73rd birthday of Chuks Ihekaibeya

(Born 5 January 1942, Umuahia, Biafra)

Erudite scholar, “intellectual aristocrat of urbane and liberal temperament”, as friend, colleague and perceptive poet Niyi Osundare states, diplomat, member of the crucial communication directorate of the Biafran resistance government during the Igbo genocide, carried out by Nigeria and key ally Britain, 29 May 1966-12 January 1970, during which 3.1 million Igbo or one-quarter of this nation’s population are murdered

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