Word: biafras
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Imagine being black and seeing Biafra as a white would see a 32-month-long rape of Czechoslovakia. Imagine being a man and seeing your country condone the act in the interests of "stability in the region," not to mention a billion-dollar investment in said region. Imagine being one of the 2,000,000 dead Biafrans and not understanding any of this...
...Christian Fellowship, Hillel, PBH, the YD's, and the YPSL, we invited SDS to send a representative, but for all of SDS's concern for human life, the co-chairman could not find one member who was interested enough to show up. (Incidentally, Hillel is still working on Biafra relief and needs the help of anyone who has time. Call Steve Langberg, at 547-5727.) Lastly, without the approval of the Executive Board, no officer will sign a letter or leaflet, with Cheney Ryan or anyone else, in other than a personal capacity...
...which did not recognize Biafra but encouraged relief efforts to aid its starving people, is in a less solid position. Secretary of State William P. Rogers, who begins a ten-nation African tour in February, will be coolly received in Lagos. Said the Morning Post: "No, sir, Rogers is not welcome." But Nigerian officials later insisted that Rogers would be a welcome guest...
...silent palm forests and broken towns of the region once known as Biafra, the rape and the looting go on. Countless refugees told me this week of being stopped on the road by federal troops. The soldiers stripped them of their belongings, took their money and went off with their women...
...three turkeys, 30 cold chickens, eight ducks, one side of roast beef, two goats on a spit, 30 chickens on a spit, various fresh salads, charlotte russe, three dozen bottles of vintage champagne, three cases of Scotch. Among the guests was Lieut. Colonel Phillip Effiong, the last leader of Biafra...