History
A Laughing Giant The Everlasting Humour of Chinua Achebe
In 1998, Chinua Achebe, already by this time the father of modern African literature by several accounts, introduced himself with a joke. Read More...
Agitating the State Biafran Money, Memes and Mobility
n 2008, after his father died, Mr. Sylvester opened his father’s locked cupboard. It was full of Biafran... Read More...
Biafra’s Crisis of Faith The Spiritual Legacies of the Biafran War
From pre-independence ethnic dog whistling, to pogroms, a civil war and the systemic socio-political ostracization that has since followed, the Igbo are the most discriminated ethnic group in Nigeria and ethnic bigotry against Igbo people has been on full display in the 2023 election. Read More...
Remembering Biafra Violence and Nigeria's Long Road to Redemption
The Biafran War, which took place between 1967 and 1970, represents a very dark time in Nigerian history. It was a tragedy that exceeded conceivable imagination. Read More...
