Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe
IN THIS PAST YEAR, beginning from the 14 October 2015 illegal detention of Nnamdi Kanu by the Nigeria
genocidist regime, the freedom movement of Biafra has made giant strides in its
restoration-of-independence goal the likes of which the world hasn’t seen since
the January 1970 end of phase-III/launch of phase-IV of the Igbo genocide.
Contrary to regime expectation that Kanu’s incarceration would ground the resistance, the freedom movement has demonstrated its profoundly decentralised leadership capabilities which encapsulate multiple spaces in occupied Biafra, the contiguous diasporic territory of Nigeria, and the broader world-wide diaspora.
Ascent
So, despite the sheer savagery of the regime’s military/Fulani militia murders of hundreds of Biafrans across Biafra since October (2015), Biafrans have emerged even more focused, steadfast, resilient. They have converted their strategic goal of independence restoration to a tactical tool which they employ almost effortlessly here and there with exponential impact locally and internationally. This is extraordinary. The Biafra Sun is on the ascent. Any referendum conducted in Biafra presently on the restoration-of-independence for this population of 50 million will result in a high 90 per cent score. Biafrans now dictate the terms of this long drawn-out journey. Biafrans are redefining the tenor of the march for freedom in Africa.
And the freedom movement has done it, in these past 12 months, it must be stressed, without firing a single shot – either in defence or offence.
Contrary to regime expectation that Kanu’s incarceration would ground the resistance, the freedom movement has demonstrated its profoundly decentralised leadership capabilities which encapsulate multiple spaces in occupied Biafra, the contiguous diasporic territory of Nigeria, and the broader world-wide diaspora.
The decentralised leadership has not only exerted a microscopic focus on the politics, security, legal and welfare dynamics of Kanu’s detention for the world’s apt attention but it has used the period to engage in the arduous labour of concientisation on Biafra in Biafra and elsewhere in the world. Consequently, at a stroke, the Biafran resistance has abolished that contrived “fear” always generated hitherto by the genocidists and their allies especially in academia and media (particularly those emplaced in the Lagos-Ibadan-Benin [Nigeria] conurbation and that dinosaur band of nigeriana advocates and publicists still evident in some locales in the west world) of regime threats to “relaunch” the Igbo genocide full scale to thwart any “escalation” in the manifestation and drive for freedom by the freedom movement.(Nnamdi Kanu: ... leader of Indigenous People of Biafra and freedom broadcaster, Radio Biafra)
Ascent
So, despite the sheer savagery of the regime’s military/Fulani militia murders of hundreds of Biafrans across Biafra since October (2015), Biafrans have emerged even more focused, steadfast, resilient. They have converted their strategic goal of independence restoration to a tactical tool which they employ almost effortlessly here and there with exponential impact locally and internationally. This is extraordinary. The Biafra Sun is on the ascent. Any referendum conducted in Biafra presently on the restoration-of-independence for this population of 50 million will result in a high 90 per cent score. Biafrans now dictate the terms of this long drawn-out journey. Biafrans are redefining the tenor of the march for freedom in Africa.
And the freedom movement has done it, in these past 12 months, it must be stressed, without firing a single shot – either in defence or offence.
(John Coltrane Quartet, “Giant steps” [personnel: Coltrane, tenor saxophone, Tommy Flanagan, piano; Paul Chambers, bass; Art Taylor, drums; recorded: Atlantic Records, New York, US, 4-5 May 1959])
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