David Odiase: Tiger Claw

This is Part one of a Three Episodes of Poetry Documentary

Overview

Tiger Claw Tiger Claw is the first of 3 episodes of a Poetry documentary series titled BIAFRA: NATION UNDERWATER ON FIRE. It is an educational content that employs documentary footage and spoken word poetry to tell the moving tale of the Nigerian civil war which lasted from 1967 – 1970. The aim of which is to promote Historical Cultural literacy. Tiger Claw is the name given to the first military operation to recapture Biafran territories from the seceded Igbo government, the resultant of which lead to two and half years of the war, there were about 100,000 overall military casualties, while between 500,000 and 2 million Biafran civilians died of starvation. Special tribute is paid here to the person and legacy of Christopher Okigbo, a widely acclaimed poet and soldier who died fighting in the war and till this day is regarded as one of Africa’s greatest poets.