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There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra. By Orinua Achebe. London: Penguin Books, 2012

By Dan Chima Amadi

November 21, 2014

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ABC Duruaku Ada Uzoamaka Azodo Adaobi Muo Adaora Lois Anyachebelu Biko Agozina Caroline N. Mbonu Chiamaka Ngozi Oyeka Chijioke Azuawusiefe Chima J. Korieh Cletus O. Obasi Dan Chima Amadi Dorothy Oluwagbemi-Jacob Douglas B. Chambers Emma Onua Felicia A. Orih H.C. Ngumah Helen C. Echebima Ijeoma Nwajiaku Ikechukwu Anthony Kanu Ikenna Ukpabi Unya Ikeogu Oke John Sherman Lucy M. Apakama Mary-Noelle Ethel Ezeh Medicine Nicholas Ibeawuchi Omenka Nneka Onu Nwankwo T. Nwaezeigwe Odigwe A. Nwaokocha Ogbu Chukwuka Nwachukwu Ogechi E. Anyanwu Osorgu A. Obiajulu Paul Obiyo Mbanaso Njemanze Raphael Chijioke Njoku Uchenna Onuzulike Williams E. Orukpe

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