I think that this is part of a wider global story as well when it comes to having accurate reckonings of our past. And I wasn't interested in another account of the war passing blames and all of that, which is really the mainstay of the right thing around Biafra. How does the political become invariably personal? You could see that this happens always. It's one way to move into a place where we are not simply putting aside the task of engaging with the people who are interested in finding points of correspondence between their lives and that of the nation.
Emmanuel Iduma is a Nigerian author and critic whose new book, I Am Still With You, explores the legacy of the Nigerian Civil War, which began in 1967 and lasted nearly three years. In the book, Iduma asks questions about how the conflict has affected the generations since, many of whom have had to live with difficult questions hanging over their family histories. Joining Iduma in conversation is our host, Dipo Faloyin, author of Africa Is Not A Country and Senior Editor for Vice.
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