Biafra
Biafra A state proclaimed in 1967 when part of eastern Nigeria, inhabited chiefly by the Ibo people, sought independence from the rest of the country. In the ensuing civil war the new state's troops were overwhelmed by numerically superior forces, and by 1970 it had ceased to exist.
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Biafra Not The Answer.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service; 5/31/2000; 700+ words
; ...May 30, 2000) Can MASSOB revive Biafra? No, say Igbo leaders who dissociate...re-declaration of the defunct Republic of Biafra by the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, comes up this Saturday...
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Echoes of Biafra.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service; 10/31/2001; 700+ words
; ...Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), commissioned the...Uwazuruike's childish campaign for a Republic of Biafra everyone knows will never see the...and a Nigerian by nationality. Biafra is out of the question because...
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Biafra Foundation Statement on Killings in Nigeria
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 11/25/2002; 700+ words
; ...statement from Biafra Foundation: Biafra Foundation strongly condemns...hallmark of life in the Islamic Republic of Nigeria. Biafra Foundation wishes to express...Fundamentalists in Kaduna and Abuja. Biafra Foundation is particularly distressed...
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Biafra Day: MASSOB Agitations Cripple Economic Activities.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service; 8/27/2004; 700+ words
; ...Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) yesterday crippled economic...movement for the Actualisation of the Republic of Biafra, some Igbo traders yesterday heeded...actualisation of the Republic of Biafra . When our reporter visited the...
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Biafra: Tension, Panic Grip Onitsha.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service; 5/25/2000; 700+ words
; ...the Actualisation of the State of Biafra (MASSOB) continued their campaign to rejuvenate the defunct state of Biafra by hoisting three new flags to...Monday after the declaration of the republic of Biafra and hoisting of the new flag re...
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Nigeria: Government Cracks Down On Biafra Secessionist Movement.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service; 4/20/2005; 700+ words
; ...campaigning for an independent republic of Biafra in southeastern Nigeria. For many Nigerians, the very mention of Biafra raises bitter memories of a brutal...declare the independent state of Biafra. This contained most of Nigeria...
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Biafra Foundation Statement on The Killing Of Christian Biafrans In Nigeria
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 3/23/2002; 568 words
; ...occupied by Nigeria since the end of the Nigeria-Biafra War in 1970, it has been a nightmare. Thousands...determination, freedom and for an independent sovereign republic of Biafra. The Biafra Foundation asks leaders of the free world and Christian...
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Biafra Day: How MASSOB Shut Down South-East.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service; 8/30/2004; 700+ words
; ...Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra) took most people by surprise...the need for the creation of the Republic of Biafra through peaceful means. Before...stop propagating the revival of Biafra. Attempts have also been made...
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Police, SSS Abort Declaration of Biafra.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service; 1/21/2005; 700+ words
; ...alleged planned declaration of a Republic of Biafra, scheduled for yesterday, by...Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB). The security beef...planned declaration of a state of Biafra on January 20 (yesterday) by...
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Nigeria: More Than 100 People Arrested At Separatist Biafra Rally.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service; 5/10/2005; 700+ words
; ...one of the sacrifices we have to make for Biafra," he added. The movement's proposed republic of Biafra would include the oil-rich Niger Delta...An attempt to declare an independent Biafra in 1967 resulted in nearly three years...
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Republic of Biafra
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Republic of Biafra secessionist state of W Africa, in existence...1967, to Jan. 15, 1970. At the outset Biafra comprised, roughly, the East-Central...which took its name from the Bight of Biafra (an arm of the Atlantic Ocean), was...
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Bight of Biafra
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Bight of Biafra , eastern bay of the Gulf of Guinea, W Africa. It extends approximately from the Niger River delta, in S Nigeria, to N Gabon. The bight gave its name to the secessionist Republic of Biafra in E Nigeria (1967-70).
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Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...seceded (1967) from Nigeria as the Republic of Biafra , with Ojukwu as head of state...bloody war (1967-70) between Biafra and Nigeria and then went into exile in Côte d'Ivoire upon Biafra's defeat. Pardoned, he returned...
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Achebe, Chinua
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
...crusader During the years when Biafra attempted to break itself off as...ambassador (representative) to Biafra. He traveled to different countries...stories. After the fall of the Republic of Biafra, Achebe continued to work at the...
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Chinua Achebe
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...70), however, Achebe served Biafra as a diplomat. He traveled to...Enugu, the designated capital of Biafra, and founded the Citadel Press...stories. After the fall of the Republic of Biafra, Achebe continued to work as a...
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