Eweani. I am from Enugu-Agidi in Anambra State, Nigeria. I was born in Jos, Plateau State in 1958. What comes to my mind [about the war] […]
They had opened her stomach, taken the baby
Okay, I’m Enuma Okoro. I was born in 1946 and I experienced the war for a short period of time in Enugu before I left for the states in 1968. […]
Them kill am, then shoot am
My name is Esther. My father’s name is Imagosie. Esther Imasogie. I am 92 years old and 10 months. I was born in 1924. During the [Nigerian Biafran] war, I […]
When dawn broke…we saw many corpses
My name is Sulei Usman. I was born in Bauchi. We moved here to Maiduguri [Borno State] in 1966. Our father brought us. I was thirteen at the time. We […]
Every young man was eager to fight
My names are Engr. Mark Chijioke Uchendu. I am from Ihitte Uboma in Imo State of Nigeria. I am born in the same Local Government, born in Okigwe town. 1960. […]
The Igbos were molesting us
My name is Bala Mohammed. I was born here in Kaduna, 1947 on the 9th of May. I attended my elementary here in Kaduna. Later in the year 1967, when there […]
People were eating rats
My name is Theresa Nwakaego Nsionu. I was born in 1941. What I remember is that war was so severe. People suffer it well. Well, we were in Jos, […]
They take my husband by force
My name is Irene Okeke. I don’t remember what year I was born. I don forget all. My husband dey die. So since then, I no dey remember anything […]
I lost my four brothers
Alright, I’m Jacob Francis one of the war veterans, disabled veterans who fought for Biafra. I was born in 1951. My own family, I have about 8 children. I was born […]
We buried the skeletons
I am Obum Okeke from Anambra state. I was born in 1960. The Biafran war. I was about six getting to seven, there about. I was in a primary school […]
Their rocket got me
My name is Gideon Njoku. I was born 1951. I entered the war as a Biafra soldier in 1968. I got an injury in 1969, August 12. I volunteered to […]
The bombs, they shook the ground
My name. Louis Odiha. I’m 57-years-old. I’m from Eke, in the local government area of Enugu state. I should be, I think ten. 10 years old then [when the war broke […]
