Comments on: Thoughts on Biafra http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/11/1739.html black looks Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:36:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: dapo http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/11/1739.html#comment-92306 dapo Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:54:58 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/11/1739.html#comment-92306 I lived in Nigeria from the age of four until I was sixteen (1967-80), in all those years I never knew about the Biafran war until I moved to America. I think it`s wrong to bury our past especialy when it`s horrid. How are we expected to learn from it so as not to make the same mistake. I wish the people and government will talk openly and find a just solution to the same old problem of ethnic division that brought about the war. I lived in Nigeria from the age of four until I was sixteen (1967-80), in all those years I never knew about the Biafran war until I moved to America. I think it`s wrong to bury our past especialy when it`s horrid. How are we expected to learn from it so as not to make the same mistake. I wish the people and government will talk openly and find a just solution to the same old problem of ethnic division that brought about the war.

]]> By: Sokari http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/11/1739.html#comment-88711 Sokari Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:17:09 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/11/1739.html#comment-88711 Herbert. I do not understand. I have not received any comment from you other than the one here. I take serious issue that comments are not allowed on this site and that "candid opinions are not welcome" - This is absolutely untrue. I have never disallowed any of your comments on Black Looks and I do not know what happened to your piece on Biafra but it was never sent to me or posted here. Herbert. I do not understand. I have not received any comment from you other than the one here. I take serious issue that comments are not allowed on this site and that “candid opinions are not welcome” - This is absolutely untrue. I have never disallowed any of your comments on Black Looks and I do not know what happened to your piece on Biafra but it was never sent to me or posted here.

]]> By: Bosse Hammarström http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/11/1739.html#comment-88658 Bosse Hammarström Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:58:31 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/11/1739.html#comment-88658 I have almost finished reading Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. I am now 67 years old, in 1967 I was 27, and I had just graduated as a Registred Nurse. The two month long stint with the International Red Cross in Agbor, the then Mid-West region, was my first Third World assignment. I get so many flash-backs from the reading. One is that at the time I was convinced Biafra could not be defeated and I returned and tried to lobby for support for Biafra in Sweden. I had studied Social Anthropology and read Achebes Things fall apart before going to Nigeria. After I have spent some 15 years in different African countries - Tanzania, Zambia, Guinea-Bissau, Angola, Namibia and Mozambique. It is not easy to try to be an Afro optimist. I have almost finished reading Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. I am now 67 years old, in 1967 I was 27, and I had just graduated as a Registred Nurse. The two month long stint with the International Red Cross in Agbor, the then Mid-West region, was my first Third World assignment. I get so many flash-backs from the reading. One is that at the time I was convinced Biafra could not be defeated and I returned and tried to lobby for support for Biafra in Sweden. I had studied Social Anthropology and read Achebes Things fall apart before going to Nigeria. After I have spent some 15 years in different African countries - Tanzania, Zambia, Guinea-Bissau, Angola, Namibia and Mozambique.
It is not easy to try to be an Afro optimist.

]]> By: Herbert http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/11/1739.html#comment-88655 Herbert Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:42:40 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/11/1739.html#comment-88655 It is regretable that my piece on Biafra was not posted here. I have the feeling that candid and strong opinions are not welcomed here. Then,where do go from here?. Best regards. It is regretable that my piece on Biafra was not posted here.
I have the feeling that candid and strong opinions are not welcomed here.

Then,where do go from here?.

Best regards.

]]> By: Sokari http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/11/1739.html#comment-88574 Sokari Mon, 19 Nov 2007 22:55:45 +0000 http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/11/1739.html#comment-88574 I don't believe that remaining silent is a reaffirmation of a collective desire to put Biafra behind them. You cannot put history behind you and forget or pretend it did not happen. For those who lived Biafra the wounds are still there and need to be healed and we all need know what happened if only for it not to happen again. There are rumblings throughout the country - Biafra is a reminder of what could happen. I don’t believe that remaining silent is a reaffirmation of a collective desire to put Biafra behind them. You cannot put history behind you and forget or pretend it did not happen. For those who lived Biafra the wounds are still there and need to be healed and we all need know what happened if only for it not to happen again. There are rumblings throughout the country - Biafra is a reminder of what could happen.

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