Nearly 60 years after Nigeria’s civil war started, the war’s legacy still holds Nigeria hostage. The memory of the war between Nigeria and its breakaway south-eastern region which called itself Biafra, is simultaneously a cause for national disunity and national unity. Yet there is no agreement on what caused the war. Although the war started in 1967, most are not aware that the long road to war started 14 years earlier.

In this episode, social historian and filmmaker Ed Keazor joined me to discuss the long term causes of the war that have been overlooked for several decades. This is the first of two episodes with Ed about the Nigerian civil war.