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Wednesday 24 February 2016
SALUTE to intellectuals who worked tirelessly in defence of the people during the beginning of this most catastrophic epoch in Igbo history – Igbo genocide phases I-III, 29 May 1966-12 January 1970
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu Flora Nwapa Louis Mbanefo Chinua Achebe Christopher Okigbo Michael Echeruo Ifeagwu Eke SJCookey Sam Mbakwe Janet Mokelu Obiora Udechukwu Uche Chukwumerije Kalu Ezera Philip Efiong Kamene Okonjo Ignatius Kogbara Alvan Ikoku Celestine Okwu Benedict Obumselu Donatus Nwoga NUAkpan Adiele Afigbo Michael Okpara Chukwuka Okonjo Akanu Ibiam Bede Okigbo Okoko Ndem Agwu Okpanku Tim Onwuatuegwu Chudi Sokei Pol Ndu Ben Gbulie Boniface Offokaja Chuks Ihekaibeya Conrad Nwawo Dennis Osadebe Osita Osadebe Eme Awa Chuba Okadigbo Okechukwu Ikejiani Uzo Egonu Winifred Anuku Anthony Modebe Alex Nwokedi Zeal Onyia Chukwuedo Nwokolo Pius Okigbo Godian Ezekwe Felix Oragwu Ogbogu Kalu Kevin Echeruo Emmanuel Obiechina Uche Okeke Chukwuma Azuonye Onuora Nzekwu Chukuemeka Ike Eddie Okonta Cyprian Ekwensi Nkem Nwankwo John Munonye Gabriel Okara Kenneth Onwuka Dike Eni Njoku Okechukwu Mezu William Achukwu Agwuncha Arthur Nwankwo Kalu Nsi Nwafor Orizu ZCObi Anyaogu Elekwachi Ukonu
(Ornette Coleman Quartet, “WRU” {or Wit and its Relation to the Unconscious –Freud} [personnel: Coleman, alto saxophone; Don Cherry, pocket trumpet; Scott LaFaro, bass; Ed Blackwell, drums; recorded: Atlantic Studios, New York, US, 31 January 1961])
Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe is specialist on the state and on genocide & wars in Africa in the post-1966 epoch – beginning with the Igbo genocide, 29 May 1966-present day, the foundational and most gruesome genocide of post-(European)conquest Africa. 3.1 million Igbo or 25 per cent of this nation’s population were murdered by Nigeria and its allies, principally Britain. Africa and the rest of the world largely stood by and watched as the perpetrators enacted this horror most ruthlessly. The world could have stopped this genocide; the world should have stopped this genocide. This genocide inaugurated Africa’s current age of pestilence. During the period, 12 million additional Africans have been murdered in further genocide in Rwanda (1994), Zaïre/DRCongo (variously, since the late 1990s) and Darfur – west of the Sudan – (since 2004) and in other wars in Africa. African peoples have, presently, no other choice but exit/dismantle the extant genocide-state (the bane of their existence & progress) & construct own nation-centred states that serve their interests. He is author of several books & papers on the subject and his new book is entitled The longest genocide – since 29 May 1966 (2019).
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