Following the launch of his new book: “We are all Biafrans” , Chido Onumah in an interview with NAIJ.com said his aim is to remind Nigerians and its leaders of the problems faced by the country in recent times.
Onumah said the book, his third is about the crisis the Nigerian people face and the need for a true federalism.
He however denied insinuations that his book is a call to action for the agitation of a Biafran state.
“It is not a call to action, it is not a call to support the Biafra agitation, it is just a reminder that we have so many problems in Nigeria and that time has come for us to sit at the table of nationhood to address these problems,” Onumah said.
He further said the used the title for the book because he believed it would open Nigerians up for thought provoking questions about its problems.
“I thought I would strike a call that I wanted to provoke… I think it achieved its aim. The idea is that people will read the book and begin to question: why are we all Biafrans? Or somebody will tell you, I am not a Biafran,” he said.
He said: “So the idea first and foremost is to provoke, to draw attention to the issue.”
“If had used a topic like the marginalization of so so and so, people will say but we have also been marginalized but I think with the title of the book hopefully people would begin to draw attention.
“We do not have a choice, this is not about government really and that is why it has a subtitle: “Sleepwalking into disaster” .
“The only alternative we have is disaster, so if we do not want the disaster, we have no choice but to come together as a people.
“Some people say, we have had the national conference, we have had various conferences to talk about Nigeria; nation building like I keep saying is not a tea party, it is not something you would say: oh!
“We tried it and it did not work. You have to keep trying, even the United States, over 200 years old, the greatest country in the history of the world; they still struggle to build a perfect nation.”
Photos from the launch of the book in Abuja:
He added: “So no nation comes given, no nation is perfect, the important thing is that the human beings that live in these places make effort to try to work hard and work out something that would be of interest or benefit rather to at least the majority of those who live in the country.”
He also said that Nigeria should only stop trying when the country is sure it has an alternative to finding solutions to its current problems.
Onumah said: “My attitude is that we really do not have an alternative, our alternative is to watch our country disintegrate and as long as we do not want to do that we have to keep trying to get the best out of it."

https://www.naij.com/864008-read-unbelievable-reason-biafrans-written.html

you would have titled it..we are all bokoharamsss..cause biaferans and boko haram are same in nature..they are both troubling our country..thanks sir

I thought there's no promotion of Biafra on Nairaland ?


My brother , forget the essay and description from the author

All i know is

this is Violation of

Rule 9. Don't use Nairaland for illegal acts, e.g scams, plagiarism, hacking, gay meetings, incitement, promoting secession/ Biafra.

DaBullIT:
I thought there's no promotion of Biafra on Nairaland ?
My brother , forget the essay and description from the author
All i know is
this is Violation of
Rule 9. Don't use Nairaland for illegal acts, e.g scams, plagiarism, hacking, gay meetings, incitement, promoting secession/ Biafra.

Always read b4 u comment, dnt let ur hatred for a particular region makes u post senseless

ever811:
you would have titled it..we are all bokoharamsss..cause biaferans and boko haram are same in nature..they are both troubling our country..thanks sir

You are wrong, kindly consult people that are older than you to educate you. btw, am not a Biafran

It's well with Nigeria

ever811:
you would have titled it..we are all bokoharamsss..cause biaferans and boko haram are same in nature..they are both troubling our country..thanks sir

DaBullIT:
I thought there's no promotion of Biafra on Nairaland ?
My brother , forget the essay and description from the author
All i know is
this is Violation of
Rule 9. Don't use Nairaland for illegal acts, e.g scams, plagiarism, hacking, gay meetings, incitement, promoting secession/ Biafra.

Please read the article and stop making uneducated comments

Any one with the soft copy? I would love to read

ever811:
you would have titled it..we are all bokoharamsss..cause biaferans and boko haram are same in nature..they are both troubling our country..thanks sir

You certainly need brain evaluation.

Ok

Hope it comes with a better content

All hail biafra

so d MODES slept off or d were partying all through d night?

We are all Biafrans, yes and the Author owns no terrorist any explanation or apology.

ever811:
you would have titled it..we are all bokoharamsss..cause biaferans and boko haram are same in nature..they are both troubling our country..thanks sir

Anu ofia

ever811:
you would have titled it..we are all bokoharamsss..cause biaferans and boko haram are same in nature..they are both troubling our country..thanks sir

I think lagoon is the right place for you now

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ever811:
you would have titled it..we are all bokoharamsss..cause biaferans and boko haram are same in nature..they are both troubling our country..thanks sir

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Fooool, like wise opc and afanifere

So , if i have a different opinion about your topic , my comment is uneducated ??

See your life ahside ?? I read it , and even the author claims it's not promoting , i know the contents of the book is promoting and there's propaganda and twisting of facts there

So maybe you should stop copying to paste instead copy to learn to read between the lines

YoursGEJ:




Please read the article and stop making uneducated comments

sanandreas:
Any one with the soft copy? I would love to read

Go online you will get it, Google.com is your friend.

This one will pepper some people

We are not all Biafrans. Biafra belong the Igbos alone. Very soon, the Igbos would get the independent Biafra country they so much desire, and when that happens, all Igbos would go back to Igboland.

ever811:
[s]you would have titled it..we are all bokoharamsss..cause biaferans and boko haram are same in nature..they are both troubling our country..thanks sir[/s]

Be civilized bro. I dont see any need for that tribalistic comment.... BTW come to think of it.................

The Biafra war threw up a lot of questions about the structure of Nigeria that have not been correctly answered. I guess the book was written as a remainder that we could find ourselves in a tinderbox situation if these questions are left unanswered.

Biafra is only solution to Africa not only Nigeria thank u my brother for d book

The book could be quite interesting.

Igbos again

DaBullIT:
So , if i have a different opinion about your topic , my comment is uneducated ??

See your life ahside ?? I read it , and even the author claims it's not promoting , i know the contents of the book is promoting and there's propaganda and twisting of facts there

So maybe you should stop copying to paste instead copy to learn to read between the lines

Are you educated at all?
Honestly please stop for the sake of talking it's annoying