Thread by @ObetaMax

REMEMBERING BIAFRA AND THOSE WE LOST

Let's not forget Eng. Gordon Ezekwe: Under his Biafran Research and Production (RAP), Biafra able produced Ogbunigwe, rockets, grenades, shields, helmets etc.

Under him, Biafra produced weapons that killed more than the imported ones.

ARTUR ALVES PEREIRA , The legendary Biafran Pilot from Portugal who believes so much in the Biafran dream.

Frederick Forsyth, who brought to the knowledge of the World the atrocities that Britain supported in Nigeria.

He resigned his job in BBC to come to Biafra when he saw that British govt was trying to hide d truth from the world

Sen. Edward Kennedy (Massachusetts), Sen.Charles E. Goodell, Sen.Donald E. Lukens (Ohio): supported Biafra& pressed the US to recognize the disaster in the war

Let's not forget AUBERON WAUGH, who named his child "Biafra Waugh" after he saw the carnage on his visit to Biafra.

Let's not forget KURT VONNEGUT and his essay "Biafra: A People Betrayed"

Don't forget the Canadian writer Stanley Diamond who supported Biafra.

We remember Julius Nyerere of Tanzania , who towered above most African political leaders of the time by putting moral principles above politics and recognising Biafra when others were too afraid to do so.

Let's remember BRUCE MAYROCK , the American Columbia University student who burned himself to death in front of the United Nations building in New York. He died in protest for the Biafran cause

Remember COUNT CARL GUSTAV VON ROSEN - crack pilot, humanitarian titan and adventurer

Let's remember MAJOR TAFFY WILLIAMS - welsh mercenary who fought for love and not money.

Let's not forget WOLE SOYINKA and TAI SOLARIN who stood for what is right and were jailed for it.

While all around them - relatives and friends - blindly supported genocide, and still do, they spoke up against evil.

God bless them. A memorial must be created for them in the Biafran realm after the demise of Nigeria

Remember these Biafran Commanders:

Philip Effiong

Col. Joseph Oseloka

Hannibal Achuzie

Captain Anuku

Colonel Nwawo

Major Ananaba

Col. Michael Okwechime

Col. Ben Nwajei

Don't forget Corporal Nwafor, the young boy who saved the day for Biafra by destroying the enemy war machines as they advanced in Umuoji

He died in the battle

They believed in freedom. They believed in a country built on equity and justice.

They believed in excellence

Let's not forget Col Rolf Steiner, who commanded the 4th Commando brigade of the Biafran army

He's a German and fought and trained our men in tactics

He came down here in his 30s

Rolf is 87 years old now, still alive

We Remember

We remember MAJOR TAFFY WILLIAMS, who believed in our dreams and also yearned for freedom and justice

He died in 1993

This post was originally written by our sister, Ifeyinwa China Onyeabor

I edited and updated it