There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra

Republic of Biafra, 143–68

administrative functions, 150

Ahiara Declaration, 143–49

Biafran Organization of Freedom Fighters (BOFF), 159–60

Biafran spirit during war, 171–72

capital city, 149, 176

Chinua, on new-nation committees, 143–49

creation of, 91–92, 128

ethnic groups of, 150

flag of, 151

intellectual foundation of, 143–49

military and armaments of, 153–60

national anthem of, 151–53

National Guidance Committee, 144–49

-Nigerian war. See Nigeria-Biafra war

population (1967), 150

post-war devastation, 227

relief efforts, 154–55, 164–66, 194

secession, Nigerian position on, 96–97

secession, supporters of, 91, 97–98

Road, The (Soyinka), 109

Robertson, Sir James, 49–51

Rocheau, Monsignor Georges, 134

Romain, Jacques, 164

Rotimi, Ola, 114

St. Jorre, John de, 120, 128–29

St. Michael’s School (Aba), 16, 17–18

St. Philip’s Central School (Ogidi), 15–17

St. Philip’s Church (Ogidi), 11–12

Salih, al-Tayyib, 113