A white friend of mine offered a possible explanation to the unusual high rate of kidnappings and other ills befalling Ndiigbo in Nigeria today. He basically said that Ndiigbo and other Biafrans quickly forgot to honor their dead heroes. He said that Biafra might be the only case in human history where people fought a war and lost huge numbers of people (especially innocent people), and their kith and kin simply carried on as if nothing happened.
Soldiers who died fighting in foreign wars are often still honored in their home countries, even if their bodies were never recovered. A complete funeral is conducted. Biafran war dead deserve such honor and must recieve it for Igboland and Nigeria to even be stable talk less of moving forward.
A white man told me this!

I think it is time Ndiigbo properly honor our fallen heroes and heroines. These were men and women who died fighting for us, fighting to protect us against agents of genocide. We need to pick out a particular week once every year to mourn and eulogize them. In such week of Biafran mourning, all Igbo businesses should close and Biafran flags hoisted on all streets of old eastern region, our radio stations should also play musics and tunes commemorating them. Christian and other religious services should also be conducted on the 7th day (Sunday). Also they must be eulogized with things they stood for (Biafra anthem, songs and memorabilia). This should help to rest the souls of our dead heroes.

You cannot really know where you are going until you have properly come to terms with your past. Simple logic. It is time we mourn our dead.

Didn't know there are people still hurt about what happened decades ago. Hope you find succor.

Go and ask the scottish^^^

:-x

Stillwater,
Its not about being hurt. Remembrance is not about being hurt and even if it is so what?. Every nation is obligated to honor its dead. If that is not acceptable in your culture then so be it but don't come here making reckless comments. Thank you.

If they hoist Biafra flags in the Eastern region you don't think Nigeria will scatter? The only time the dead can be appeased is when. . . .

Hat off and a moment of silence for the fallen heroes and the killed innocent civilians on both sides.  

Their history and stories should not be forgotten. May God's blessing help create a respectful, united, tolerant, and intelligent Nigeria in other to prevent another such war regardless of the configuration. God dey.

i understand how some people cant let this go knowing their family was effected by this war, and probably some of them didnt make it.
its kinda like the Vietnam War, some people cant let it go.

Stillwater,
Its not about being hurt. Remembrance is not about being hurt and even if it is so what?. Every nation is obligated to honor its dead. If that is not acceptable in your culture then so be it but don't come here making reckless comments. Thank you.

How's my comment reckless? So all the Biafra threads on Nairaland is only about remembering the dead? You are obviously still hurt over the issue. Nothing wrong with admitting that. Hope you find peace though.

If you want to honour your dead then make a museum exhibit in ABJ or in the East, art gallery, etc statues for the Dead. . . . .

sjeezy8:

If you want to honour your dead then make a museum exhibit in ABJ or in the East, art gallery, etc statues for the Dead. . . . .

They don't know how to, this is how the Yoruba folks they love to hate do it,


http://happylagosian..com/2009/07/obafemi-awolowo-museum-epe-lagos.html

sjeezy8:

If you want to honour your dead then make a museum exhibit in ABJ or in the East, art gallery, etc statues for the Dead. . . . .

this is just a little thing on nairaland, k?
but you do have a good idea.
maybe build it in Enugu, the capital of the East.

This is what a recession causes

THE-AMAKA:

this is just a little thing on nairaland, k?
but you do have a good idea.
maybe build it in Enugu, the capital of the East.

Great idea for starters.

that will be nice.

Im very surprised that hasnt been yet, some of you are so stuck on ikemba nutts and HIS dream of biafra/or becoming president of Nigeria, to deal with the REAL tragedy of the war (innocent people who died).

THE-AMAKA:

this is just a little thing on nairaland, k?
but you do have a good idea.
maybe build it in Enugu, the capital of the East.

Onlytruth:

Great idea for starters.

WilyWily:

that will be nice.

ode boy wily
remember a yoruba- guy said the idea on nl

sjeezy8:

ode boy wily
remember a yoruba- guy said the idea on nl

Oloshi sjeezy8,
You mean an Amala-guy? maybe his father was one of the murderers

WilyWily:

Oloshi sjeezy8,
You mean an Amala-guy? maybe his father was one of the murderers

dont worry an igbo guy will be president of Nigeria. In the name of jesus
when that time come support him, cause you guys are stuck with Nigeria 4 ever
okijashrine boy

what is my concern if Igbo/Efik/Ijaw/Ogoni is going to be your president or not. I'm only looking forward and contributing to the dismantling/completely dissolution of this your Stinking Devil cage call Nigeria.

"remember a yoruba guy blah blah"
give me a damn break!
cant you let the tribe thing go, JUST FOR ONCE?!
seriously you have pride issues, and that statement just proves it.
didnt you read the title? "Ndiigbo & Biafrans:. . ."
wetin concern you here? what mess are you trying to cook up now?
i really dont get it. 

An exhibit /museum will be befitting.
Its time for organization both in diaspora and home should start doing more for the veterans. Well something is getting done

udezue:

An exhibit /museum will be befitting.
Its time for organization both in diaspora and home should start doing more for the veterans. Well something is getting done

_{nah lets wait for the FG as usual} 

But I totally agree with this, not only a museum they should be a day off in the east as well where people have to volunteer to visit old peoples home to help out or if there was a retirement home

Dis Guy:

_{nah lets wait for the FG as usual}
But I totally agree with this, not only a museum they should be a day off in the east as well where people have to volunteer to visit old peoples home to help out or if there was a retirement home

Good. Well we are having some sort of election here n Houston (IDG) to decide what to do to help our people back home and the Biafra veterans are among the list of people we want to help out (voting on).

THE-AMAKA:

"remember a yoruba guy blah blah"
give me a damn break!
cant you let the tribe thing go, JUST FOR ONCE?!
seriously you have pride issues, and that statement just proves it.
didnt you read the title? "Ndiigbo & Biafrans:. . ."
wetin concern you here? what mess are you trying to cook up now?
i really dont get it. 

lol wetin concern me abi? simple fact im tired of seeing these damn biarfa stuvs posted every damn where its annoying. and I said yoruba guy part not for tribal reason but to refute the opinion some igbos have that yorubas want to marginalize them, wipe them out, or whatever some paranoid people may think.

Whether the thread says ndigbo or not doesnt change the fact that EVERY IGBO comments on a page that has something to with a yoruba person in politics, this thread is no different.

tribalistic shallow amaka

Sjeezy,
dude please get lost. U are becoming a nuisance. If Igbo-Biafra threads dey worry u look for EgbeOmoduduwa threads or open one biko.

No need to open one cause i dont shit about egbe oduduwa as of right now but you people please stop polluting every God damn thread with different stuvs.

Theres a Nigeria Forum right why not post there? Nairaland for Nigerians and friends of Nigerians
its not an igbo thing because this is the politics section not tribalism section so . . . . . please hush up nkem!

now that i gave you my opinion lemi leave sha

lol its funny how you have the NERVE to call me "tribalistic amaka" yet you said that foolish "remember a yoruba guy blah blah" comment.
it DID relate to tribe in every way.
you could have easily said "remember sjeezy came up blah blah" or something, but NO you had to go all out and call on the name of the almighty yoruba.
i don tire oooo.
anyway.

@sjeezy8

may i know just what it is you want on this thread? as usual you just seem interested in posting something nasty about igbos, prompting a strong response and starting a free for all with the usual suspects abusing themselves for at least 18 pages.

sorry to disappoint you but being igbo is different then being biafran. Theres nothing in my post on this thread that bashed igbos, as i simply suggested a good idea of

sjeezy8:

If you want to honour your dead then make a museum exhibit in ABJ or in the East, art gallery, etc statues for the Dead. . . . .

now since some of you are paranoid ill leave you to your madness because sjeezy doesnt care if the thread is about hausa ijaw igbo yoruba or tiv. I wil comment wherever on NL. As the forum says for Nigerians and friends of Nigeria. As i stated before there is a Nigeria Forum, which i dont go and state my opinion because its for Biafrans, but this NL is for Nigerians and friends of Nigeria.

Dont worry an igbo will be president of Nigeria  and he will have the support of hausas-fulanis-yorubas, and it will put all the madness and misconceptions about the so called hate for igbos to death.

So, these fantasists who want another Biafra, how geographically illiterate can you guys get? You forget that Baifra worked because the consistutional machinery of Nigeria had already defiend the Eastern Region, which Ojukwu simply pulled out of the country. The Eastern region is history now. To do another Biafra you would somehow have to get the Ogoni and Ijaw and Itsekiri and Efik and Akwa Ibom to your side. I lived in Port Harcourt for two years. Ogoni people don’t particularly love Igbos. Why should they trade domination by northerners for domination by Igbo?

There was no genocide plan. A couple of riots in the North isn't genocide. War is war, unfortunately. Ojukwu exposed his people to the full fury of a wartime Nigerian state when he pulled out of the Federation.

My proposal:

Set up monuments in towns of Enugu, Owerri and Aba and a public holiday in the eastern states.
This must be done whether the FG likes it or not.
Every country tends to rollup its history, but the slaughterhouse Biafra was never considered but rather ignored.
So as I said, we the former Biafrans must remember and salute.
We owe this not only to the fallen, but also to the Easteners in general.

HAIL