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Quotes About Biafra

Life really went backwards. My parents lost everything, all their savings, because we had to run from the Nigerian side to the Biafran side. We were Igbos.
~ Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
The jury had down right contempt for punk rock grass roots ethics.
~ Jello Biafra
I'm totally down with insurrection in the street. I've had a great time with that over the years. Insurrection in the voting booth is the other part of the equation.
~ Jello Biafra
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.
~ Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
One person who was interesting was Jello Biafra, who was - of all things - very professional!
~ Fred Armisen