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Okay. I am Chief Christopher Ayogu. Knight of Saint Paul, KSP. I was born December 24, 1947, in this Okpuje [in present-day Enugu State]. This Okpuje Ani village, in Okpuje […]
Okay. I am Chief Christopher Ayogu. Knight of Saint Paul, KSP. I was born December 24, 1947, in this Okpuje [in present-day Enugu State]. This Okpuje Ani village, in Okpuje […]
My name is Donatus Nsionu. Dem born me 1933 for Awkuzu here [a town in Anambra State]. You no sey the time wey dem born us, everywhere neva open like […]
Kenneth Ezenifite. 85 years old. Born here in Awkuzu [a town in Anambra State, Nigeria]. I was at home. I was going to farm when the war started. I was […]
We had a terrible civil war [in Nigeria] and purely built on mundane things like ‘oh, you are an Igbo man. You should not have this,’ or ‘you are a […]
My name is Theresa Igbenagwo. What I know is that I am 87 years old. I was born in Awkuzu [Anambra State, Nigeria]. I was in Onitsha [in 1967 when […]
My name is Nnamdi Onwualu. I was born in 1952…1952. December 1952. I was born in the northern part of Nigeria in a town they call Bakori. It’s in Katsina […]
What comes to mind is sheer terror, the constant and incessant appearance of military jets, Nigerian military jets that would just show up with little notice and at all hours […]
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 […]
My name is Elder Macpat Chike Emerike. I was born 1950. The twenty-first, August. I was born at Amaokwe Item [in Abia State]. Yes, I witnessed it. I witnessed it all the […]
My name is Dr. Emmanuel Oduah. I was born at Odekpe, Ogbaru Local Government, Anambra State. December 24, 1954. December 26, 1954. When the war broke out, I was at […]
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. […]
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 […]
My name is Laura Nwando Onwualu. I was born 1954 in northern Nigeria, Plateau State, Kura Falls. I don’t remember much about the Nigerian-Biafran War but I remember then I […]
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 […]
I’m Chief Mrs. Edith Daniyan and I’m from Delta. My dad is Urohobo, while my mom is Edo. So I’m from the old Bendel state in Nigeria. I’m 70 years […]