Biafran War Memories

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    • The person with gun is bigger than you
      December 31, 2025

      The person with gun is bigger than you

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

      Coming back with parts of their body

    • The army would come and hit our doors
      January 8, 2020

      The army would come and hit our doors

    • 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

    • The road will kill you
      August 27, 2019

      The road will kill you

    • 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

    • It was sounding GBAH!
      June 11, 2019

      It was sounding GBAH!

    • I used my eyes to see
      June 4, 2019

      I used my eyes to see

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

      I was a student-turned-soldier overnight

    • They forced people to join
      May 27, 2018

      They forced people to join

    • We did so much injustice to ourselves
      April 25, 2018

      We did so much injustice to ourselves

    • Igbos were saved
      April 25, 2018

      Igbos were saved

    • “We heard the sound of death”
      August 6, 2017

      “We heard the sound of death”

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

      They had opened her stomach, taken the baby

    • So people must die
      July 2, 2017

      So people must die

    • Them kill am, then shoot am
      June 20, 2017

      Them kill am, then shoot am

    • My father…they butchered him
      June 19, 2017

      My father…they butchered him

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

      Every young man was eager to fight

    • The Igbos were molesting us
      June 7, 2017

      The Igbos were molesting us

    • People were eating rats
      May 30, 2017

      People were eating rats

    • They take my husband by force
      May 30, 2017

      They take my husband by force

    • I lost my four brothers
      May 30, 2017

      I lost my four brothers

    • We buried the skeletons
      May 30, 2017

      We buried the skeletons

    • Their rocket got me
      May 29, 2017

      Their rocket got me

    • The bombs shook the ground
      May 29, 2017

      The bombs shook the ground

    • 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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