What are some critical notes on Chinua Achebe's There Was a Country?

It is important to note that There Was a Country is an autobiographical account written by Chinua Achebe. Achebe writes a factual and historical account of his childhood and homeland and a personal account of his native Biafra, a western African state that started the Nigerian Civil War in an attempt to separate from Nigeria. The Biafran War (also known as the Nigerian Civil War) started in 1967 and lasted for three years, until 1970. It was a conflict between the Nigerian government and the secessionist state of Biafra and its people. The Republic of Biafra was led by Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu of the Igbo tribe seven years after Nigeria became independent. As the Nigerian government blocked off borders, trade into the towns ceased, and many of the Igbo people starved to death. It was estimated that the final death toll reached up to three million people. Achebe combines his firsthand experience and forty years of research on those years of political turmoil and genocide. Achebe documents a history that didn't garner much media coverage until after the war had ended.