Wole Soyinka Returns To Biafra | Radio Documentary | 2007
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- 2007.
An amalgam of a two-part BBC World Service Radio production featuring Wole Soyinka, the Nobel Laureate, retracing his journey from Lagos to Enugu, the capital of the newly seceded Republic of Biafra to meet Emeka Ojukwu, the former Lt. Colonel of the Nigerian Army and Governor of the former Eastern Region who had become the Head of State of what was intended to be a new nation.
Narrated by Soyinka, it features interviews with the two main protagonists, Ojukwu and his nemesis, the then Lt.Colonel-turned-Major General, Yakubu Gowon who as the Head of the Federal Military Government of Nigeria had jailed Soyinka.
Soyinka was arrested on August 17th 1967 and released on October 8th 1969.
His book "The Man Died" was inspired by his experience of solitary confinement.
Wole Soyinka was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1987.
Credit: BBC World Service Radio Production.
Source:
Part 1
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02q...
Part 2
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02q...
Footage of Soyinka:
Wole Soyinka Released from Military Detention | October 1969
• Wole Soyinka Released ...
Emeka ojukwu was the only serious person at aburi. Every other person only came to have fun.
I agree. That man was serious
Exactly 💯. The man was serious and prepared for Aburi!! The rest of them thought they were there for a joke.
How wonderful it would have been to see the footage of this documentary
There is no footage - it was made for radio only.
You may be familiar with a number of archival audio which were visually recorded.
@@adeyinkamakinde6164 ooooh. Ok
32:25 a fever? a FEVER?! You've got to be kidding me.
i still believe there was a 3rd force... killing at Asaba, killing of Ironsi, setting up of Shoyinka, am not absolving the Biafran side.. but it seem there was 3rd force bent on ensuring that no peace was possible
The British 🥺🥺🥺...quite obvious
Very possible.