Voices of Biafra
Jan 12, 2022, 08:22 AM
”Nobody felt guilty for our country’s disappearance because it hadn’t survived long enough to appear on any official maps. It was more than a rumor but had not become a symbol.”
- Louis Chude-Sokei, Floating in a Most Peculiar Way
A longitudinal mix of radio trails from past and present, an echo and clash of historical ruptures and traumatic waves. Electronic string tones are modulated by a 2021 YouTube message from the clandestine revolutionary channel Radio Biafra Israel and Al Sizer’s Setpember 8, 1969 DX recording of Voice of Biafra shortwave in the final days of the civil war between Biafra and Nigeria."
- Louis Chude-Sokei, Floating in a Most Peculiar Way
A longitudinal mix of radio trails from past and present, an echo and clash of historical ruptures and traumatic waves. Electronic string tones are modulated by a 2021 YouTube message from the clandestine revolutionary channel Radio Biafra Israel and Al Sizer’s Setpember 8, 1969 DX recording of Voice of Biafra shortwave in the final days of the civil war between Biafra and Nigeria."
Composition by Tom Miller.
Part of the Shortwave Transmissions project, documenting and reimagining the sounds of shortwave radio - find out more and see the whole project at https://citiesandmemory.com/shortwave