BIAFRA IS THE IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS COME
How do we
deal with the idea whose time has arrived?
Is it by bows
and arrows, guns or by bullets?
Is it by
lynching at the Senate or House?
No, Biafra shalt rise in spirit and in authenticity
Thou Biafra hast
recaptured the old glory sublime
Thou
art inspiriting, inspirational, Awe-inspiring
Magnificent,
Uplifting, Moving, Transcendent
Lemme
be in Biafra! Lemme taste Biafuru
Gimme that old time
epoch-making magic
Of the Chukwuemeka
Odumegwu Ojukwu Era
That indomitable
fortitude of a people displaced
Of men and women with
heads bloody but unbowed
Of women carrying in
sacks heads of husbands cowardly slain
Butchered in pusillanimous
undeclared battle covertly devised
Of husbands gathering
the remains of wives whose bellies were gutted
And neonates hardly
able to survive outside wombs were littered
Of Uzuakoli and
Abiriba dancers gyrate with heads scarfed neatly in baskets
And “omu” in pursed
lips shrouded with magical silence only the dead understood
Brave Imo men in loin
cloths wielding machetes willing to die for the cause
Tell
me of the late Frank Anuebunwa of Nkwerre Orlu who declared
“Long live Ojukwu,
for Biafra shall never die
I’m ready to abandon
this body and fly with wings of light
To answer Ojukwu’s fatal
call anew to spill precious blood if need must be”
What is man if he
believeth not what he dieth for
Or dieth for that
which hardly stirred a shred of conviction?
Can you declare in a
nutshell what in essence this life encompasses?
And unravel the mystery
of life and discern the unfathomable?
But Thou art the
Biafra;
We worship Thee,
adore Thee, and Thou art all we have
B stands for the
barbarity and bellicosity of our attackers & their Betrayal
I is the Igboman, the
Israeli war planes, our Idiosyncrasies and Ideals
A is our mission’s Awesomeness,
the Apex of our pains, our Assiduousness
F stands for fearlessness of our soldiers, the
falafel, the flibbertigibbet, the Faux
pas
R Is Ratiocination
and Reasoning behind our Rationale, Refulgent Radiance
A stands for the
Assurance of our victory, our Audacity, Autochthonous voices
The Mystery of Biafra
is a bottomless sea, soundless as light, boundless as echo
Can anyone forget
events that took place in Biafra some 50 yesteryears
When Igbos, like lions,roamed Eastern Nigeria, and Anyamirins developed the
North
When Zik was
at Lagos, Okpara in the East, and Mbadiwe’s opposition blast off
When Igbos were
Igbos, pride was high, robbery and kidnapping very much unknown
When Igbo marriage
was designed in heaven and destined to span eternity
Men planted yams and
sat in circles around calashes of fermented palm wine
While pregnant
prepubescent girls pounded foofoo with skinny pestles
Children hid away in
corners with school lessons under smoking kerosene lamps?
Thou Biafra shalt
surely rise again in spirit and reality
Surely, Thou shalt
recapture Thine past glory, come what may;
Come high water or
gusting wind, Gimme that old time Igbo spirit ere I die
Feed me Biafra till I
thirst no more, till my mouth is filled with savory meat
Come, Sweet Love, my Master, the Great Biafra
Aren’t Thou the
Biafrans?
KEYS
Anyamirins:
Drinkers of cool water in the hot Hausa summer
Lemme: Let me
see or let me taste
Gimme: Give me
Biafra: the rebirth
of the Eastern Region of Nigeria
Biafuru: Come
and see
Barbarity:
horrifying attacks on Anyamirins by Mr. Gowon and his Nigerian soldiers
Bellicosity:
inclination or eagerness to fight aggressively in hostile, belligerent manner
Buhari: the chief
Fulani herdman whose nama (cow)a Biafran stole and munchi (chops or eats all)
IPOB: the Indigenous
People Of Biafra who engage in protests, demanding “dismantle this system”
Nnamdi Kalu:
Igboman from Great Britain who wants to make palaver with Buhari
Flibbertigibbet:
Middle English word refers to a flighty or whimsical person, usually young women
Foofoo:
preferred meal of the Igbos, consisting ground flour and very hot water,
usually swallowed
Zik: Nnamdi
Azikiwe, the restful Zungeru Igboman whose first name our restless IPOB leader adopted
Chukwuemeka
Odumegwu Ojukwu: the Oxford man who declared the State of Biafra with ogbunigwe
Michael Okpara:
Premier of the Eastern Nigerian Region that specialized in eba (garri) and achara
soup
Mbadiwe: That
colorful man, also known as that burly forward-ever-and-backward-never wrestler
Falafel:
deep-fried ball or doughnut made from ground corn flour
Autochthonous:
indigenous, native of the rainforest known as the Biafra
Ogbunigwe: the
clever contraption the Biafrans developed to blow Nigerian soldiers up in the
air
Omu: tiny leaf
placed between lips as one engaged in a struggle that ended in death
Pusillanimous:
timid, cowardly, spineless, faint-hearted, lily-livered, fearful
Refulgent:
shining, bright, gleaming, like crystal chandeliers
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