Asaba Memorial Oral History Project
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Interviewer
S. Elizabeth Bird; Fraser M. Ottanelli
Publication Date
8-12-2010
Date
2009-12-15
Abstract
Oral history interview with Emmanuel Chukwara, a survivor of the Asaba Massacre, a mass killing of civilians which occurred in 1967 during the Nigerian Civil War. When the Biafran soldiers crossed over to Nigeria, Chukwara took his wife and children across the Niger River to Onitsha, where his mother-in-law lived. Shortly after they left the shelling began, and when Chukwara returned to his house he found that his mother had been killed and that the rest of his family had gone to another village. His father left when the townspeople were called to welcome the troops, and when he did not return, Chukwara's brothers went to look for him. After the massacre, Chukwara went back to Onitsha and stayed there until the war ended. As his parents and four brothers died in the massacre, he raised his own children and those of his siblings. He is the brother-in-law of Patience Chukura, who was also interviewed for the project.
Keywords
Massacres, Crimes against humanity, Nigerian Civil War (1967-1970)
Extent
00:30:08; 18 page transcript
Subject: geographic
Nigeria; Asaba (Nigeria); Onitsha (Nigeria)
Language
English
Digital Date
2010
Media Type
Oral histories
Format
Digital Only
Identifier
A34-00009
Recommended Citation
Chukwara, Emmanuel, "Emmanuel Chukwara Oral History Interview" (2010). Asaba Memorial Oral History Project. 20.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/asaba/20
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