The Tragedy of Victory is a book written by Brigadier General Alabi Isama, providing the inside knowledge and information about the separatist war in Nigeria from 1967- 1970
The Tragedy of Victory Reviewers: Alfred Ilenre
The Legend of “Hannibal”: How a civilian built the most feared reputation of the Biafran War
To the rank-and-file Biafran soldiers and civilians, he was "Hannibal" a fearless, bulletproof folk hero who rushed toward the frontlines when trained officers hesitated. To the regular Biafran High Command men who had formal military training in the Nigerian Army before the 1967 secession he was a loose cannon, a publicity hound, and an absolute nightmare of a disciplinarian.
The Eternal Quartermaster By Lawson Akhigbe
Nigeria's army has been described as mighty on paper many of its soldiers 'ghosts' who exist only on the payroll, much of its equipment stolen and sold to insurgents."The Economist, October 2021
Lessons from IPOB – Niran Adedokun The Punch
For the record, I do not have any shred of sympathy for Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and the Indigenous People of Biafra. I agree that the Igbo people of South-East Nigeria have been served the short end of the stick for too long. One should be honest enough though, to admit that Nigeria has been unfair …
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Biafra and the burden of a warrior nation – The Nigerian Guardian
Nnamdi Kanu When the last Biafran War ended in 1970, Nnamdi Kanu, the founder and leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, was barely three. Whatever he may have known about the war he must have acquired from his parents, his peers, senior people who experienced the war first hand and from reading and …
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