Get an inside view on survival in a war-torn country, as Dr. Okechukwu (Okey) Ukaga, Assistant Dean and Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the University of Minnesota Extension, appears at the Global Book Club’s virtual meeting to discuss “It Is Well.”

Ukaga grew up in the period of civil war that accompanied Biafra’s brief secession from Eastern Nigeria, during which almost two million Biafran civilians  — three-quarters of them children —  died from starvation caused by roadblocks enforced by the Nigerian government, (Find a brief rundown on this catastrophe via Wikipedia.)

Sign up for the free virtual meeting, set for noon, Wednesday, February 16, here.