Books on Biafra - compiled by
Dan Obi Awduche,
University of Massachussettes, Amherst, MA.

How else can history be preserved? Oral traditions are distorted in transmission and disappear with time, but written records live forever.

In them, generations learn and relearn their past, the opportunity to analyse facts and make inferences made available to them. Fictional and non-fictional books have explored the subject of the Biafran War (1967-1970) from various angles.

In recent times, a crop of writers have beamed their searchlights on the topic, revealing heightened curiosity on the historical event...

1. AUTHOR: Ojukwu, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu
TITLE: Because I am Involved
PUBLISHER: Spectrum Books Ltd., Ibadan, 1989

2. AUTHOR: Ojukwu, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu
TITLE: Principles of the Biafran revolution: as enunciated by General C. Odumegwu Ojukwu.
PUBLISHER: Cambridge, Press; Biafra Review, 1969

3. AUTHOR: Ojukwu, Emeka Odumegwu
TITLE Biafra; Selected Speeches and Random Thoughts of C. Odumegwu Ojukwu - with diaries of events.
PUBLISHER: Harper & Row, New York,1969

4. AUTHOR: Madiebo, Alexander A.
TITLE: The Nigerian Revolution and The Biafran War
PUBLISHER: Enugu, Nigeria: Fourth Dimension Publishers, 1980
[Note: Madiebo was the general officer commanding the Biafran Army]

5. AUTHOR: Nwankwo, Arthur Agwuncha and S. Udochukwu Ifejika,
TITLE: The Making of a Nation: Biafra
PUBLISHER: London, C. Hurst, 1969.

6. AUTHOR: Nwankwo, Arthur Agwuncha
TITLE: Nigeria: the challenge of Biafra
PUBLISHER: London, R. Collings, 1972.

7. AUTHOR: Forsyth, Frederick
TITLE: The Making of a Nation: The Biafran story.
PUBLISHER: Baltimore, Penguin Books [1969]

8. AUTHOR: Forsyth, Frederick, 1938-
TITLE: Emeka
Edition: Reprinted with corrections 1992
PUBLISHER: Ibadan, Nigeria: Spectrum Books; Jersey, Channel Islands, UK : Safari Books (Export), 1992.

9. AUTHOR: Azikiwe, Nnamdi
TITLE: Origins of the Nigerian Civil War
PUBLISHER: Apapa: Nigerian National Press, 1969

10. AUTHOR Opia, Eric Agume
TITLE: Why Biafra?: Aburi, prelude to Biafran tragedy
PUBLISHER San Rafael, Calif. : Leswing Press, c1972.


to be continued...

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Author: Emma Powerful
Title: NIGERIA IS A ZOO