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At the end of the thirty-month war Biafra was a vast smoldering rubble. The head count at the end of the war was perhaps three million dead, which was approximately 20 percent of the entire population.

Chinua Achebe, There Was A Country

#memoir #Nigeria #war #history

I've wanted to read There Was A Country for the longest of times but I'm really glad to be reading it now. From what I've read so far it looks like not much has changed since the last 60 years particularly with respect to our politics. 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬

Some books off the shelves.
#NamasteNovember #OrangeCovers

We did not make the world, so there is no reason we should be quarreling with the number of cultures there are.... I don‘t think anyone can suggest to another person, Please drop your culture; let‘s use mine. That‘s the height of arrogance and the boast of imperialism. #PassportLitsy #Nigeria

People from different parts of the world can respond to the same story if it says something to them about their own history and their own experience. #PassportLitsy #Nigeria

Chinua Achebe discusses his childhood, Biafra and the Nigerian Civil War in a fascinating, beautifully written book that‘s part memoir, part history and includes his poetry from the period as he covers the hope of Nigerian independence to the bloodiness of Civil War and the negative impact on the country‘s prospects but it‘s a highly partisan read and Achebe is hazy on his involvement in the Biafra government, which is a weakness.

#riotgrams #blackwriters

I'm choosing a sunrise/sunset cover by the remarkable timeless Achebe for a #daylightsavings post! #marchmadness

Some spine poetry for #24in48.

"There Was A Country,
Stupid White Men
Against Our Will: Americanah.
Behold the Dreamers,
Dreams of Trespass.
The Revolution Starts at Home,
Woman at Point Zero
The Woman Warrior.
Everything is Illuminated."

Just getting started, I'm on the second chapter...so far so good