BIAFRA: Chimamanda Adichie Says Nigeria Unfair To Igbo 50 Years After Civil War

August 5, 2019
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Popular Nigerian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie faulted the structural arrangement of the country, saying that other sections of the country have treated the Igbo race irrationally 50 years after the civil war ended.

Chimamanda, who spoke on Sunday shortly after planting a tree at the Nelson Mandela Gardens, Asaba, Delta, where Nigeria’s environmentalist and Conqueror of the Sahara Desert, Dr. Newton Jibunoh received her, said:

“I think we should have a sort of Truth and Reconciliation Committee in this country, not just to address Biafra, which should be a central part of it, because it is impossible to understand Nigeria without understanding her history from around 1965 to 1970.”

“For Nigeria to thrive as a nation, we have to acknowledge the truth. In Asaba for instance, brutal massacres happened during the war and not yet acknowledged and so a lot still needs to be done, let us just air our history, sometimes all people need to hear is sorry.

“There are houses in Port Harcourt today that were named abandoned properties and were illegally taken from their owners. There were people who lost everything they owned and just given a tiny amount to start all over. That is injustice that has not been addressed,” she said.

The author asserted, “Acknowledging our history does not mean we will have to divide Nigeria AND dissent does not mean treason.”

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