Civil Wars is considered one of the major obstacles linked to the development issues in postcolonial Africa. They erode human dignity and destroy infrastructural facilities. The Nigeria-Biafra war serves as a perfect illustration of this problem which has been a focus of some Nigerian writers namely Andrew Ekwuru. Thus, this study investigates how Andrew Ekwuru depicts the Nigeria-Biafra War and the violence inflicted on Biafran civilians in Songs of Steel. In the light of the theories of narratology and psychoanalysis, the study first describes acts of brutality perpetrated by Soldiers. It further explored the traumatic events experienced by characters. The study concludes that the NigerianBiafra War had a devastating effect on the individual and communal psyche of people, and therefore presents it as a futility.