And the truth is that even foreigners will prefer that the Igbo do not drag along unwilling others into this new Biafran enterprise. The division further helped in the success of the siege and Awolowo’s starvation weapon policy. The Igbo rather than being driven by imperial aggrandizement of Igbo geography have always been the withdrawing types who would rather maintain and preserve their cherished republican independent democracy than seek to expand their geographical reaches and political control of others. But the truth is that we cannot dwell in the past and reminisce for eternity the exploits and accomplishments of generations past. Ever since, the struggle has remained the cutthroat competition to launder those filthy dubious gains where falsehood is called truth while condemning in the same breath, the old and tested traditional principles of aka idi ocha, offor, ogu and ikenga. At the announcement, the non-Igbo ethnic peoples of the Eastern Region were elated with their new found power which they believed would shield them for good from Igbo people’s influence. But we must acknowledge that these people performed so creditably well that some of us today have always wondered how they were able to do what they did with the little that they had. With Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s IPOB I stand both in truth and in spirit, if I die I die for the glory of Biafra. However, should the Igbo try to go along with the unnecessary “extra luggage” of incorporating unwilling and incongruent partners on this trip to their new nation, they are bound to regret it. Ironically, when we look at it in a more holistic light, the worst loss to the Igbo may not be the millions of deaths; killed by the genocidal state of Nigeria. 2 – FULL RADIOBIAFRA BROADCAST, BIAFRA IPOB: SPEECH By MAZI NNAMDI KANU – 18th June Pt. Biafra, officially the Republic of Biafra, was a secessionist state in West Africa that existed from May 1967 to January 1970 during the Nigerian Civil War. That is if the company of 50 million can indeed be considered as lonely. I recommend those two books: “”They Lived Before Adam” and “Ado-na-Idu History of Igbo Origin” because, as the Bible would have it, “My people are perishing for lack of knowledge.” Many countries around the world, in Africa and our Nigerian neighbours have great detailed knowledge about the pre-historic esoteric origin of Biafra; the Biafrans alone do not know much about their past. So, we must bear that in mind. It should be noted that Biafra as a Nation (Kingdom), has been in existence for over 5000 Years. We may dismiss or ignore this reality to the detriment of the future generations of our people. We are not even sure that we will succeed, so why drag along other people whose aspirations are not the same with those of the Igbo. 0. Because i have a big dream for Biafra. There was an Eastern Region which was created by the colonialists and it included non-Igbo speaking areas. We also use content and scripts from third parties that may use tracking technologies. Change ). Other members of the Governing Council are drawn from all parts of Biafraland, including South East, parts of South-South and parts of the Middle Belt being the land of Biafra, as shown in the Ancient Map of Biafra 1660 and 1707, which we have filed in court.” You can selectively provide your consent below to allow such third party embeds. A decent and dignified quality of life well lived, will always worth more than stretched out longevity of mere human existence as is the case in Nigeria today. The Sun reports that renowned Igbo leaders were still in court with the Federal Government of Nigeria over rights to self-determination. “Shall a nation be born at once? It was the same with the Israeli Diaspora when in 1897 Theodor Hertzl rose to fight for the creation of a state of Israel in Palestine. This generation cannot shy away from the noise of battles or shirk from the sight of blood and expect to win accolades and laudable historical memories from coming generations. In 1960, Nigeria became independent of the United Kingdom. The kingdom of biafra must be restored at all costs. Has Israeli Drone Sales To Azerbaijan Backfired? In the ancient map of Africa of 1660 and 1707, Biafra was in it. Slave Mortality, as percent of Slaves Leaving, and Voyage Length from Africa to Caribbean Regions, 1776–1830, SOME OF THE OLDEST KNOWN BIAFRAN KINGDOM MAP, our new nation biafra will come to pass one day,we are in tears in every instantenous giving t seconds, I wish to express my joy & gratitude to God Amighty for creating me a Biafran. If this is allowed to happen, we will be back to where we started from; a new Nigeria-Biafra. Kudos to the writer of this post, I’m also happy about the replies, sincerely speaking I never knew anything about the history of Biafra, I always thought Biafra was Odumegwu Ojukwu’s thinking. He is one of the leading voices in the Igbo independence movement focusing on establishing an independent homeland for the Igbo people. Let me first thank you for the educative insight you have given us on the origin of Biafra and for your undying effort to get many more of the sons and daughters of Biafra to join the struggle. Home POLITICS BIAFRA – The live-wire of African History – 1st republic African leader. Twitter. And therefore do not know who to supportfor the strugle of biafra . Maps indicating the word Biafara (sometimes also Biafares or Biafar) with corresponding year: 1662; 1660; 1707; 1729; Maps from the 19th century indicating Biafra as the region around today's Cameroon: 1843; Additional maps from the Michigan State University Map Collection References ^ Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. As we round up this discussion it is important to remind us that whatever map that we finally come up with must be practical, realistic and defensible. As with many other new African states, the borders of the country did not reflect earlier ethnic boundaries. The other truth which we cannot escape from indefinitely is the fact that there has not been some adequately publicized moves with concrete terms of reference, carried out to produce memorandums of understanding with these other groups. Great and successful societies will always be the result of the harmonized social and cultural structure of the human composition of the place. It is the way that we choose to define the map and the other aspects of the Biafran business from the beginning that other outside interest groups will follow. Arapuru obodo ndi aru, obodo awo nke ndi aru. Understanding the Philosophy of the Biafran Struggle for Independence. In Igbo society today, there are more chiefs than the Igbo as the greatest struggle has become who will go by the biggest sounding titles. Pinterest. Biafra is never an invention of any of the European countries because it has existed before the advent of Europeans to Africa. We should not be ashamed or afraid to talk about pure Igbo interests as if the Igbo story cannot be prestigious, dignified and relevant unless it is associated and corroborated with those of other people. This is even as they stated that notable Igbo leaders were still in court with the Federal Government of Nigeria over rights to self-determination. in order to feel relevant and shore up their self-worth anchored on nothingness. We need to appraise the reason behind the quick about face turn of these our neighbors: The non-Igbo areas had been agitating for autonomy and independence from the Igbo before the 1966 crisis began. But we know the reason why. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. In the old map many natural Biafran geographies were excluded such as Biafra lands on the west bank of the Niger. La lando prenis sian nomon de la Bight of Biafra (Anfraktu de Biafra), la … The same thing goes for the issue of organizing a referendum even within the Igbo area. AND WE MUST GET IT BACK! They were told that it was the Igbo who were their (Nigeria’s) problem which they wanted to eliminate. Other members of the Governing Council are drawn from all parts of Biafraland, including South East, parts of South-South and parts of the Middle Belt being the land of Biafra, as shown in the Ancient Map of Biafra 1660 and 1707, which we have filed in court.” To: All Indigenous People of Biafra at home and abroad © 2007 Harmuny Writers, INC. All Rights Reserved. I want Biafra to develop as fast as possible, ulike stagnate Nigeria who calls themselves a republic, yet nothing seems to move forward. In tragedy, because the best of the people came together to work for the common good and for the honor of Fatherland, Biafra became a success and a pride that today fifty years after, continues to elicit memorable and nostalgic feelings. Eventually it will become a homeland where excellence and impossible dreams are frowned at or even legislated as crimes because it is criminals and dishonest “intellectuals” who will become the legislators and the wielders of political power and authority. Google+. Until then, what have we got to show as it is, nothing. It’s true that such extrapolation may be a bridge that we are yet to get to but we will surely get there and will then be required to cross it. For this and for many other reasons we need to have a clear definition of the geographical map of the area we are talking about as the new Biafra. Or France and Belgium merged, or even Britain and France amalgamated into one country. If care is not taken, and if we continue so negligently traveling this road it might lead to unnecessary heartaches and pains. But we know the reason why. The name, Biafra, has existed before the advent of the Europeans to Africa. Date Created: 1702 - 1707 (Approximate) Place: London Library locations Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division Shelf locator: Map Div. Biafra is more of pan-African and global in scope than the small south-eastern Nigerian kingdom that we commonly take it to be. Thus, the Igbo became completely isolated and demonized as the story sounded believable to the lazy listeners. Yet, for the sake of progress and the well-being of all, there will be unified standards which should not be compromised in order to satisfy the quota of a stakeholder who may be unwilling to make some extra effort in contributing to improve and advance the lot of the common good. The Kingdom was then spelt as “Biafara”. Many of his brethren derscribed his effort in disparaging terms. Its territory consisted of the Eastern Region of Nigeria. In fact, by the year 1662, the three prominent Kingdoms in West Africa were the Kingdom of Biafra in the East, the Kingdom of Benin in the West and the Kingdom of Zamfara in the North. Biafra was a country that existed on the Ancient Map of Africa for about 400 years before Nigeria was created in 1914, i.e before the First Map was created. Then they may elect to want to join us based on real and verifiable facts. This is even as they stated that notable Igbo leaders were still in court with the Federal Government of Nigeria over rights to self-determination. But I wonder how many of us have contemplated what the map of the new Biafra will look like. Then there was only one governor for the entire region which happened to be Emeka Ojukwu. Should the Igbo go it alone, it is guaranteed that they will not be the smallest nation on Earth and even if they were, what difference will it make. Here are some of the Ancient Maps of Africa showing the three Kingdoms. The old Biafra was a child of circumstance which was thrust on the people by the exigencies of events and emergencies of their time. View detailed information and reviews for 1660 Juniper Dr in Venice, Florida and get driving directions with road conditions and live traffic updates along the way. By SIXTUS CHIBUEZE EZENNAYA PRESIDENT Sekou Toure of Guinea once said, “Our textbooks taught us about the battle of the Perhaps, the greatest tragedy of presumptive-maps such as those of Nigeria and others like that may be the lost opportunities of creating a progressive and prosperous society where any lives even if lived only for a brief moment were lived in a considerable level of comfort and fulfilment. It was based on this rejection that the society which we inherited, is an Igbo society which had been turned on its head, standing shamefacedly in the midst of ill-gotten strange and unfamiliar ways. Maps indicating the word Biafara (sometimes also Biafares or Biafar) with corresponding year: 1584 1644 1660 1662 1707 1729 1737 1805 1858 1871 Maps from the 19th century indicating Biafra as the region around today's Cameroon: 1843 1880 1890 Additional maps from the Michigan State University Map … The compromise of taking unwilling partners on this trip to nationhood does not worth the pain. As we all know, the old Biafra and the Biafrans of old; the people who defined the first Biafra, did not have the luxury of time and knowledge which the new definers are privileged to have. In the end, if a geographical space and sovereignty is achieved, it would have become a pyric victory and the inadvertent creation of another Nigeria with a different name. Then there will be cries of marginalization and oppression from some of those who might want to adopt the so-called minorities statuses. The new Biafra is an emergency but the emergency we are confronted with today is completely different from that of the old Biafra. And the truth is that this generation cannot expect to win and do great things if the best and the brightest of the people continue to shy away from this task of securing freedom and a homeland for the Igbo (an endangered ethnic and religious people) in Nigeria. As for this generation, it will not matter much. When it was clear that the other non-Igbo peoples went along with the Igbo in the 1967 Biafra, it was easy for the British to capitalize on that to defeat the Igbo. For as soon as Zion travailed she brought her children.” (Isaiah 66:8) I will continue to travail in unity with all believers of our God chosen people of Biafra for our Nation’s restoration in our lifetime. Democracy is a game of numbers and because the Igbo will have more number it would appear like the Igbo are taking up every available opportunity. Literally, to complete the destruction of the people, it is this kind of warped Igbo society that got subsumed into the greater Nigerian union. And those who have money may choose to go along with the old order within which they made their money. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Those who have money may exercise a greater influence on the people. To achieve an authentic new Biafran map we have to bear in mind some few basic facts. This is known in history as the Scramble for Africa. Nigeria’s headache, as claimed by the country, is the Igbo, not the other groups. Thank God I now know about the history of my country Biafra, I’m not just going to be fighting for a nation that existed for only three years, I’m now going to be fighting for the nation of my ancestors, the kingdom in which my ancestors dwelled. Unfortunately, fifty years after, this story has persisted and it’s not going away anytime soon. If you are using our Services via a browser you can restrict, block or remove cookies through your web browser settings. The Igbo therefore, must learn to depend on their selves. ( Log Out / old African map that shows Biafra written in it as a regional country before amalgamation The name, Biafra, has existed before the advent of the Europeans to Africa. As we said earlier, it is not necessarily this generation that will suffer but further down the road, the people will pay dearly for today’s negligence. who have brazenly committed nso ani are allowed to bear rule and decide for the people what they should accept as rights and wrongs. It is a product of ignorance. Nigerians have always made this very clear. 1 – FULL RADIOBIAFRA BROADCAST, BIAFRA IPOB: SPEECH By MAZI NNAMDI KANU – 18th May 2015 Pt. That of course would have made them “more” modern and liberal but less . We must choose to become independent from Nigeria, in the first place, as Igbo people, not along with the other ethnic peoples if they are unwilling. With that move and the reaction received, the Nigerian strategists now had to produce the Sole-Igbo target narrative in the genocide. Historical Maps. Biafra has been in existence before the Greece, Before the United Kingdom and even before the Roman Empire. Most of us are familiar with the Biafra map of between May 30, 1967 and January 15, 1970 (the old Biafra.) In the process of doing this, a lot of factors are taken into consideration. This thing is not complicated at all as some of us may imagine. That’s why many of our compatriots have no motivation to partake in the struggle; they associate the Biafran struggle with one such evil winds that sometimes blow in history but soon fizzle away into nothingness. We want to answer the name of our ancestors and have the right to occupy our ancestral habitation whose maps and identity were in the ancient Map of Africa about 400 years before Captain Lugard and Rev C.H Robinson created Nigeria in 1914. So our people need education for self-realisation. The present Nigeria is based on a one-hundred-year-old assumption and here we are today paying with death tolls in millions of lives as a result. Who knows, we may be about to create a new Nigeria-Biafra. Other members of the Governing Council are drawn from all parts of Biafraland, including South East, parts of South-South and parts of the Middle Belt being the land of Biafra, as shown in the Ancient Map of Biafra 1660 and 1707, which we have filed in court.” Learn how your comment data is processed. Historically, all those who received the European’s manufactured Warrant Chief and Igwe staff of office in Igbo land were the thieves, social pariahs, abani di egwu and all those at the fringes of the society who cared less about the people’s culture and values. BIAFRA DIPLOMATIC WAR DOCS – 50th Anniversary, BIAFRA IPOB: SPEECH By MAZI NNAMDI KANU – 19th June 2015 Pt. 00 We are in a moment of time where humanity feels that it has…, 0-1 The world is changing fast. Some of us may not like to hear this next point the way it is said, but the truth is that the Igbo is not loved by all their neighbors, without exception. Our values and social norm became discolored because thieves were made to rule over us while men and women of integrity scurry and seek the paths of least resistance. These people faced almost an entire hostile and unsmiling world, looked at it in the eyes, and did not blink. We are resolute….SHALOM, The kingdom of biafra must be restored at all costs. 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