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Book Synopsis"we will aim at everything - even if it is not moving". Boughton's memoir of the Biafran War published (2015) ahead of the 50th anniversary of the start (2017).
Trade ReviewSURREY LIFE "this intense, emotional memoir is a withering indictment of governing elites and the destructive consequences of their out-of-control behaviour. Around a million people starved to death or were killed in the fighting; yet the news vacuum meant that Boughton and other expat workers were often in the dark about the true extent of what was going on." SURREY LIFE magazine: "this intense, emotional memoir is a withering indictment of governing elites and the destructive consequences of their out-of-control behaviour. Around a million people starved to death or were killed in the fighting; yet the news vacuum meant that Boughton and other expat workers were often in the dark about the true extent of what was going on."
Table of ContentsMap of Biafra; Biafran War; Port Harcourt, 1 we were startled in our sleep by an explosion, 2 It was 'dry' in that it didn't rain, much, 3 Oh, de bomb not be for you, 4 we were hostages, 5 we got into wooden canoes and paddled hard, 6 You leave next week; Midwest Nigeria, 7 a gele expressed everything, 8 SHELL ENGINEER YOU GO PASS DIS PLACE YOU GO DIE O, 9 Dere be people hurt here!, 10 we sensed no hostility, 11 One of the Babies flew through; Port Harcourt, 12 I have to kill the Ibos,13 you bring the girl who is not there; Lagos, 14 I read Ojukwu's book...He was right, 15 a complex man, in a complex situation, 16 tyres smoking on the roadside; The Author
