(Born 22 June 1963, Asaba, Igboland)
Footballer,
sports administrator, journalist, human rights activist, onye amuma ndiigbo, the courageous
4-year-old who, at the early stages of phase-III of the Igbo genocide, survives
the Saturday 7 October 1967 mass execution of 700 Igbo male, boys and men, by a genocidist
Nigeria military brigade (commanded by Murtala Muhammed and Ibrahim Haruna and Ibrahim
Taiwo) in Asaba, twin Oshimili/Niger River port, during which most of his
family and other relatives are murdered, author of Blood on the Niger (TriAtlantic Books, 2006), compulsory reference in
the study of the Igbo genocide, which meticulously catalogues the savagery and
aftermath of this massacre
Twitter@HerbertEkweEkwe
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Prof Ekwe-Ekwe, you've revealed more of Emma Okocha that I did not know of, particularly his book: Blood on the Niger. Emma Okocha is an unapologetic Igboman, the ideal Igbo. God bless him, his descent and their generations to come.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks, George. Emma Okocha is indeed illustrative of the tenacity of Igbo survival from this gruesome and devastating genocide. One cannot overstress Blood on the Niger's seminal position in the scholarship of the Igbo genocide. Very best!
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