There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra

Wasp (Anwu), 108

Waugh, Auberon, 105

“We Laughed at Him,” 196–98

Welch, James, 34

West, Richard, 171–72

West Africa. See also Nigeria

ancient kingdoms of, 1–2, 47

in British empire. See British colonial rule

Ghana independence, 40–41

newspapers of, 42

West African Pilot, The, 42–43

“Who Cares About Biafra Anyway?” (Blum), 212–13

Wiesel, Elie, 249

Wilkins, Roy, 104

Williams, Grace Alele, 27

Wilson, Angus, 38

Wilson, Harold, pro-Nigerian position of, 99–101, 105, 106, 213–14, 229, 232

World Bank, on missing Nigerian national funds, 249–50

World Council of Churches, 165–66

World War II, 44, 48

Yako people, 150

Yoruba people, 45, 47

Igbo dominance over, 74