Biafra freedom movement shuts down a stretch of Biafran cities and towns and highways and waterways on this Thursday 30 May 2019 “sit-at-home” Biafran heroes day of remembrance – from Asaba and Onicha to Nnewi and Enuugwu and Aba and Owere and Umuahia and Igwe Ocha…

(John Coltrane Quartet, “Psalm” {part-IV of the 4-part A Love Supreme suite} [personnel: Coltrane, tenor saxophone; McCoy Tyner, piano; Jimmy Garrison, bass; Elvin Jones,  drums; recorded: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, US, 9 December 1964])

Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe is a specialist on the state and genocide and wars in Africa. He is the author of several books including The longest genocide – since 29 May 1966 (2019), Readings from Reading: Essays on African History, Genocide, Literature (2011), Biafra Revisited (2006), African Literature in Defence of History: An essay on Chinua Achebe (2001) and co-author, with Lakeson Okwuonicha, of Why Donald Trump is great for Africa (2018)

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