Asaba Memorial Oral History Project
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Interviewer
S. Elizabeth Bird
Publication Date
11-30-2009
Date
2009-10-13
Abstract
This is an oral history interview with the Honorable Emmanuel Okocha, author of Blood on the Niger, the only book about the Asaba Massacre, a mass killing of civilians which occurred in 1967 during the Nigerian Civil War. Okocha, a survivor of the massacre, was a small child at the time; his father was killed at Asaba, and two older brothers also died during the war. Okocha began researching the massacre after finishing his university studies, and has interviewed hundreds of survivors and relatives of those who were killed. He describes some of his research, the publication of his book, and his efforts to document the massacre.
Keywords
Massacres, Crimes against humanity, Nigerian Civil War (1967-1970), Memorials
Extent
00:46:03; 18 page transcript
Subject: geographic
Nigeria; Asaba (Nigeria)
Language
English
Digital Date
2009
Media Type
Oral histories
Format
Digital Only
Identifier
A34-00006
Recommended Citation
Okocha, Emmanuel, "Honorable Emmanuel Okocha Oral History Interview" (2009). Asaba Memorial Oral History Project. 13.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/asaba/13
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