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Paul John: At 16, Isaac Fadoyebo ran
away from his home in
southwest Nigeria and
signed up to fight for Britain
in World War II, a decision
made from youthful
exuberance that saw him
sent to Burma to fight and
nearly die.
Courage and luck kept him
alive behind enemy lines as
local farmers protected him
for months until the British
broke through and found
him. When he returned home
to Nigeria, his story and
those of his fellow veterans
largely fell away from the
public's mind as
independence swept through
the country and a
devastating civil war and
political unrest later
followed.
Fadoyebo, who died in
November at the age of 86,
represents one of the last so-
called "Burma Boys" in West
and East Africa. On
Thursday, his family and
friends gathered for a final
worship service and
celebration of his life, as new
attention has been paid to
his sacrifices and those of
other Africans drawn into
the fighting.
"There was this allegiance to
the British; we would sing
'God Save the Queen.' ...
Those who joined the war
then were of course
celebrated as heroes, not as
we were celebrating them
now," said Elizabeth Adenike
Ajayi, a daughter of
Fadoyebo. "But like much of
Africa's history, there
wasn't an attempt to get the
history from the perspective
of the Africans."
Fadoyebo served as a
medical official in the Royal
West African Frontier Force,
a military comprised of
Britain's then-colonies of
Gambia, the country that
would become Ghana,
Nigeria and Sierra Leone.
Coupled with recruits from
Britain's eastern colonies as
well, authorities recruited
some 500,000 Africans to
fight.
Fadoyebo ran away from
home and joined the force
out of curiosity, the desire to
have an adventure, the
money that British forces
paid and a "youthful
exuberance," Ajayi said.
Historians say many others
joined for the same reason.
Fadoyebo sailed with others
around the Cape of Good
Hope and toward India, later
arriving in Burma, the
country now known as
Myanmar.
Shot in the leg and chest in
battle, Fadoyebo drew the
attention of Japanese
soldiers who approached him
with bayonets on their rifles.
However, they left him
alone, likely believing he'd
succumb to his serious
wounds. He survived,
crawling to a fellow soldier
still alive from Sierra Leone.
Villagers later took them in
and protected them for
months, even though they
could have been killed for
aiding the African soldiers,
according to accounts from
him and his family.
Fadoyebo returned home to
Nigeria, still then a British
colony despite a growing call
by nationalists for the
nation's independence.
Soldiers who took part in
World War II from Ghana
later sparked the 1948 Accra
riots, the start of the
nation's march toward
independence. However,
their Nigerian counterparts
largely faded back into
normal life as the nation
gained its independence from
Britain in 1960. Later that
decade, some soldiers fought
during the nation's civil war
that saw 1 million people
killed. At that time though,
most of the military
commanders in the nation
came from a later
generation.
History, however, has a way
of fading quickly in Nigeria, a
young nation that has seen
its population boom to more
than 160 million people. The
British commonwealth still
pays to have a portion of a
Lagos cemetery where the
graves of World War II dead
still lie. A Nigerian military
cemetery next to it for those
who died in the 1990
peacekeeping missions to
Sierra Leone and Liberia has
trees growing out of the
graves and overgrown
bushes blocking people from
entering a memorial there.
Fadoyebo ended up writing a
book about his experiences
called "A Stroke of
Unbelievable Luck," while
still receiving his disability
payments from the British
for his injuries into his
eighties. He later was
profiled as part of a
documentary about Africa's
contribution to British forces
during World War II, drawing
new attention to his
incredible story.
"It is a surprise that I
survived it. It's a miracle,"
Fadoyebo told journalist
Barnaby Phillips in the
documentary that aired on
the satellite news network
Al Jazeera. "I never thought I
could survive it. I thought I
was going to die."
Yet through it all, Fadoyebo
remained humble, raising six
daughters and retired from
his job as a civil servant. His
will calls for much of his
estate to go toward
establishing a clinic in the
village where he grew up,
Ajayi said.
"He was a focused man," his
daughter said.
http://abcnews.go.com/story?id=18302660

michealade: ogbeni,wat has jonathan got to do wit single ladies!r u olso high?

dotcom_na_me_na_me: Dear very loving male folks,

We the female folks wish to bring to your notice that in less than 3weeks, there shall be the celebration of love (feb.14).. We'd appreciate it if alongside that box of chocolate is a box of ring- be it diamond, gold, silver or bronze!

We know how much you want us to take a trip to bahamas, sun-city, miami and paris and we appreciate the kind gesture. BUT instead of the holiday trip, we would appreciate it if you took a trip to our family house instead!

We've given you enough hints such as invitation to weddings, church vigils, child dedication and all sorts.

Unfortunately, you are all dumb to realize that- of course we understand that some of you broke up with us during d xmas period but apologies will only be accepted in the form of a marriage proposal with it's consummation in no distant time!

Valentine's day is just 3wks away so you have enough time to call your friends for a drink and tell your fathers, mothers and siblings about us.

Thank you for your kind cooperation.

Signed:

President, Single Ladies Association.

http://talkofnaija.com/index.php/news/noticeboard/letter-to-single-men-from-single-ladies/78236