BIAFRA: When Brothers Went To War
READING AGE 16+
For ten years, Emeka believed in one Nigeria. He was just a boy from Onitsha who wanted to be a teacher.
But in 1966, Nigeria broke. A coup. A counter-coup. And then the killing of his people in the North.
Forced to run for his life, he returned home to find his homeland declaring itself BIAFRA - a new nation that wanted only freedom and safety.
What followed was a 3-year civil war that killed 3 million people - not with bullets, but with hunger. Starvation as a weapon of war.
BIAFRA: When Brothers Went To War is the true story of how brothers picked up guns against brothers, how a mother trekked 20 miles for one cup of garri, and how a boy became a soldier to save his little sister from kwashiorkor.
This is the story Nigeria tried to forget.
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BIAFRA: When Brothers Went To War - Episode 10 (Epilogue)
1990. 20 Years Later.
Emeka is 40 years old now. He is still teaching under that same mango tree in Onitsha, but now it is a real school. Three blocks. He built it with his own hands.
On his desk, there are three things: Obi's wooden cross, his small……
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