About seven years ago, the
re-implementation of the Biafran Revolution Movement was set in motion, a dream
that we now realize was very dear to your heart as events have continued to
show. Please accept this as an update, even if post-mortem.
The fate of Igbo and all
the minorities that are at present being marginalized in the british birthed
abomination of a country called Nigeria are interwoven, hence if you will allow
me, although this report will be directed to and is about Igbo, the other
nations can see it also as a reflection of their yearning for true freedom
and/or independence.
Peaceful
Actualization of Biafra:
As you already know, Biafra and Ala Igbo in particular has been under occupation by the nigerian
vandals since the so called end of the Biafra/nigeria war. In fact the
occupation has been so brutal that Igbo is gradually being
marginalized out of existence. A plan of gradual strangulation that was put in
place by the genocidal victors of that war continue to lay waste Igbo land,
talent, her children and her vast human resources. The tradition and custom of
Ndi Igbo have been turned upside down and abomination has now become the norm
in Igbo land. Traitors continue to be put over Ndi Igbo by these animals who
hate all things Igbo and are only interested in Islamizing Ala Igbo or
converting Igbo to a slave nation if Islamization is not achievable.
After the genocidal war in
which more than 3 million innocent Biafrans were either starved to death or out
rightly massacred, a genocidal war in which but for the Grace of YAH, Igbo in
Nne Ala Igbo (Igbo Land) would have been wiped out, Igbo was in no mood to put up an
armed resistance. Her leaders had joined the oppressors of Ndi Igbo and had
become house-slaves of these Igbo slave masters.
Under these circumstances
any call for Igbo to start an armed resistance was doomed to fail, for the
oppressors of Ndi Igbo had cut out the heart of Igbo, they thought.
The challenge then was not
only to get Ndi Igbo to stop identifying with their oppressors but Igbo had to
be convinced that there was salvation for Igbo outside the british birthed
abomination nigeria, a Herculean task if left to the human imagination. But we
knew that to Yah, all things are possible, even salvation for Igbo!
"Yah - Thou",
"Yahnwe - Thou that owns", "Yahnweuwa - Thou that owns the
universe", "Ama Ama Amasi Amasi - The Unknowable One" ,...,
"Chi na Eke - God continues to Create" had an answer. Yah put the
solution into the minds of Yah's children - THE PEACEFUL ACTUALIZATION OF
BIAFRA.
Next we felt that that
since the population of Igbo in Chicago was in the thousands and since we were already
based in Chicago, all we had to do was carry this message to our
brethren and all would be history. Were we mistaken, Yah had other plans. Not
only did all our organizations in Chicago turn us down, we were even labeled mad, two
brethren (A physicist and a sculptor) that had gone mad and were about to lead
Igbo back to slaughter - We had to be stopped or discouraged by all means.
Every organization was probably advised to avoid us.
If we were not able to get
the ears of our brethren or work through their organizations, we would start an
organization of two if we had to. Again Yah had other plans. He sent us an Igbo
American (Maazi EzeNdubuisi - may Yah continue to bless you where ever you
might be). An American that had traced his roots to the village that his
fore-fathers came from in Igbo land, learnt the language, tradition and
customs of Ndi Igbo, and was actively practicing the Omenala of Igbo even here
in America. "If you will accept us as Igbo, we will be
members of your organization", he said. You see he was part of an
organization of more than fifty Igbo Americans. General, could you imagine our
joy at the turn of these wonderful event, to go from practically an
organization of two to in fact one of the biggest Igbo organization in Diaspora
in an instant - Does Yah work in mysterious ways or what? In fact Maazi EzeNdubuisi played a major role in
the drafting of the mission statement of Ekwe Nche, its uncompromising stance
on Igbo/Biafra, a masterpiece if I might so say:
Ekwe Nche
(Igwe bụ Ike)
P. O. Box
408250 A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION
Chicago, Il 60640
Ekwe Nche is
a worldwide based organization of all IGBO of American, Cuban, Haitian,
Jamaican, African, etc descent. She is the vanguard of IGBO tradition and culture.
PURPOSES
To worship
Almighty God, The Supreme Being, in accordance with IGBO culture and tradition;
To promote
the Spiritual, cultural, educational, civic, social, literary, scientific and
benevolent advancement of Ndi Igbo;
To conduct
research in other to facilitate the accurate dissemination of information to be
used to actively stop all forms and acts of genocide perpetrated and/or engaged
upon IGBO people worldwide;
To strive
for unity of Igbo around COLLECTIVE leadership models focusing toward the
realization of IGBO pride and nationality;
To actively
seek and prosecute all those responsible for crimes of genocide against Ndi
Igbo and all those responsible for anti IGBO propaganda.
PLANS
IGBO
CULTURE: Establishment of IGBO house in every city where there are Ndi
Igbo. To actively research, document and practice IGBO culture and tradition.
IGBO
EDUCATION: Establishment of IGBO schools in every city where there are
Ndi Igbo, with a strong emphasis in speaking, reading and writing IGBO
language.
IGBO
FAMILY: Re-establishment and emphasizing the IGBO family values and the
upbringing of our children in IGBO ways.
IGBO
LANGUAGE: Establishment of IGBO newspapers, radio, television and cinema,
theater, Internet and other communications services.
IGBO
LEADERSHIP: Re-establishment of the True and Time Tested Collective
Leadership models with the Elder-statesman/stateswoman as the highest
achievable position, a position that can only be attained through a life long
service to Ndi IGBO.
IGBO
MONEY: Promotion of the strong economic financial growth and success of
Ndi IGBO worldwide with emphasis in establishing and developing IGBO banks,
companies, industries, real estate, etc.
IGBO
NATION: Establishment of the Republic of Biafra based on Igbo culture, tradition and
philosophy.
Yes, Maazi Effiong, since
we could not use any of our existing organizations as a vehicle of this unique
idea of salvation for Igbo, a new organization, comprising of Ndi Igbo
worldwide - Ekwe Nche, was born. Yes, Igbo Americans have been in the
fore-front of the struggle for the survival of Ndi Igbo and their way of life. To our Igbo American
brethren we say Ndeewo, as you continue on your uncompromising stance to
help salvage the way of life of Ndi Igbo in Nne Ala Igbo (Igbo Land) by
standing by your family as the fight for the actualization of
Biafra intensifies, and more importantly as we join you in your mission
to bring the message to Igbo Americans about their roots, may Yah
continue to guide us in this most important task for this mission will
lead to the independent nation of Biafra based on Igbo culture, tradition and
philosophy.
Medium:
Zik of Africa used the
newspaper medium to carry the gospel of independence to Africa (nigeria). Not only did we not have that type of money,
time was of the essence. The damage to Igbo was accelerating at such a rate
that if nothing was done real soon the damage would be irrevocable. AS usual
Yah came to the rescue. The World Wide Web was already in place and more
importantly, the mother of Igbo discussion groups - "Igbo--net" was
in place. We now had a medium to carry our message and goal of peaceful
actualization of Biafra to Oha, and all it would cost was getting on the
computer.
Report to People�s General Part II, Ideology (Coming
Monday December 1, 2003)