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Umu Biafra, Here's a progress report from the Biafra discussion group called: Click Here: Biafraland Discussion Group Allow me to use this opportunity to implore those who do not know about this group, or haven't become a registered member to do so. Its a gathering of progressive Biafran family. You are invited and welcomed. --------------------------------------------
"Regarding the prices, consider that you reach a very large part of West Africa for only $200 per hour, without the need to invest in many expensive transmitters and without having the problems of obtaining a license. With our services, your voice can be heard without any major investment from your side."
Umu New Biafra NDEEEEWO nu.
As usual New Biafrans continue to show why this time around we will succeed. Our brethren continue to step forward without being asked, this is what Igbo is about, this is what collective leadership is about. Many thanks to all our brethren who have stepped forward to move this agenda.
Above is a small insight to update our members on a project being undertaken by some of our members. As we can see we are now in a position to get to our brethren in most parts of Africa by RADIO. To the group involved in this project we all NDEEWO. The importance of this major step forward cannot be overemphasized.
We now have "THE BIAFRAN HOUSE" in Washington. Now our "VOICE OF BIAFRA" will soon come online. Umu Biafra, these projects and more to come must be financed. We cannot wait until a project is online before throwing money at it, there must be an organized way of building a purse for our projects. THE TIME HAS COME TO SET UP A COMMITTEE TO COLLECT, MANAGE AND RECORD THE MONIES COLLECTED, DONATED AND RAISED.
Umu Biafra, When you click on the Biafraland discussion group above, you will be led to a Biafraland@yahoogroups.com site. You need to register to get into the main discussion site. To register, click on extreme left where it says "click here to register". Your password would be sent to you after registeration.
I hope you don't get deterred from being a member of this great group.
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Sister Amanda thank you for the link, Even though I am already a member. We have to work in tandem to lets those efulefu at Abia House of Assembly know how will feel.
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Bro Ohafia, Ka a O ! Nmanma O ! Ama nile i na gbara anyi maka ihe mere anyi banyere Biafra k'anyi ji a gba ngba na "uwa naijiria". Nara ekele O! Ji sie kwa ike n'eweputara anyi ndi ozo ma ozo diri.
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Boardmaster, Thanks for the patriotic Biafra Music that greets me at the entrance of this wonderful board. Anwuchula anwuchu! Biko, Jide nke iji!
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Awo and his partners in crime. Shame on them all!
"All is fair in war, and starvation is one of the weapons of war. I don't see why we should feed our enemies fat in order for them to fight us harder" [Financial Times London, 6/26/1969; Daily Telegraph, 6/27/69]. Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Vice Chairman of the Federal Military Executive Council made this statement. "There are various ways of fighting a war. You might starve your enemy into submission, or you might kill him on the battlefield" [Daily Mirror, London, 6/13/1968]. Chief Anthony Enahoro, Commissioner of Information in Gowon's government made this statement. "It is entirely legitimate to starve (Biafran) troops at the front to try to stop the fighting. Nigeria's blockade of Biafra is a justifiable weapon to end the secession and civil war" [International Herald Tribune, July 9, 1968]. Chief Anthony Enahoro made this statement. "Food is the means to resistance: It is ammunition in this sense and the mercy flights into rebel territory are looked upon as tantamount to gun running" [The Spectator, December 27, 1968]. Yakubu Gowon, Head of State of Nigeria made this statement in his interview with Tom Burns of the Tablet on Dec. 7 1968. "Personally I would not feed somebody I am fighting" [London Times, June 28, 1969]. Brigadier Hassan Usman Katsina, Chief of Staff of the Nigerian Army, made this statement. "Oxfam", the relief organization airlifting food into Biafra "is a hostile body". [Sun, London, July 8, 1968] Yakubu Gowon made this statement.
___________________ Awo's political idea was based on the assumption that any town beyond Owo was Igbo or Hausa. Awo was not socialised; he was not a good mixer because he did not have the opportunity, which the secondary school offered. ~TOS Benson, Baba Oba of Lagos
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Ohafia: Keep talking. I am listening for it is only the truth that can set us free. Keep up the good work, brother.
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You are one cool Biafran, wow keep up the great job.We will forever remain indebted to your tireless efforts at taming that lieing professor on Nigeria world.
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As we light the birthday candle for Biafra, let's read what our fellow compatriots have said in the past. Enjoy!
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The Igbo story must be told by us—the Igbo, otherwise others will tell our story to suit their agenda. ~ F. Oyibo Achebe ~
A most worthy effort! Three millions of lost lives in Biafra will continue to haunt our society until we pacify them and live up to their expectations. There are numerous reasons why Nigeria as a country and Igbo as a nation continue to go round in circles, socially, politically and economically. It behooves those of us who experienced the war to pass on the necessary knowledge and information to generations coming behind us lest our cause, heritage and story will be lost for good. Like the Jews around the globe say "Never again," let us say "Ozo emene," unite, harmonize and use our God-given intelligence and skills. ~ Chidi Hans Ibe ~
To those who are not here today to feel, listen meditate and share this shame, to all those who lost their lives during the Nigeria-Biafra War, God bless and rest in peace. You have not died in vain. Though some of God’s greatest gifts are unanswered prayers, but you know hope is hard work and setbacks, but without hope, you have nothing. It’s not over till it is over. Aim at nothing and you’ll never miss. You tried your best with your lives. Alas, God is not done with us yet. Your blood will not be shed in vain. Hail Biafra. ~ Njoku Anthony ~
To forgive is easy. To forget is stupid. He who has forgotten has better redeem his stupor. Biafra—the memory of my father, Stephen Ernest Oranuka Maduabum—the memory of my godfather, Timothy Onwuatuegwu—the memory of all the blood spilled. May we forgive but not forget. ~ Peter A. Maduabum ~
___________________ Awo's political idea was based on the assumption that any town beyond Owo was Igbo or Hausa. Awo was not socialised; he was not a good mixer because he did not have the opportunity, which the secondary school offered. ~TOS Benson, Baba Oba of Lagos
"I can make the assertion here that if what the 'Biafran' Scientists had achieved in weaponry and general civilian goods manufactures (without any foreign technicians and inputs) and the tempo with which they did those things, had been copied by Nigeria at the end of the Civil War in January 1970, when Gowon made his famous quote 'no victor, no vanquished", Nigeria might not now be where it is scientifically and technologically, still very dependent on foreign inputs (in raw materials and personnel) for virtually all its so-called scientific and technological advances."
Professor Eugene Arene "The 'Biafran' Scientists (The Development of an African Indigenous Technology)" - January, 1996
"..the most exciting incident was the sinking of aboat by a Biafran-made rocket...when the rocket was fired, it flew away towards the boats trailing behind it very heavy smoke. Halfway to the boats, the rocket veered right and then right again and appeared to be flying back directly to our trenches thereby causing considerable panic. All of a sudden, the rocket did a complete turn about and raced towards the enemy boats which was more than 200m away from the one it was aimed at. Hit by the powerful warhead the rocket was carrying, the boat began to smoke and finally explosions were heard as the boat tilted on its side. Screams of both the wounded and the frightened were distinctly audible and many soldiers were seen jumping into the river. Dozens of other rockets which were fired clearly missed their targets but the one hit scored was enough to put the fear of the Lord into the hearts of the enemy" (Madiebo, 1980)
___________________ Awo's political idea was based on the assumption that any town beyond Owo was Igbo or Hausa. Awo was not socialised; he was not a good mixer because he did not have the opportunity, which the secondary school offered. ~TOS Benson, Baba Oba of Lagos
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Update on my contribution at the other board on the Awo discourse.
Kunle Adeogun, You wrote quote:
Now see, I can hear 2 categories of Igbos here (thanks to Nkem fo the clarification) -Those who wanna stay and those who wanna go. My advise is that you guys conduct a referendum to see if those for going are in the majority. If yes, then elect me as the president of Nanjeriya and with my veto power I will grant you your wish - immediately. If Botswana withless than 2 million people could have a very stable and prosperous country, I don't know why my Igbo brothers shouldn't? Ha! ha!! ha!!! Have a nice day ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Apparently, Nkem is not alone and Egbe Omo Yoruba may well require a referendum to choose within or without of the Federation of Nigeria. Read General Akinrinade's lips: quote:
Because of different values, corruption, Nepotism, favoritism, ethnic and religious divisions, and election rigging resulting in outright tyranny have plagued them. Should we therefore work out a realistic prescription so that we can move forward? Must we wait until we are overtaken by the inevitable tide of history? I wish to summit therefore that The Yorubas should - divert their energies to finding freedom and space to - conduct their own affairs the way the Yoruba people may choose within or without of the Federation of Nigeria. The freedom to form new associations of nations that are contiguous, compatible and manageable seems worth exploring. Could that in fact be the task facing Africa as a whole? Or how do we envision future harmonious living between HUTUS and TUTSIS. What is the root cause of the genocide that has led to the macabre drama of firing squads in Rwanda as we are gathered here. The result of Eritrea becoming independent is a stronger Ethiopia, never mind a 30 years war, wasting lives, resources and opportunities. Now that Ethiopia has enacted a loose Federal constitution, permitting secession, no nationality within it has avail itself of that right. If the world had accepted redefining of boundaries and the regrouping of Nationalities as a norm, the war crime tribunal in The Hague will not be trying people for genocide, rape, arson etc now. Yugoslavia could have been spared the destruction that we all witnessed and is still ongoing. Genocide has started all over in KOSOVO. Was it not clear before the time of George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man that the Croats and the Serbs were strange bedfellows? Or why is it that as we dine here tonight, most Bosnians are still unable to return to their homes, never mind the pervasive presence of NATO peace keeping troops. Similarly, inspite of ‘no victors no vanquished' the IBOS in Nigeria are still battling with abandoned properties with their immediate neighbors some 28 years after the civil war. We must thank our stars for being spared the horrors that could have been brought into our homes by television if the Soviet Union did not disintegrate peacefully. The Czechs and the Slovaks are making unprecedented political and economic progress and commanding the respect of the world. Why on earth do we insist that Africa must be different? Why must the decision of some conference in Berlin, meant to keep the African off balance, become sacrosanct? Some of our people raise the question of viably of such a state. Please allow me to give a little statistics. Yorubaland has a definable landmass, fertile with abundant fresh water and luxurious vegetation. (248,574, square miles, larger than 12 African countries.) It has a virile, productive, confident, educated, and elegant population. (25, 996,182 by 1991 census, more populous than 11 of the 54 African countries). Access to the sea and all its resources. Friendly and accommodating neighbors. Gold, Tar sand, Timber, Palm-produce, Cocoa, even Oil in the Mahin, Epe and Badagry peninsular. My friends, perhaps we should divorce our selves from those idlers who only see oil as the only means of obtaining sustainable development. It is now a world where science, mathematics, technology and super computers have made nations, without any appreciable natural resource, great, and OIL, is it BLACK GOLD, has become a source of indolence, corruption and destruction. Our nation, the Yoruba nation is undeservedly under siege. It had survived physical assaults before from the Hausa/Fulani jihadists. It had survived and been strengthened by its own internal wars, Adubi, Ijaiye, Egba, Kiriji. We have always single-handedly fought oppression in Nigeria. It was Yoruba lawyers who went to Kano to defend those who rose against political and ethnic oppression in the 1950's. They did the same for Shugaba in the 80's. The wetie and Agbekoya uprising were all skirmishes against oppression and lack of freedom. Even as we gather here tonight many of our people are being killed on the streets of Ibadan for daring to protest peacefully against military dictatorship. While this is ongoing I hear people complain about collaborators or is it traitors in our mist. They have a right to complain, but, the situation is replete with similarities in history. There was war of independence here sometime ago. Were there not apologists for the British imperialists and native collaborators for the sole purpose of personal gain? Hitler pursued a damnable and obnoxious agenda but he was not short of palace jesters, ruthless killers, exterminators, and propagandists, including the notorious Lord Haw-haw, a Briton. Apartheid had black collaborators and its perpetrators probably still have, after its demise. The clown called Idi Amin ate human flesh for breakfast when he was president of Uganda and yet had a lobbyist on Capitol Hill pleading his cause for respectability, so why not Abacha. So, why do we expect the cause of Nigeria's, or indeed, Yoruba struggle to be different? Why must our spirit be dampened simply because of the activities of black legs? Our people are back at the barricades and I suspect that if the barricades stand the invaders for a while, a lot more people will join in the fighting so they can be entitled to a share of the glory. It is in that believe that I do not think the complaints of those who blame those at the barricades that they haven't made enough efforts at recruitment of their kinsmen for this struggle is valid. Our people often say that ‘you do not need to persuade a blind man that the market has closed'. Those of us that have not been touched by ethnic cleansing going on in Yorubaland will soon take our turn, if it is allowed to persist. But those who want to fiddle like the damnable Nero have a right to go down in history as Nero did. Let me conclude by quoting from a letter faxed to me as I was typing this. "We must either rise up now and fight with whatever means we have for our dignity and survival or forever we hold our peace. The sanctimonious living room analysis and pontificating over groundnut and drinks, which go on ad nauseam, must give way to concrete, hard-nosed willingness to make a difference.' As we live here we must let those at the barricades know that we approve of their resistance by contributing generously to their well-being. Civil disobedience, the lowest spectrum of resistance has become an expensive operation to run for those at home. A regime that is bent on impoverishing its people, and staves them to submission has closed the door for extra resources for resistance. A courier from Ibadan to Ado-Ekiti requires more than 5000 Naira for transport, food, excluding lodging if his errand will take him a couple of days just for illustration. I am certain that your contributions will reach the appropriate quarters where it is needed to further the struggle. The Autonomy certificate will be a verifiable answer to our children when they ask "Dad what did you do when Yorubaland came under siege"? I join my compatriots in saying A Luta continua.
Culled From Text of Speech made by General Akinrinade at the official launching of the YORUBA AUTONOMY CERTIFICATE by EGBE OMO YORUBA in Washington D.C –2ND MAY, 1998
___________________ Awo's political idea was based on the assumption that any town beyond Owo was Igbo or Hausa. Awo was not socialised; he was not a good mixer because he did not have the opportunity, which the secondary school offered. ~TOS Benson, Baba Oba of Lagos
You are undoubtedly working very hard with all these information you've been making available to us. Ekene diri gi..oo!
Bro Ohafia, since the imperialist British government has declassified their files on thier role in the Nigeria/Biafra war, is there something that can help support our cause to day?
Though General Akinrinade's topic was self-determination for the Yorubaland, he should have used the opportunity to disavow his role in the Nigeria Biafra war, instead of the faint mention of the abandon property issue.
As you can see, I bet you that very little did he know when he was denying Biafrans their self-determination, as a commander in the notorious butchers of umu Biafra that one day, he 'll be in the same predicament.
Thanks for the compliments. I've been contemplating the best way to approach the Brits. Unfortunately, time is not on my side as the foot and mouth disrupted things resulting in a very short notice for the general election. It would have been good to include MASSOB on the agenda and see what the different sides will say. for us here, any publicity is good publicity.
In any event, I'll make out time to shove the atrocities of this government on the public domain.
___________________ Awo's political idea was based on the assumption that any town beyond Owo was Igbo or Hausa. Awo was not socialised; he was not a good mixer because he did not have the opportunity, which the secondary school offered. ~TOS Benson, Baba Oba of Lagos
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Ohafia' Since you are releasing all these documents for public view especially to the almighty nefarious Great Britain, who now holds Britain responsible for their known atrocities in the past? Are you now dining with your enemy?
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Where hast thou been? - missed you like a hole in the head.
You didn't get my drift, I mean I'm going to splash the dirt of Britain on the WWW. They were nearly as mean as your people that murder people in peace times. Yeah Britains role will be thrust in the public domain and I'll expect an apology from them!
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___________________ Awo's political idea was based on the assumption that any town beyond Owo was Igbo or Hausa. Awo was not socialised; he was not a good mixer because he did not have the opportunity, which the secondary school offered. ~TOS Benson, Baba Oba of Lagos
When I thought that a war would arise in defence of the right, That an iron tyranny now should bend or cease, The glory of manhood stand on his ancient height, Nor Britain’s(Nigerian’s) one sole God be the millionaire: No more shall commerce be all in all, and peace Pipe on her pastoral hillock a languid note, And watch her harvest ripen, her herd increase, Nor the cannon-bullet rust on a slothful shore, And the cobweb woven across the cannon’s throat Shall shake its threaded tears in the wind no more.
Let it go or stay, so I wake to the higher aims Of a land that has lost for a little her lust of gold, And love of a peace that was full of wrongs and shames Horrible, hateful, monstrous, not to be told; And hail once more to the banner of battle unroll’d! Tho’ many a light shall darken, and many shall weep For those that are crush’d in the clash of jarring claims, Yet god’s just wrath shall be wreak’d on a giant liar; And many a darkness into the light shall leap, And shine in the sudden making of splendid names, And noble thought be freer under the sun, And the heart of a people beat with one desire; For the peace, that I deem’d no peace, is over and done, And now by the side of the black and the Baltic deep, And deathful-grinning mouths of the fortress, flames The blood-red blossom of war with a heart of fire.
Let it flame or fade, and the war roll down like a wind, We have proved we have hearts in a cause, we are noble still, And myself have awaked, as it seems, to the better mind; It is better to fight for the good than to rail at the ill; I have felt with my native land, I am one with my kind, I embrace the purpose of God, and the doom assign’d
~~~Alfred Tennyson ‘Maud’
___________________ Awo's political idea was based on the assumption that any town beyond Owo was Igbo or Hausa. Awo was not socialised; he was not a good mixer because he did not have the opportunity, which the secondary school offered. ~TOS Benson, Baba Oba of Lagos
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And to all our dead heroes from 19whenever till the present day. We will remember them!
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O me, why have they not buried me deep enough? Is it kind to have made me a grave so rough, Me, that was never a quiet sleeper? Maybe still I am but half –dead; Then I cannot be wholly dumb; I will cry to the steps above my head And somebody, surely, some kind heart will come To bury me, bury me Deeper, ever so little deeper.
~~ Alfred Tennyson ‘Maud XI’
___________________ Awo's political idea was based on the assumption that any town beyond Owo was Igbo or Hausa. Awo was not socialised; he was not a good mixer because he did not have the opportunity, which the secondary school offered. ~TOS Benson, Baba Oba of Lagos
I don't know if you've already heard our lovely anthem. I just stumbled across the music at Biafraland. It is very cool I tell you and is the same tune as "Be still my soul, the lord is on your side"
I listened to it about 5times and i kept telling myself we must do it for real soonest.Anthem
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___________________ Awo's political idea was based on the assumption that any town beyond Owo was Igbo or Hausa. Awo was not socialised; he was not a good mixer because he did not have the opportunity, which the secondary school offered. ~TOS Benson, Baba Oba of Lagos
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It was simply beautiful to hear the Biafran Anthem. Meanwhile, another strong BIAFRAN website seems to be emerging at http://www.MASSOB.com. This time, the world will certainly know.
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Before I was banned at the other forum, I argued strongly that the best way forward was to divide Nigeria into three countries. Even if Biafra fails fails to cause the dissolution of Nigeria, some other force will. People are just postponing the inevitable. I support Biafra Actualization.
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It is evident that there is more Biafra today than there was two years ago. There will be more Biafra two years from today, and even more Biafra thereafter. The enemies of Biafra are growing desperate. This is a clear sign that they can see the dawn of a new Biafra in the horison. Long Live Biafra.
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