Episode 8 – The Uli artist who designed the Biafra currency, Simon Okeke (1937–1969). This one runs deep: just a year after designing the currency, he died during the war. We shall keep remembering him.
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We Remember Our Fallen Heroes Today.
Dear Igbo Nation, today marks 56 years since we tragically lost over 4.5 million Igbo brothers and sisters to the Nigerian–Biafran War. They gallantly fought and died so that we might live. 🕊️
Let's Retweet in their memory. 🙏
Today, I remember Biafra.
I remember the millions of lives lost to war, starvation, and disease. I remember the families torn apart, the communities destroyed, and the generations forced to rebuild from the ashes of unimaginable suffering.
I honor the soldiers who fought defending their people, and I honor the innocent men, women, and children who never made it home.
Biafra Day is not just about a war. It is about remembrance, resilience, and the refusal to let history be forgotten.
Despite the loss, despite the displacement, despite everything that was taken, we are still here. We endured. We rebuilt. We survived.
May the souls of the fallen rest in peace, and may their memories never be erased.
Helen Mmapula Mmakgoba Sibidi is a South African artist. Sebidi's work has been represented in private and public collections, including at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington and New York, the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, New York, and the World Bank. Her work has been recognised internationally and locally. In 1989, she won the Standard Bank Young Artist award, becoming the first black woman to win the award. Source: The Artist Press
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