This “Letters to the Editor” section of the Topeka Messenger, an African-American newspaper based in Topeka, Kansas, featured a letter written to the editor of the newspaper to raise awareness about how many people were dying of starvation in Biafra by comparing the numbers of losses to populations of Kansas cities. The letter highlights actions that the government can and should take to limit the deaths in Biafra and critiques the idea that because Nigeria is using starvation rather than “gas ovens,” the crimes being committed are not genocidal.