Biafra,
officially the Republic of Biafra, was a secessionist state in south
eastern Nigeria that existed from 30 May 1967 to 15 January 1970, taking
its name from the Bight of Biafra.Wikipedia
ibtimes.co.ukBiafra history
The
Eastern Region, a former federal division of Nigeria with capital
Enugu, became a secessionist state called Republic of Biafra after
gaining independence from Nigeria in 1967. It was re-annexed in 1970
following the Nigerian-Biafran war that claimed one million lives.
After
the end of the British rule in 1960, Nigeria was comprised of
territories that were not part of the nation before the colonisation,
resulting in escalating tensions among the communities. People in the
Eastern Region, mainly from the Igbo community, wanted to secede due to
ethnic, religious and economic differences with other communities in
Nigeria. Children suffering from malnutrition during the Biafran War(IBTimes AU)The
Eastern Region gained independence following two coup d'etats in 1966
and 1967. The fact that Nigeria's oil was located in the south of the
country played a major role in the eruption of the war, during which
medicines and food shortage in Biafra led to the death of thousands of
people.
Biafra has been commonly divided into four main "tribes": the Ibos, the Ibibio-Efiks, the Ijaws and the Ogojas.
The
modern-day states that made up Biafra from the eastern region and
midwest are: Abia, Anambra, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Enugu, Ebonyi, ,Imo,
Delta, Rivers and Cross River and Edo.
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