E3: "All is Fair in War" || The Economic Blockade, Biafran Medical Staff
Directed and edited by Lotanna Ogbuefi: https://www.instagram.com/35mmlle/
All interview subjects researched by Lotanna Ogbuefi: https://www.instagram.com/35mmlle/
All interviews conducted and filmed by Lotanna Ogbuefi: https://www.instagram.com/35mmlle/
Cover art by Antony Azekwoh: https://www.instagram.com/anthonyazekwoh/
Written by Tritima Achigbu: https://www.instagram.com/tritimaa/
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In this episode, we discuss the economic blockade placed on the Biafrans, and how they tackled it. We also discuss sickness, starvation, and what it was like to be medical staff on the frontlines.
22 Oct 2020
Emmanuel Ifeajuna: "Igbo Coup" Plotter, International High Jump Champion
On September 25, 1967, Emmanuel Ifeajuna, an international high jump champion and one of the coup plotters behind the "Igbo coup", was sentenced to death by firing squad. This video is on his life.
*Audio recorded September 25, 2020
13 Jul 2020
E2: Walking Down to Nowhere || Anti-Igbo Pogroms, Displacement During the Civil War
Directed and edited by Lotanna Ogbuefi: https://www.instagram.com/35mmlle/
All interview subjects researched by Lotanna Ogbuefi: https://www.instagram.com/35mmlle/
All interviews conducted and filmed by Lotanna Ogbuefi: https://www.instagram.com/35mmlle/
Cover art by Antony Azekwoh: https://www.instagram.com/anthonyazekwoh/
Written by Tritima Achigbu: https://www.instagram.com/tritimaa/
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In this episode, we discuss the displacement Igbos faced after the pogroms in the North, as they had to flee back to the East or risk being killed.
15 Jun 2020
E1: Catechist to Soldier || Conscription and Life as a Biafran Soldier in the Civil War
Directed and edited by Lotanna Ogbuefi: https://www.instagram.com/35mmlle/
First three interviews conducted by Lotanna Ogbuefi: https://www.instagram.com/35mmlle/
Cover art by Antony Azekwoh: https://www.instagram.com/anthonyazekwoh/
Last interview conducted by Tritima Achigbu: https://www.instagram.com/tritimaa/
Written by Tritima Achigbu: https://www.instagram.com/tritimaa/
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In this episode, we follow the military journeys of four men: an instructor, a commander, an aspiring soldier, rejected at drafting; and an “onye ozioma”, kidnapped on his way to church.
23 May 2020
An Introduction || A Brief History of Nigeria and Its Civil War (1900s - 1960s)
Directed and edited by Lotanna Ogbuefi: https://www.instagram.com/35mmlle/
Cover art by Antony Azekwoh: https://www.instagram.com/anthonyazekwoh/
Written by Tritima Achigbu: https://www.instagram.com/tritimaa/
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Umu Biafra is a preservation project detailing the stories of Biafrans that lived through the Nigerian-Biafran Civil War.
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