In his account of the Nigeria-Biafra War, John De St. Jorre reported the words of a French Ambassador who visited Biafra during that war and who recorded for posterity the bravery of the Biafra against insurmountable odds thus:
“Before I came to Biafra, I heard that Biafrans fought like heroes, but after my visit to Biafra, I can tell you that Heroes fight like Biafrans.”