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Witness History: Escaping Nigeria’s Civil War

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Escaping Nigeria’s Civil War

06/07/2022 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, Escaping Nigeria’s Civil War

One child's story of getting caught up in the Nigerian Civil War

Nigerian forces invaded the independent state of Biafra on the 6th July 1967, beginning the Civil War. Paul Waters spoke to Patricia Ngozi Ebigwe about escaping the conflict.

The south-east region of Nigeria declared itself to be the independent state of Biafra. In response, Nigerian forces invaded the state on 6 July 1967, beginning the Nigerian civil war. More than a million people died before the fighting stopped. We bring you one child’s story of getting caught up in the frontline. In 2021 Paul Waters spoke to Patricia Ngozi Ebigwe, now better known as TV and music star Patti Boulaye, who was 13 years old when she had to try to escape the conflict. 

(Photo: The 13-year-old Patricia Ngozi Ebigwe, courtesy of Patti Boulaye)

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