WAR SURVIVOR SHARES HER EXPERIENCE

See what the Survivor wrote in her book, "The Forest Dames." In spite of all that, she survived. 
 “The day bullets rained from the sky was the climax. Everyone took off in a race to nowhere. Men and women screamed as they ran; children cried out; dogs galloped, barking; chickens ran a bit, flew a bit and scurried back. Wrappas fell off women’s waists and slippers flung off their feet. People indoors ran out in bewilderment while those outside dashed into their houses for protection. It took everyone by surprise and shook everybody in a hard way. Then it ceased. It was a short period of chaos but it looked like forever. People packed small bags and were ready to move in groups. The offensive resumed shortly after. This time, mortar bombs began to fly in too. Enyia I do not know how to describe the pandemonium that followed.” Culled from "The Forest Dames". Available @amazon, barnes, authorhouseWar survivor shares her experience

WAR SURVIVOR SHARES HER EXPERIENCE

See what the Survivor wrote in her book, "The Forest Dames." In spite of all that, she survived. 

“The day bullets rained from the sky was the climax. Everyone took off in a race to nowhere. Men and women screamed as they ran; children cried out; dogs galloped, barking; chickens ran a bit, flew a bit and scurried back. Wrappas fell off women’s waists and slippers flung off their feet. People indoors ran out in bewilderment while those outside dashed into their houses for protection. It took everyone by surprise and shook everybody in a hard way. Then it ceased. It was a short period of chaos but it looked like forever. People packed small bags and were ready to move in groups. The offensive resumed shortly after. This time, mortar bombs began to fly in too. Enyia I do not know how to describe the pandemonium that followed.” Culled from "The Forest Dames". Available @amazon, barnes, authorhouseWar survivor shares her experience

She survived to tell her story!!!

"The Forest Dames” tells the story of a young girl living with her parents in the relatively calm and peaceful British colony of Nigeria. Unfortunately, this peace soon gave way and exploded into a full-blown civil war – and from that time onwards, nothing was ever the same again. -AuthorHouse UK.

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Give Thanks, for you are alive; you survived!

“I’m sorry Mrs. Ejema, we did our best for Sunday but he just did not make it.”

Dr. Harrison said softly to Julie who rose up and flung herself on the ground and fainted. She did not need any interpreter to tell what message Harrison was conveying. She had lost the equanimity provided by the belief in fate and providence. Who would blame her? Sunday was her only son and she really had expected him back. 

There is a good chance to be useful when you survive

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His parents did not survive but he did. He is therefore a survivor. He belongs here. When you are a survivor, there is a good chance to be useful like our latest survivor whose picture is below.

From the valley of circumstances to the mountain of hope

The Forest Dame herself - AdaOkere Agbasimalo

Feeling good with sister, Chidinma

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FEMALE NIGERIA-BIAFRA WAR SURVIVOR LAMENTS

AdaOkere Agbasimalo-  Authur of The Forest Dames

“The Forest Dames”, published in 2012, is a true life account of what happened during the Nigeria-Biafra war of 1967-1970. While war raged at the battle ground, a lot transpired at the home front. I was a teenage girl then and found myself in the middle of the hell that Biafra, our Eldorado, was turned into. I experienced the elasticity of human suffering which brought me to the conclusion that from whichever way you look at it, war portends evil and its other name is suffering.

YOUNG SURVIVORS!

Kamsi Okere

A new survivor is in the making. She is Kamsiriochukwu Okere. Kamsi is under ten. She lost her dad in the ill-fated Dana airline, in a twinkle of an eye. She was so full of hope as she read one of the bible passages during the funeral ceremony of her late dad. Although her dear dad is no more, Kamsi is being groomed to carry on with life without daddy. The challenges may be enormous but Kamsi and her little sister Chidumam will definitely rise to the mountain top and become great survivors.

Our prayer is for our tomorrow to be better than our today. May God provide for all children who have lost a parent or both. May they learn to be survivors!

Do you know other young survivors? Those in the same predicament? Send your comments.