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If we save people from HIV/AIDS, if we save them from malaria, it means they can form the base of production for our economy.

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From 1967 to ’70, Nigeria fought a war – the Nigeria-Biafra war. And in the middle of that war, I was 14 years old. We spent much of our time with my mother cooking. For the army – my father joined the army as a brigadier – the Biafran army. We were on the Biafran side.

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My parents lost everything, all their savings, because we had to run from the Nigerian side to the Biafran side. We were Igbos.

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May 19, 2024

My parents lost everything, all their savings, because we had to run from the Nigerian side to the Biafran side. We were Igbos.

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May 19, 2024

From 1967 to ’70, Nigeria fought a war – the Nigeria-Biafra war. And in the middle of that war, I was 14 years old. We spent much of our time with my mother cooking. For the army – my father joined the army as a brigadier – the Biafran army. We were on the Biafran side.

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