The day the Biafran war came to my village

Ben Okafor was just 12 years old when Biafra in south-eastern Nigeria declared independence, sparking a bloody civil war.

The conflict lasted two and a half years and left more than a million people dead.

Okafor, now a successful reggae musician living in the UK, witnessed the moment when the war came to his village in May 1967.

Witness is a World Service radio programme of the stories of our times told by the people who were there.

Produced by Alex Last and Directed by Claire Tailyour