Asaba Massacre: Freedom Buried in the Niger
The Forgotten Blood of Freedom October 1967.The harmattan wind drifted across Asaba, carrying dust and fear. Mothers gathered their children indoors, fathers whispered prayers. Rumours had travelled faster than sound, the federal troops were near. They came not as liberators, but as reapers.Under the white flag of surrender, men and boys were told to assemble […]