This site is dedicated to the book - Surviving in Biafra - The Story of the Nigerian Civil War. Written by Alfred Obiora Uzokwe, the 248-page book was published January 2003 and is widely available.  On the right side of this website are various outlets through which the book may be purchased.

In the book, the author gives a stunningly lucid account of the suffering that  Biafran civilians endured during the Nigeria-Biafra war in which two million people died. He takes the reader on a riveting journey through his childhood days in Nigeria during the war and traces events from the time his family was forced to flee from Lagos, in 1966 to escape hostilities, to the day in 1970, when the last shots were fired. 

The book chronicles several family tragedies resulting from the war and recalls deadly and nerve-racking air raids on Biafran civilian targets. It highlights the tragic deaths of children from malnutrition and talks about the attempted subjugation of Biafrans after the war.  Accounts of the resilience of the Biafran people, which ultimately led to their survival, are not left out.

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