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  • The genocidal Biafran war still haunts Nigeria (by Islamists, millions dead)

    10/16/2012 3:16:44 AM PDT · by Milagros · 2 replies
    The Guardian ^ | Oct. 2, 2012 | Chinua Achebe
    The persecution of the Igbos didn't end with the Biafran conflict. Until the nation faces up to this, its mediocrity will continue Almost 30 years before Rwanda, before Darfur, more than 2 million people – mothers, children, babies, civilians – lost their lives as a result of the blatantly callous and unnecessary policies enacted by the leaders of the federal government of Nigeria.As a writer I believe that it is fundamentally important, indeed essential to our humanity, to ask the hard questions, in order to better understand ourselves and our neighbours. Where there is justification for further investigation, justice should...