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henry c.onyema wrote a new post, Ojukwu The Megalomaniac And Demagogue; Really? 20 hours, 30 minutes ago

Greetings, my dear friends. You are my reason for being here. Sorry for the long delay.

I am posting another extract from my book: NIGERIA FROM 1966-1970: THE AMERICAN FILES ARE NOT FROM HEAVEN. Hope you enjoy […]

henry c.onyema commented on the post, Of Achebe, Abuja and Airplanes 4 days, 9 hours ago

Oh, Lord. ‘Achebe come for the programme?’ I am laughing my ribs sore as I write this, both in reaction to the driver and your response. But come to think of it, Achebe was at the conference. Was the programme not […]

henry c.onyema commented on the post, The American Files Are Not From Heaven: It Was Much More Than Ironsi Not Executing Nzeogwu And Company 1 month ago

Thanks. Watch out for further serializations. God willing the book will be out by the end of this year.

henry c.onyema commented on the post, The American Files Are Not From Heaven: It Was Much More Than Ironsi Not Executing Nzeogwu And Company 1 month ago

Thank you. God willing it will be out before or by the end of 2013. Will keep you posted. Watch out for forthcoming serializations.

henry c.onyema wrote a new post, The American Files Are Not From Heaven: It Was Much More Than Ironsi Not Executing Nzeogwu And Company 1 month, 1 week ago

Editor’s Note – We are making an allowance for this series in terms of words per post based on the subject, to allow readers a better reading.

Author’s Note – Please read THE FACTS AND FICTION ABOUT THE JANUARY […]

henry c.onyema commented on the post, How to be a Featured Writer – Promoting your Stories 1 month, 2 weeks ago

hope to make it soon.

henry c.onyema commented on the post, All Men Are Not Equal 1 month, 2 weeks ago

All men are equal in God’s eyes. But in man’s eyes we are not. What the writer of this piece is asking for a fair, humane society. You do not cut off your thumb because it is smaller than your third finger.

henry c.onyema wrote a new post, The Facts And Fiction Of The January 15 1966 Coup 1 month, 4 weeks ago

Awoyokun asserts that if it were not for the ‘Igbo’ coup of January 15 the massacres of the Igbo in Northern Nigeria six months later would not have occurred. This thesis arises from his criticism of Achebe’s […]

henry c.onyema commented on the post, Nigeria From 1966-1970: The American Files Are Not From Heaven 2 months ago

In response to your request do the following:
go to pwc-review.com. It is Damola Awoyokun’s site and the American files are there. Read his article on sentinelnigeria.org in the current edition of SENTINEL […]

henry c.onyema commented on the post, Nigeria From 1966-1970: The American Files Are Not From Heaven 2 months ago

You are entitled to your opinion, Sir, but like you said, let us see how it goes. Access those American files on pwc-review.com. It is Damola’s site. Read the magazines if you can. The issues that shook Nigeria […]

henry c.onyema commented on the post, Nigeria From 1966-1970: The American Files Are Not From Heaven 2 months ago

Thanks.

henry c.onyema commented on the post, Nigeria From 1966-1970: The American Files Are Not From Heaven 2 months ago

Go to pwc-review.com. It is Damola Awoyokun’s site and the entire files are there. Log in to sentinelnigeria.org to read his article in the current edition of SENTINEL NIGERIA magazine.

henry c.onyema commented on the post, Nigeria From 1966-1970: The American Files Are Not From Heaven 2 months ago

Thanks. I am sending the next piece now.

henry c.onyema commented on the post, Nigeria From 1966-1970: The American Files Are Not From Heaven 2 months ago

Check your mail for my reply. Thanks.

henry c.onyema wrote a new post, Nigeria From 1966-1970: The American Files Are Not From Heaven 2 months, 1 week ago

INTRODUCTION

My unquenchable interest in how and why Nigeria stopped turning between 1966 and 1970 was ignited when I saw information about classified U.S. files on the Nigerian civil war in my e-box, sent by […]

henry c.onyema commented on the post, Don’t kill me Mama 2 months, 1 week ago

ARTISTICALLY, THERE ARE DEMERITS; NO LITERARY FIREPOWER, SO TO SPEAK. BUT THE BABY’S MESSAGE TUGGED MY HEART. GIVE HIM A CHANCE, MOMMY!

henry c.onyema commented on the post, Book Review – Nigerian Literature: A Coat of Many Colours. 4 months ago

Go ahead, biro queen. My email is henrykd2009@yahoo.com

henry c.onyema commented on the post, Book Review – Nigerian Literature: A Coat of Many Colours. 4 months ago

The book is currently not on sale. But you can get in touch with RAINBOW BOOK CLUB via info@rainbowbookclub.org.

henry c.onyema wrote a new post, Book Review – Nigerian Literature: A Coat of Many Colours. 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Title: Nigerian Literature: A Coat of Many Colours

Editor: Koko Kalango

Publishers: Rainbow Book Club

Page no: 109

Year: 2012

I begin this article with a profound sense of ownership and not a […]

henry c.onyema commented on the post, Winners Announced for Best Short Story Contest 4 months, 2 weeks ago

RAY, YOUR RAYS WILL NEVER DIM! A big congrats to you and all the other winners, including those who made the shortlist. Love you all.

henry c.onyema wrote a new post, As We Remember Our Clay And Steel Heroes 5 months, 1 week ago

Let me begin this article with a secret: I love the military profession. When I was younger I tried joining the army as a private soldier (recruit) but my folks, especially Mum, would not hear of it. As a […]

henry c.onyema wrote a new post, Revolution In Nigeria? You Must Be Living On Saturn, Not Just Mars! 5 months, 2 weeks ago

1. Revolutions start in the mind. An idea is conceived, and then germinates into action. The conceiver and implementator are not always the same person.
2. Revolutions have a way of spiraling out of the hands of […]

henry c.onyema wrote a new post, Penetrating The Heart of Darkness 6 months ago

THE DEPTHS OF BESTIALITY AND COURAGE ARE REVEALED AS A NIGERIAN JOURNALIST COVERS A BRUTAL AFRICAN CIVIL WAR .

‘‘We should send a man to Tongeria,’’ declared Kayo Koba, the bald and rotund Editor-in-chief […]

henry c.onyema commented on the post, Unpriestly Counsel 6 months, 2 weeks ago

let your mind do the rest, brother. nagwode for your appreciation.

henry c.onyema commented on the post, Unpriestly Counsel 6 months, 2 weeks ago

different strokes for different folks, honey. infidelity is not my motivation for this piece. better a married couple produce BF behind closed doors than spread the love outside. appreciate your comments though.

henry c.onyema commented on the post, Unpriestly Counsel 6 months, 2 weeks ago

thanks. how studies for post-grad, Ibadan? Kudos on your story in the new black magazine.

henry c.onyema commented on the post, December Featured Writer Howyoudey – Writing my own Story 6 months, 2 weeks ago

Man, u are good. Ur story in the first volume of Naijastories anthology was a scream. Keep it rocking.

henry c.onyema wrote a new post, Unpriestly Counsel 7 months, 2 weeks ago

She was Reverend Father Douglas Ejirika’s first visitor when he returned from break.

Office hours that morning had been busy. It was always so on Thursday when the three assistant priests of St. Paul the […]

henry c.onyema commented on the post, What Does Your Library of Nigerian Books Look Like? 7 months, 3 weeks ago

Good piece, Myne. I am building up a library in which Naija stuff has pride of place. And Happy birthday. You got my message on your Facebook page?

henry c.onyema commented on the post, Cry the beloved Country, the Sceptre may not hold 8 months ago

A good article, Kaycee. It was Ben Okri, the author, who said that a people are reduced by their nightmares that they fail to confront. Why are Nigerians so scared of an objective discussion of the events that […]

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