NIGERIA: WHAT YOU CAN DO

These are difficult times in for many people. We all witness it the injustices daily.

I am Igbo --- a fellow visionary from Biafra/south-eastern Nigeria. The desperate circumstances that exist for the peoples of my homeland serve as an example of the needs of others throughout the world. There is so much each of us can do. Here is my invitation to you:

If you forget everything, do, remember just these:

• It is better to be good neighbors than to be  "wonderful master-loyal slave" entity.
• Good neighbors do not take Hope away from others.
• Without Hope, you can't dream; without dreams, all is lost.
• Dreams fly Hope to its fulfillment.

PUTTING DREAMS INTO ACTION:

1. First, cultivate Hope---hope for a better world. Then, DREAM a better world. Yes, it starts with YOU, and from you. And, it begins with Hope, followed by Dreams.
2. Convince yourself that forcing the political union of peoples of totally and starkly different backgrounds that are unable to get along, is not just a bad idea, it is unconscionable.  It is a gross violation of Nature herself. It kills hope. It should not be happening in 2006 and beyond.
3. Then, carry your message to others: to the political and societal pundits: your representative; the local newspapers; your neighbors and coworkers. To such romanticized ideas, with respect to Biafra-Nigeria, of preserving and nurturing the so-styled  "Giant of Africa" (Nigeria) by the same group, respond by reminding them that a dysfunctional giant on artificial life-support, a giant with clay feet, is more dangerous and more expensive to maintain than natural entities, which though lesser in size, are better functioning and more fulfilling for their own people. Besides, Africa does not need one giant. Africa is a continent and a Spirit naturally defined by variegation, plethora, uniquenesses and striking contrasts in all her attributes.
4. Question the arrogance of governments who impose their own ideology and ideas of propriety on other countries, especially when common sense and practical experience continue to show that such ideas are unworkable for the particular, hapless country.
5. Ask: Just what can be achieved in the long run by killing millions of human beings in order to continue to force them into arrangements that they neither chose nor want?
6. Write the UN, your government, Nigeria: express your support for a non-violent self determination rights exercise by Biafra resulting in the independence and sovereignty of Biafra from Nigeria.
7. Protest and carry placards in support of the right of Biafra to her own sovereignty when and where Nigerian officials (and British officials) visit your country.

Give me not love---for love is mere poetry.
But give me hope,
Any hope at all, and I can sing a song for you.
...I can fly. ...Oh how I can fly.
Action is inevitable.

In Oneness...

Oguchi Nkwocha, M.D.

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Coming soon at the Global Dialogue Center:

Perspective from Oguchi Nkwocha, M.D.
Igbo visionary from Biafra/south-eastern Nigeria
In this audio/podcast, Dr. Nkwocha enlightens us with his deep conviction and knowledge of the state of south-eastern Nigeria and how our collective consciousness and action can be a catalyst for change and survival for many innocent people.
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Also, hear Dr. Nkwocha in a conversation with JOHN PERKINS, author, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man. Learn more...