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Date	May 1967 - January 1970

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Biafran forces training for combat in 1968

Nigerian Civil War

Nigeria

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Nigerian author

Odumegwu Ojukwu

Odumegwu Ojukwu

Nigerian military leader and politician

Yakubu Gowon

Yakubu Gowon

head of state of Nigeria

Frederick Forsyth

British author