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    Another Biafra
    Another Biafra
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    Another Biafra

    By Anthony Abuah

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    Set in Warri, a region filled with wealthy multi-national oil corporations amidst tremendous poverty and soil pollution. Local activist, Apori is at crisis point in his marriage and is torn between making a drastic change for his people, at the expense of his wife Uwa. He is forced to decide where his priorities lie when American tabloid journalist, Karen Washington arrives in town. Eric is the idealistic British reporter shuttling between the UK and Nigeria, covering the latest local news in the area and interviewing leading political figures.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris UK
    Release dateMar 5, 2012
    ISBN9781465303240
    Another Biafra
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    Anthony Abuah

    Another Biafra is the thrilling debut from Anthony Abuah. It is humourous yet filled with historical facts on the Niger-Delta crisis and the Biafran war. The play premiered in London to critical acclaim in 2010 winning a Merit Award. It has since gone on stage as a three week run in 2011 at one of London's fringe theatres. The story is compelling and is sure to provide you with incite to the Niger-Delta and Nigerian politics.

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      Another Biafra - Anthony Abuah

      Copyright © 2011 by Anthony Abuah.

      ISBN:          Softcover                                 978-1-4653-0323-3

                         Ebook                                      978-1-4653-0324-0

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

      Photos Courtesy of Charles Nas-Omagiafo for CANO Photography (c)

      www.cano-photography.com

      Book Cover and Design by Jason Nicholson-Porter for JNP Graphics, London.

      To order additional copies of this book, contact:

      Xlibris Corporation

      0-800-644-6988

      www.xlibrispublishing.co.uk

      [email protected]

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      CONTENTS

      EASTERN NIGERIA AND THE NIGER-DELTA

      ANOTHER BIAFRA BY ANTHONY ABUAH

      THE INTERVIEW

      This Play had its debut at The Cockpit Theatre, London on Monday, 12th July 2010 at 7pm.

      Below is the full list of all the actors who worked on Another Biafra's first run.

      THE PLAYERS

      ANTHONY ABUAH                 as Apori

      STEPHEN MCLEOD                as Eric

      MARLENE NWOYE                  as Uwa

      KRISTINA EPENETOS             as Karen

      ONOSKY UJORHA                   as Mr President

      UCHENNA OKONKWO          as Sergeant

      DAVID FRANCE                        as Mr Shell

      CHRIS ROCHESTER                 as Militant Leader

      IFY OKONKWO                         as Witchdoctor

      GEORGE ONONUJU                as Soldier

      MEDI BELEKIZA

                 and                                     as Militants

      MOSES GOMES

      This piece was directed by MR ASHLEY FORRESTER and MR ANTHONY ABUAH for Tales From The Motherland Productions LTD., London.

      THIS PLAY IS DEDICATED TO

      THE PEOPLE OF THE NIGER DELTA AND

      THOSE WHO PERISHED IN

      THE NIGERIA-BIAFRA WAR (1967-70).

      AND

      MY LEARNED FATHER, IN WHOM I AM A PROUD SON. AMBASSADOR EJOH ALOYSIUS ABUAH.

      ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

      There are a lot of people who at various parts of my life and career have supported and encouraged me to pursue my God-given ambition to write. A kind word given to me by an old friend, the encouraging words of my mum, even the support of a former girlfriend all somehow allow me to call myself a published author. The scriptures say, ‘I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me’. Like everything great in my life, it is God I hold responsible and thank Him for his love for me. My parents raised me to be aware of my own africanness which has led me to write Another Biafra. I owe its success to a phenomenal cast, loving and supporting friends, and my beautiful fiancée. My old school friends. ‘Bruce’ who devoted himself through thick and thin, Kofi who was involved in the project from the very beginning and Ayo who encouraged me to publish. I can’t forget Lionel and Ashley, either. Thanks to all of you for putting up with me through the rough times. I appreciate you all.

      EASTERN NIGERIA

      AND THE NIGER-DELTA

      Three States

      On 1 October 1960, a new nation, Nigeria was born. Blessed with a vast population and various natural resources, she was to become a powerhouse both in Africa and the world. The country with approximately 300 ethnic groups is dominated by the three largest; the Hausa-Fulani in the North, the Yoruba in the West and the Igbos in the East. When independence was declared from the British in the main boardroom of the Federal Palace Hotel, A ‘One Nigeria’ was shown before the world. Three years later, Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, an Igbo, took the oath as President whilst Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, a Hausa from the North became the elected Prime Minister. Both men carried the hopes of their respective people in the new Nigeria and vowed to work in unison with the other for the greater good of all Nigerians. That was on the surface.

      Nigeria was the largest British Colony in West Africa, and was governed by Sir Frederick Lugard since 1900. It was split into three main regions; Northern, Eastern and Western, each with a British administrator. The Northern region of the country was less educated, with less infrastructure and largely Islamic. This was in stark contrast to the south where there were more civil servants, teachers, entrepreneurs, literary scholars, and politicians. The Eastern Region where the Niger-Delta is located, produces Nigeria’s major financial resource, oil. At the time of independence, this was largely undiscovered, but Nigeria’s wealth in people and other commodities such as cocoa and rubber ensured the nation will still thrive economically in the years to come.

      Outbreak of Civil War

      Long before Britain had left Nigeria to self-governance, Easterners (mostly Igbos) sought work and business opportunities in other regions in the colony. With the comparatively less developed Northern Region still without much, many Igbos set up trade companies and other ventures in development. The conservative North petitioned for seperation from the rest of Nigeria prior to independence. Naturally, both Britain and southern nationalists opposed this as the Northern region provided vital resources which benefitted Nigeria’s economy.

      The Igbos had been successful in their endeavours up north. This embittered some in the north and sporadic riots would break out where Igbos would be murdered and forced to return back to their land. Once the riots were quelled, Igbos were often encouraged by the government to return, maintaining the same ‘One Nigeria’. Many did, but the outbreaks of violence continued.

      On January 15, 1966, Major Kaduna Nzeogwu (an Igbo) and other junior Army officers attempted a coup d’etat after claims of fraud at the presidential elections of 1965. Igbos, Yoruba and Hausa leaders were killed despite allegations that the coup was aimed at non-Igbos only. Yoruba and Hausa leaders were killed. The coup failed, unfortunately leading to the death of the incumbent Prime Minister, Abuabakar Tafawa Balewa. The coup-plotists too were killed resulting with a military government taking temporary control under General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, an Igbo and head of the

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