There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra

media presence in, 199–200, 210–11, 221

mental illness caused by, 195

mercenaries in, 222

Mid-Western Region, invasion of, 128–32, 259–65

military executions during, 135, 178

Nigerians, foreign arms to, 154

Nzeogwu, death of, 184

Ogbunigwe bomb, 156–57

oil, foreign interest in, 99–100, 102

and Ojukwu (Emeka), 122–25, 128–32, 135, 210–11, 213, 223–24

Ojukwu (Emeka) departure, events after, 223–28

Okigbo, Christopher, death of, 184–85

Organization of African Unity (OAU) position on, 96–99, 136–37

Owerri, recapture of, 217–18, 223

and Paul VI, 219–21, 230–31

radio broadcasts during, 183, 259–65

Red Cross aid blocked, 101, 230

refugees, 103, 169, 171, 174, 188

relief efforts, 154–55, 164–66, 169–71, 194

starvation, 195, 199, 209–10, 226, 231

and United Nations neglect, 211–13

Nigerian Broadcasting Company (NBC), 33, 35–37, 65, 70

Nigerian Broadcasting Service (NBS), Chinua’s job at, 30–31

Nigerian Coal Corporation, 67

Nigerian Foreign Service, 77

Nigerian military

and coup of 1966, 78–82

versus political class, 71–72

Nigerian Military Training College (NMTC), 79

Nigerian National Archives, 111