Just run and never look back
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 […]
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I was a student-turned-soldier overnight
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 […]
Bullets Raining Like Water
Okay, my name is Dr. Ngwu. Leonard Ngwu. I was born on third September, 1951. Third September, 1951. In the first place, I worked as the personal secretary to his Honorable, his Excellency, Honorable Dr. Nnamdi […]
Marketplace is a war target
I am Evangelist Timothy Ayuba. My father’s name is Pastor Ayuba. I was born at Panyam District, present Mangu Local Government, formerly Pangshing division during the colonial rule, during the […]
They forced people to join
My name is Sunday Ezenwa. I am 50, eh, I am…55 years [or thereabouts] Actually, what I remember about the [Nigerian Civil War] was as at then I was about eight […]
They allowed children to be decimated
My name is His Royal Highness Igwe Christopher Chukwumeka Ejiofor. I am the traditional ruler of Oyofo Kingdom in Ezeagu Local Government Area in Enugu State. My title is Ezekwesili […]
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] […]
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, […]
The bombs 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 […]
