You didn't mention the role of Britain in the biafran war, British companies like Shell and BP had the monopoly over the oil business in Nigeria, so they supported the Nigerian government with everything they can, they know that an independent biafran wouldn't welcome them so much
@@Obalufon Akwa Ibom produces 31% oil Delta 21% oil majority Igbo Rivers state 21% majority Igbo Others are Imo, anambra, bayelsa, Edo, Lagos and Kogi. You can now see that majority are from the South Eastern region of Nigeria, before it was divided
As a Nigerian, i will be very happy if Biafra is achieved. We will respect each other as we have nothing in common, the British joined us as one nation while we have never been the same in all ramifications. I wish for igbos to have their country. Best of luck.
I don't know, with the climate changes it might be better with a federal model or perhaps a confederate model instead of full independence? Because people *are* going to struggle in especially the north with the changes. Having more land available would help the people of Nigeria to weather the storm. Also, having more strength demographic strength in the south might help curtail some of the ideas of those who have more extreme Muslim views as moderates and southerners might be able to ally to some degree. As a European it was heart-wrenching to hear about someone being jailed for being an atheist in the country... People should be able to make decisions for themselves about their life stances, sexuality and political beliefs and just in general about how they live their lives as long as they don't harm others. Of course it's possible that people locally there might benefit from independence if the area really is that rich in resources. But even so that would probably leave more people suffering then it would help in Nigeria as a whole I believe. And I believe that compromises can usually be found... Of course greater autonomy is *definitely* needed. The heartlands of each ethnic group *should* be allowed to have its own laws and a great deal with autonomy. Mixed areas can be treated as a condominium.
Honestly, the world needs less nationalism and more unity amongst people. This had nothing to do with any former colonists. We need to be brothers and sisters together no matter what borders were or which borders are. Classification of people is to divide us and put us against each other.
@@erik3371 Large countries is just bad for democracy in general. Most existing countries *should* be split up into smaller countries allowing people to govern themselves more locally. Doesn't mean that people can't or shouldn't cooperate, but it should be the choice of people locally. I mean, just look at how messed up democracy is in countries like the US, Russia, India, UK and France, or even China (they do have democracy at a local level)
Biafra anthem Land of the rising sun, we love and cherish, Beloved homeland of our brave heroes; We must defend our lives or we shall perish, We shall protect our hearths from all our foes; But if the price is death for all we hold dear, Then let us die without a shred of fear. Hail to Biafra, consecrated nation, Oh fatherland, this be our solemn pledge: Defending thee shall be a dedication. Spilling our blood we'll count a privilege; The waving standard which emboldens the free Shall always be our flag of liberty. We shall emerge triumphant from this ordeal, And through the crucible unnscathed we'll pass; When we are poised the wounds of battle to heal, We shall remember those who died in mass; Then shall our trumpets peal the glorious song Of victory we scored o'er might and wrong. Oh God, protect us from the hidden pitfall, Gu/de all our movements lest we go astray; Give us the strength to heed the humanist call: 'To give and not to count the cost', each day; Bless those who rule to serve with resoluteness, To make this clime a land of righteousness. ❤
Biafra may be unknown to most, but anyone born before, say, 1960 would know of it due to the horrific starvation at the end of the war and the images that spread around the world then.
Sung to the tune of "Finlandia," written by Jean Sibelius. I have always thought of the Biafrans as being the African cousins to the Finns, and fellow seekers after freedom. Could it be more fitting that one nation's secret anthem would be score for the announced anthem of the other?
Huhhh!!! News to me, but, okay...🤝🏽👏🏾👏🏾 There is something romantic about the name. Thought that Biafra nation was obliterated, the Maui Maui war. The British screwed up the continent, through their ignorance of the tribal and cultural differences of the various ppls, added to their thirst and greed for oil.
You made a detailed research. Kudos to your neutrality. We lost Fathers, mothers, siblings and relatives in the war. We Biafrans fought for self defense. We defended ourselves against the world that fought us because of our mineral resources. Where was the United Nations when my tribe was annihilated? Where was those who brought Christianity to us when the Muslim north were aided by the western and Arabic world to kill my people. The peoples of the world, the war is still going on and systematically we’re being killed and our true leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is in the Fed. Prison where he’s been tortured for years now. A call for self determination is not a call for war. Free Biafra now! Free Mazi Nnamdi Kanu !
I have several areas, both past and present, that would be applicable for this topic. These are both inside and outside of Africa: 1. Juliana Republic 2. Carpatho-Ukraine (literally existed for 1 day) 3. Somaliland 4. Neutral Moresnet/Amekijo (almost became the world's only Esperanto speaking country) 5. Western Sahara 6. Cape Republic/Cape of Good Hope 7. Republic of Canada (on Navy Island, not the same as the actual country of Canada) 8. Principality of Seborga 9. Republic of Hutt River 10. Republic of Minerva *11. Cabinda (really good similar example to this) 12. Barotseland 13.Emirate of Cyrenaica 14.Republic of Katanga 15. Democratic Republic of Bakassi 16. Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia 17. Anglo-Corsican Kingdom 18. Palmyra Empire 19. West Papua 20. French Guiana
I remember when I was first learning English i got really confused between the names of Biafra and the word "diaspora" due to my first english teacher having a really rough speech impediment. I haven't thought about Biafra in years since then.
The interesting thing was support for Biafra and Nigeria during the Nigerian Civil War. For example Biagra was supported by France West Germany, China, Israel, Portugalija, Francisco Spain, Vatican, South Africa, Rhodesia, Haiti, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Tanzania and Czechoslovakia.
Wrong. Nobody supported Biafra eventually. At first they did orally but only God knows how British met them in round table. Think about it. If for instance france supported Biafra with just food, do you think the starvation would happen? I’ll say all these happened because biafrans are black. The reason African countries have to be careful on issues of taking sides with Anglo-Americans or Russia or china. Because when they eventually negotiate amongst them, no one will give a fvck about any black that supported them in the first place
Czechoslovakia and china didn't support Biafra. Czechoslovakia was part of Soviet union whom entirely supported Nigeria china on the other hand was unknown and silent. The powers then where Soviet union and the united states
West Germany, Spain and France especially supported Biafra with clothing and foods sent in through haiti they never supplied weapons because they were scared of getting directly involved knowing the possible reaction from the Soviet union. In short the western support to Biafra was just to spite the Soviet union and not to help win the war
Biafra should and must become independent. Biafrans has collectively agreed to restore Biafra independence or die in the process. The slogan in Biafraland today is "Biafra or death."
This channel is one of my favorites because they go out from Europe to investigate other continents. I think Nigeria need to break into at least south and North because of religion.
@@jamalakinade8175 i don't think anything would happen to you. You are Yoruba, and everyone is cool with the Yoruba. I am not Igbo nor Yoruba. I'm from Edo but I've lived all my life in the North, my step-dad is a Yoruba Muslim. But I can tell you without a doubt, that the north is seriously dragging this country back. And I am not exaggerating. I think it'll be best if Kwara, Kogi, Benue and Plateau states from the north join the south if any breakaway where to happen where to happen. But this is all wishful thinking.
@@TheOutsideFox if you indeed grow up in the North u would understand it was until this insurgency started happening that the North became what it is back in in the day it was thriving and had so much potential to b a metropolitan area But again issues happen but u can't still blame the North for what's happening bro like Y? Is it because we have a Northern president? That can't b your reason we have had southern presidents and how has that worked for anyone look no one is holding this country but we the people we keep on letting this cycle of misappropriation continue this y we can't move forward unless we as a people and I mean every Nigerian stays steadfast we blame our leaders from corruption but we also do things that are extremely questionable as well let's just stop the blame game and start being accountable Also y do Edo ppl Muslim or christian feel wary with northerners it seems like a trend I keep seeing
@@TheOutsideFox , I'm from Brazil. I'm not Yoruba. I don't know Nigeria. Maybe the government from the South don't give much assistance to the North to develop. Maybe.
@@Heavy-metaaal the governments ruled by the north as they have the power. The north oppresses the south but they are poor and feudal they keep the country backwards and suppress eveybody else especally south east
"The African country you didn't know it existed". Because it *never* did. Biafra is some corrupt Portugese translitteration for Bafoura, which was the capital town of a Central African kingdom located around northwest Cameroon and southeast Nigeria that preceded the Bamun Kingdom (very likely its direct successor) . The "Biafra" Kingdom was a province of the Anzicana Kingdom. Then the British colonizers came around and started to Yoko Effect at different populations, ethnic groups and dissolved kingdoms from territories fragmented by the so called "Scramble For Africa" , playing the divide and rule act and there we are.
you have to be joking. No seriously, you have to be mental to deny the war. My grandma was in that war. My grandpa's brothers never made it back. has your conspiracy theories and propaganda led you to be so foolish?
@immyammy7185 that was absolutely horrible. I really hate myself for saying this cause it sounds like excuses, but if Biafra did not take them, Nigeria would have. If Nigeria took those regions, they would have had Biafra surrounded. And they did in the end. They did take those regions and also slaughtered many. It's absolutely terrible for those minorities that were just casualties of war, but Biafra didn't take them to be sovereign over them but for self-preservation.
Thank you for the detailed information Please comment on the Tigray people and their role in shaping Ethiopia and defending Ethiopia for thousands of years
Biafra is Africa's greatest hope for redemption. Many western nations know this that is why they want the reemergence of Biafra to see the light of the day. But Biafra will surely reemerge by the grace of God
Biafra is a reminder for us to stand together instead of being selfish and isolationist. There was an oportunity for biafra to join with Oduduwa in the southwest, but the leaders in biafra reniged on their promises to their potential allies. that was the narative as the biafra war began. and unfortunately, the igbo and Yoruba have not yet reconciled regarding this. the igbo are pleading victim while the yoruba are calling them conartist/manipulator. let us join together once again. Nigeria should be one. it will be an event to enable the unification of all Black Peoples of the Earth. Ase'
Biafra have no plans of joining Oduduwa and Biafra have no plan of sacrificing its right to self-determination for the unity of any race. The division of Nigeria (British enterprise) is sacrosanct.
@@TruthIntel Biafra is a mistake that the east keeps perpetuating with it’s same European Christian masters pulling at its strings. Just like Ambazonia to the eastern border of Nigeria. One day, after these foolish ppl have given up their hostage taking in the east and decided to join the mission of a United Africa you can look back on this moment and thank the ancestors for finding a way to build community despite selfish destroyers; like the religious extremists biafra and ambazonia. Side note: if you love biafra so much maybe you should stop migrating to every Omoluabi location that we have built from the ground up(like Lagos, etc) and fix your broken states…or do you just abandon your homeland because you are lazy and selfish? ✌🏿
@@TruthIntel sounds like your projecting not going to pretend like that am some psychology major all I know is you don't have a response to what I said don't deflect you look pretentious what happend to Biafra was evil but you still invaded Benin and urohobo land slaughtered minorities ijaw and Ibibio and still tried to occupy youruba land and theses are facts ore is a fact.
Wow, when you lose millions of your own people, let others say you are "pleading victim". Now, this is why no one in their right sense will not be in unison with you.
Far as I know honestly not even a new born from other non igbos tribes neighbors want to do anything with Biafra. They rather stay in Nigeria and forcing them is a serious problem with Nigerian government. That Is their tribal land never mess with them. History is there
I love biafra, I hope one day they can survive independently. Also love jello biafra, he writes some great music and some interesting spoken word content
@@Muhammad_Ahmad_ you're absolutely right, Nigeria should be one and undivided, which is why I think the people who have no desire to be Nigeria would strengthen the nation if they were no longer there. Diversity will make you strong, but "sacred" lines on a map will cause problems if they're not carefully considered; a chorus is stronger when every member sings the same song, if there are those who wish not to join in unison, why should they have to?
@@Muhammad_Ahmad_ o really? Explain why you guys don't want an igbo president to rule? High corruption? Most of the power goes to the north but remains the poorest region in Nigeria Tribalism is high in Nigeria and I don't understand the concept if Nigeria is 'one' why Lagosians are tagging it a Yorubas land if it is one I mean if it's one then why did they not accept it as a no man's land? Huh Your just some guy living in your village eating food and watching tv while people are being killed everyday
@@igboBiafra010 Somehow you think the northerners are happy with this current system. We fear the rule of an igbo president because of favoritism, this may end up worsening ethnic tensions and may lead to a full blown civil war(god forbid). Even though the north has dominated Nigerian politics, it brought nothing to us. the politicians don't care about thier people or anything, they only care about themselves.
@@Muhammad_Ahmad_ Stop lying to yourself every northerner I've met said that they like themselves to rule. Also how on earth do you know that an igbo president will bring ethnic tensions in the country while non of them have been elected president? Why do you guys rig the election in order you guys to let APC to win? Stop lying
As an igbo person i ll fra does not mean take biafra is not igbo its Portuguese named for the bight of biafra . Biafrans avoid associating biafra with igbos because 1 5th isnt igbo so we chose ethnically neutral names and languages
Biafra was quite the topic in Europe in the 60s. Would assume its unknown to Americans and the likes. But it was world news at the time. So I'm unsure about the intro really.
Simon Ekpa is organizing protests against Nigeria government from Lahti Finland. He has get some international publicity with his activity. I live in Lahti and Simon Ekpa is well known person here.
Theres so much in this video that Im like "that was xyz" and then you're like "was xyz" and I go "I only know this because Ive played too much Victoria"
I always thought Nigeria should actually be 3 countries, because of the religious and ethnic division and the obvious geographical lines, even before I knew the history of Biafra. Just cut the country in three along the Benué and Niger River and everyone would be happier. But as always the British (being British) made their colonies by drawing random lines on a map without even knowing what’s on the map.
@@tendrosstoodross2976 Western nations already are, that’s why they are so successful. Nations are just better for their citizens than empires are for their subjects. Trying to keep this imperial province together is absurd.
9:09. It's not supposed justification to escalate the war when the rebels invade a part of the country they have no business in. The Biafran invasion phase of the war was a shock to us Edo and Yoruba people who actually sympathized with the Ibo before they got the smart idea to occupy our land. Hence the phrase "O le ku ija Ore." (It was as tough as the battle for Ore.)_ Ore being the town where the Biafran advance was halted. Ore is deep inside Yoruba land, a few kilometers from my hometown of Owo. Our support for Biafra, such as it was, wouldn't have vanished if they hadn't INVADED OUR LAND. Mistakes were made, on all levels and it unfortunately lead to near genocide. However you wouldn't call the Confederacy the United States of America's unrecognized country. They were a country that attempted to break free from their former nation and were beaten down. Same with Biafra. Nigeria is struggling with enough problems now, including scum using the Biafra label to cause havoc. There are people who are legitimately and cleanly fighting for the independence of Biafra, and those deserve all the support they can get, but as things stand, Nigeria is a single country. Biafra is currently history. Thank you. PS. Igboland in your map is oversized. There are many different peoples living in that area.
You don’t know shit about Igbo land and it’s map. I’m sure in your head Igbo land is only SE geopolitical zone. But it’s not. Now invasion of Midwest was to capture Lagos the capitol of Nigeria. It had nothing to do with invading Yoruba land. If the Capitol was in Abuja back then, the Middlebelt would have been invaded to capture Abuja and end the war. It’s simple war strategy replicated in so many conflicts all over the world. You people choose to see it as ethnic
You are a liar from the pit of hell! Biafra land was invaded, not the other way round! You Yorubas will longer get away with your lies! Not one bomb or gun was dropped or shot in your region! The war was on Biafra land! You people invaded us! Dishonest fellows. You hate igbos so much yet scuttle their effort for self determination! It tells a lot about you people!
Well well as long as you don't want to form your new country only with your tribes you are doomed to fail again. No other tribes want you to pocket them when you don't want to be pocketed. That is real facts. Every zones and tribes want freedom.
Ofcourse there will always be a Yoruba person coming here to sow seed of slander and character assassination against Ndigbo! Very typical! Tell us what led to the massacre of igbos in Kano in 1948? The end of Nigeria is here already anyways!
@@todayworldpost he wasn't slandering and he wasn't wrong the coup happened before the massacre I know this as a fact what was done to your people was unjustified wrong and evil and Nigeria has failed to apologize for the massacre the starvation and the rape if it's worth anything I support the idgo referendum it would at least bring some semblance of closure to your people and peace to your region of the country
@@davidotabor4457 there was not coup before the 1948 pogroms on IGBOS in Northern Nigeria! Please do not revise history! This pogrom was not the same genocide of 1967-1970 which was after the coup! So no, that coup can never be a justification for trying to wipe my people off the earth! Because there has always been pre existing anti igbo ethnic sentiments against my people hence the 1948 pogrom! I no longer engage in trying to harsh out Nigeria issue for the lies that have been told against my people! I only now await the earnest disintegration of this false fake unsolicited union! For surely it will happen! The land abhors injustice and if the living do nothing, the unheard voice of the dead will be revolt against the inhabitants of the land!
@@davidotabor4457 my brother it wasn't the coup that started the massacared of Igbo people in Nigeria. Igbo people was massacared in the north in 1948 while the coup occurred in 1966. Do you get the point now
Thank you for the excellent content. Keep up the good work. I would like to see all African borders set in a way most beneficial to the majority of inhabitants.
Calling Biafra an 'unrecognised country' is more than a bit bizarre. This would be like calling the Confederacy in the southern United States an unrecognised country. Really sloppy title especially from a channel supposedly about propagating knowledge.
The idea that Isreal supported Biafra is wrong and a myth. Isreal sold weapons to BOTH the Nigerian and Biafran army, they did NOT differentiate as long ad the customer stood with the relevant funds.
@@adb_500 huh? It's the fact that they were objectively independent for ~3 years before being taken over by nigeria. In addition, they were recognized by almost a dozen different countries. Don't know why you're so salty about it considering they were re-absorbed into Nigeria only 3 years later, 54 years ago now. If a government/area is functioning separately and without help from its former government it is independent. Recognition is a different deal
They may destroy the structure above the ground, but as long as THE FOUNDATION remains, as long as Igbos still remains and are named, one day, BIAFRA WILL COME!
I grew up with the term "Biafra children". Meaning, extremely malnourished children. Was it during the war that the children starved? Or was it the unfair distribution after the lost independence that made them starve? How is it now in that region?
Nice video I strongly recommend learning the correct pronunciation of Igbo if you plan to devote an entire documentary about Biafra. Makes you sound more credible. The G in igbo is silent. And Biafra doesn’t have a rolling R, it’s a flat R.
This history is NOT right👎. British mostly supported the Nigerians with weapons and money not Russians. All these countries you mentioned helped Biafra is false, the only main countries that helped Biafra was Ireland and Gabon. If France 🇫🇷 and Portugal actually helped Biafra, they would not have lost the war. Please go back to your history book😏
Omg I only recently found out that it used to be Biafra lol - I was so shocked when I heard that Ethiopia wasn't the original country Mums and Nans claimed were lacking peas and carrots that we didn't finish from our plates Wonder what country today's kids are guilty of depriving their unwanted veg
My uncle died fighting in the Biafra war. He went out one day and never came back. I truly believe in Igbo self determination and would love to be alive to see it.
I remember the war in Biafra when I was 18. The news reports were harrowing of a country desperately trying to establish itself. The suffering of the civilian population was appalling.
Haven't watched the whole thing yet but thank you for delving into this. I'm an Igbo man brit and raised in the uk but I love researching about Biafra. Wow thanks for explaining the origin of the name!
Biafra is not an Igbo word. The name Biafra is Portuguese in origin. The Portuguese called the whole of the southeastern, southsouth of Nigeria and SE Cameroon, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea Biafra. These areas were called Biafra by the Portuguese as they are coastal areas and in old Portuguese Baffa means winds, related to water and the coast.
I remember it because an uncle involved in the oil industry (he managed an oil major there) was killed during that period in the crossfire between Nigeria and the breakaway Biafra 😢.
Thank you so much for making this informative video. What struck me the most was learning that President Richard Nixon even acknowledged the genocide occurring in Biafra, yet still chose to remain neutral due to the fact that our US military was currently subverting democracy in Vietnam. As an American, I'm ashamed of the hypocrisy which governed my country's foreign policy under the Monroe Doctrine, and even through today. I now fully understand why the vocalist for the punk rock band, the Dead Kennedys, Jello Biafra, said that he derived his stage name from "American plasticity at home, and it's results abroad." I hope that many more Americans will watch this video and understand the plight of real peoples that we often ignore in favor of self-righteous global posturing. I truly believe the goal of American foreign policy should be acknowledging the humanity of all people and their rights of self-determination, not banking on internal foreign conflicts based on financial speculation. PS- I love this channel. The videos are so interesting, and you have a very soothing, cool voice. Thank you for all the content that you produce.
Thanks for your acknowledgement, we the biafrans are still pushing for our freedom from the Zoo called Nigeria, an evil contraption that was forcefully and wrongly created by the British and handed over to the terrorist Islamic sharia fulanis who are now hell bent on forcing Islam on the more than half of the country's population using Islamic terrorists such as boko haram and many other terrorists in Northern Nigeria.
I personally believe in the right to self determination for the most part. I think if the majority of the Biafran people want independence, they should be given it without a war.
Sadly that not happening, unlike the UK were a referendum for independence (Scotland) is possible, this is Nigeria were the Hausa people dominate the government and it would not allow the south to become free bc of the mistake of 1914 and the fact the south is richer and more resources than the north, if that was to happen Biafra and Oduduwa would be the richest nation in Africa and on top ten worldwide leaving Nigeria with an agro based and poor economy despite the huge population
@John Williamson well I can't also agree with you,even do south Africa has a lot of mineral resources, they just like Nigeria have alot of conflicting tribes seeking for in their independence but since the south of Nigeria is independent, they would focus on building an strong economy
We're blacks,to the west we are considered as slaves we can't get a referendum without going through the barrels of gun,as seen in south Sudan, Eritrea e.t.c So pathetic
@@AdrielMichael-lw4gj it seems you are not in this country. Igbos in enugu will say Igbo in Anambra are not the pure one's. Even if biafraud go their own there will still be issue so it's better we remain one Nigeria.
My mother said that when she was young she was always told to eat her food because of starving kids in Biafra and I kept trying to tell her that Biafra wasn't a real place. How foolish I was...
I am a Biafran. And Biafra and the history of war behind it is very real. The truth is, there are lots of external interests to keep Biafra in the Nigerian state, most of which comes from the British empire, because of the natural resources in that region. Plus, there is a fear that if Biafra should gain freedom, then all Africa will eventually be free, and that is not good for the western world. For example, for China to be where it is today, they had Japan to look up to.... then other countries in Asia followed suit and learned from each other, and today, almost every Asian country is doing well. Biafra is the light of Africa, but it seems the world have refused to let it shine bright, due to the enormous impact it would have on the African continent. The impact would be so great that every African living in the west would prefer to go back home, even the African American in the United States would trace their roots and go back home. I'm hoping that one day the rising sun of Biafra will shine on it's people and all over the continent of Africa
@@mrchetachukwu6979 Even China has low gdp per capita compared to the west and most of asia is still quite poor too. Japan, South Korea, Singapore etc are only successful because they are the most western and they embraced our capitalism.
@@yahmahmlovesme umm singapore is one of the most socialist states in the world, which ironically is why the wealth gap isn’t as bad as in the west. The only reason we don’t see it as socialist is because of its high democratic participation and structure, but local laws and economic policies are about as socialist you can get without being considered communist
Love and Light to you and yours for making this Video, I'm a Nigerian from the Igbo tribe,26 years old.I researched the history of my country a few years ago because i was curious about the socioeconomic and political structure of the nation,Found it strange that most of my peers don't even know there was a Civil war in our history as it was Erased from most school syllabuses...Great video❤❤❤
That probably means your school didn't cover it I'm 25 and the art and business students covered it in government class in secondary school. And what Nigerian youth doesn't know of Biafra? There were literally videos documenting the war sold when we were kids just say the people you know don't know about Biafra because I know a lot of youths that do.
@@Correctgistlover I'm sorry if you misunderstood. My comment was from my own perspective, you're asking me to tailor my comment next time exclusively to myself,which is what I did here. I appreciate your input,I'll be more careful henceforth.
We need it now than ever before. Our parent paid the price already, so world power should do what’s right to conduct a referendum or just let us go. We don’t want to fight but the zoo country are getting on our nerves. If we must fight again then let it be fair.
It’s such ignorant way of thinking so you want to break up the country into pieces? What part controls the resources then. Biafra, odudua republic, Fulani, Hausa, and other tribe that also want independence how and what does that look like.
Nigeria's problem is simple: THE IGBO. Ironically, the failure of Nigeria is actually a perverse solution to the "Igbo problem". Nigeria's problem is NOT failure of leadership, bad constitution, poor economy, endemic corruption, failed infrastructure, etc. The problem with Nigeria can be summarized in 4 simple sentences: I: Unless a society runs a merit-based system, all sectors deteriorate. II: Nigeria tried merit before and ended up with Igbo leading EVERY sector (economy, education, military, science, transport, etc). III: Nigeria refuses to go back to merit because of 'risk' of Igbo domination. IV: Nigeria cannot improve, because it cannot run a merit-based society. Igbo people (the engine of Nigeria’s advancement), are stifled by an Islam-motivated cabal which prefers power to meritocracy. Igbo ostracisation is the main reason for Nigeria’s irreversible backwardness. SUMMARY: With merit the Igbo inevitably become the top dogs; without merit Nigeria goes to the dogs. SOLUTION: The only way forward is Igbo autonomy or independence. Otherwise neither Igbos nor Nigerians can make much progress. A successful Igbo nation will act as an INSPIRATION, CHALLENGE, CATALYST AND MODEL for what is left of Nigeria. (The same thing happened after Singapore left Malaysia. Malaysia experienced accelerated progress, because they were challenged by Singapore's phenomenal transformation.) Very ironically, Biafra is actually Nigeria's only hope.
I thought you would know this given you're portuguese, but the Bight of Biafra was named by the portugese and the Biafra was named after the bight. "Come" "Take" doesn't mean anyhting and there's not context to it, it's just an attempt at propaganda for building national pride
Biafra existed in the old map and I just don’t know why they are forcing us to live together. We are just too different and what God did not join will surely divide with time.
Please make a video about unrecognized country Kabylia (or Kabylie in French). The MAK (Movement for Autodetermination of Kabylia) wants to secede from Algeria.
Who said that, probably you're moroccan and the terrorist movement that you talk about is banned from Algeria , you should talk about the Rif of the north of Morocco this was an established state , the head of the state was albdulkarim Al khatabi with a currency and a flag , and also you should talk about your country who is a colonial state (the western Sahara) the Arabic Republic Of Western Sahara a country who is one of the founders of the African Union and the polisario the organisation which is recognised as a liberation movement by many countries in the world (Colombia - Venezuela - Ecuador - Mexico - Peru - Chile - South Africa - Algeria - Iran - Tunisia - Mauritania - Angola - Mozambique - Namibia - Spain And all the EU ....)
*Are there any other unrecognized countries in Africa?*
Have you covered the Western Sahara?
You forgot "Bangsamoro Autonomous Region Muslim in Mindanao" 🇵🇭
By your definition almost every African state has an unrecognised country in it. Biafra is an unrecognised country the same way the Confederacy is.
somaliland
Ambazonia, Somaliland, Cabinda, Western Sahara...
You didn't mention the role of Britain in the biafran war, British companies like Shell and BP had the monopoly over the oil business in Nigeria, so they supported the Nigerian government with everything they can, they know that an independent biafran wouldn't welcome them so much
You're very correct. Respect💯💯
this is litraly all the fault of white people
And France in the other hand was helping Biafra, through Côte d'Ivoire
The oil never belong to Biafra in any way. All the oil arears were Nigerians, as Niger Delta was not Biafra.
@@Obalufon Akwa Ibom produces 31% oil
Delta 21% oil majority Igbo
Rivers state 21% majority Igbo
Others are Imo, anambra, bayelsa, Edo, Lagos and Kogi. You can now see that majority are from the South Eastern region of Nigeria, before it was divided
As a Nigerian, i will be very happy if Biafra is achieved. We will respect each other as we have nothing in common, the British joined us as one nation while we have never been the same in all ramifications. I wish for igbos to have their country. Best of luck.
I think that is so nice you have that mindset.
I don't know, with the climate changes it might be better with a federal model or perhaps a confederate model instead of full independence?
Because people *are* going to struggle in especially the north with the changes.
Having more land available would help the people of Nigeria to weather the storm.
Also, having more strength demographic strength in the south might help curtail some of the ideas of those who have more extreme Muslim views as moderates and southerners might be able to ally to some degree.
As a European it was heart-wrenching to hear about someone being jailed for being an atheist in the country...
People should be able to make decisions for themselves about their life stances, sexuality and political beliefs and just in general about how they live their lives as long as they don't harm others.
Of course it's possible that people locally there might benefit from independence if the area really is that rich in resources.
But even so that would probably leave more people suffering then it would help in Nigeria as a whole I believe.
And I believe that compromises can usually be found...
Of course greater autonomy is *definitely* needed.
The heartlands of each ethnic group *should* be allowed to have its own laws and a great deal with autonomy.
Mixed areas can be treated as a condominium.
Honestly, the world needs less nationalism and more unity amongst people. This had nothing to do with any former colonists. We need to be brothers and sisters together no matter what borders were or which borders are. Classification of people is to divide us and put us against each other.
@@erik3371 Large countries is just bad for democracy in general.
Most existing countries *should* be split up into smaller countries allowing people to govern themselves more locally.
Doesn't mean that people can't or shouldn't cooperate, but it should be the choice of people locally.
I mean, just look at how messed up democracy is in countries like the US, Russia, India, UK and France, or even China (they do have democracy at a local level)
Freedom for Biafra!
Biafra anthem
Land of the rising sun, we love and cherish,
Beloved homeland of our brave heroes;
We must defend our lives or we shall perish,
We shall protect our hearths from all our foes;
But if the price is death for all we hold dear,
Then let us die without a shred of fear.
Hail to Biafra, consecrated nation,
Oh fatherland, this be our solemn pledge:
Defending thee shall be a dedication.
Spilling our blood we'll count a privilege;
The waving standard which emboldens the free
Shall always be our flag of liberty.
We shall emerge triumphant from this ordeal,
And through the crucible unnscathed we'll pass;
When we are poised the wounds of battle to heal,
We shall remember those who died in mass;
Then shall our trumpets peal the glorious song
Of victory we scored o'er might and wrong.
Oh God, protect us from the hidden pitfall,
Gu/de all our movements lest we go astray;
Give us the strength to heed the humanist call:
'To give and not to count the cost', each day;
Bless those who rule to serve with resoluteness,
To make this clime a land of righteousness.
❤
Biafra may be unknown to most, but anyone born before, say, 1960 would know of it due to the horrific starvation at the end of the war and the images that spread around the world then.
Of course you’re referring to the deliberate policy of mass murder of children by starvation a mere 30 years after the holocaust
Funny fact: Biafra's national anthem is titled _Land of the Rising Sun._
Sung to the tune of "Finlandia," written by Jean Sibelius. I have always thought of the Biafrans as being the African cousins to the Finns, and fellow seekers after freedom. Could it be more fitting that one nation's secret anthem would be score for the announced anthem of the other?
Japan bouts sue😂
Lol Japan it shock u
Huhhh!!!
News to me, but, okay...🤝🏽👏🏾👏🏾
There is something romantic about the name.
Thought that Biafra nation was obliterated, the Maui Maui war.
The British screwed up the continent, through their ignorance of the tribal and cultural differences of the various ppls, added to their thirst and greed for oil.
There is… a house… in Biafra…
You made a detailed research. Kudos to your neutrality.
We lost Fathers, mothers, siblings and relatives in the war.
We Biafrans fought for self defense.
We defended ourselves against the world that fought us because of our mineral resources.
Where was the United Nations when my tribe was annihilated?
Where was those who brought Christianity to us when the Muslim north were aided by the western and Arabic world to kill my people.
The peoples of the world, the war is still going on and systematically we’re being killed and our true leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is in the Fed. Prison where he’s been tortured for years now.
A call for self determination is not a call for war.
Free Biafra now!
Free Mazi Nnamdi Kanu !
The resources are in Nigeria. Cannot force resources owners to join
@@immyammy7185keep quiet
Thief of resources.
Unless you have heard of the Dead Kennedys. The lead singer goes by Jello Biafra. A reference to Jell-O and the state Biafra.
My dad’s side of the family lived through the Nigerian Civil War in Biafra
Excellent video - it went a long way in explaining something that I was only vaguely aware of. Thank you so much. I've learned something today 🙂
I have several areas, both past and present, that would be applicable for this topic. These are both inside and outside of Africa:
1. Juliana Republic
2. Carpatho-Ukraine (literally existed for 1 day)
3. Somaliland
4. Neutral Moresnet/Amekijo (almost became the world's only Esperanto speaking country)
5. Western Sahara
6. Cape Republic/Cape of Good Hope
7. Republic of Canada (on Navy Island, not the same as the actual country of Canada)
8. Principality of Seborga
9. Republic of Hutt River
10. Republic of Minerva
*11. Cabinda (really good similar example to this)
12. Barotseland
13.Emirate of Cyrenaica
14.Republic of Katanga
15. Democratic Republic of Bakassi
16. Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia
17. Anglo-Corsican Kingdom
18. Palmyra Empire
19. West Papua
20. French Guiana
I remember when I was first learning English i got really confused between the names of Biafra and the word "diaspora" due to my first english teacher having a really rough speech impediment. I haven't thought about Biafra in years since then.
That’s ironic because tons of people who survived Biafra are now in a diaspora!
The interesting thing was support for Biafra and Nigeria during the Nigerian Civil War. For example Biagra was supported by France West Germany, China, Israel, Portugalija, Francisco Spain, Vatican, South Africa, Rhodesia, Haiti, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Tanzania and Czechoslovakia.
Wrong. Nobody supported Biafra eventually. At first they did orally but only God knows how British met them in round table. Think about it. If for instance france supported Biafra with just food, do you think the starvation would happen? I’ll say all these happened because biafrans are black. The reason African countries have to be careful on issues of taking sides with Anglo-Americans or Russia or china. Because when they eventually negotiate amongst them, no one will give a fvck about any black that supported them in the first place
@@fitnesslover951 It was mostly the Catholic Church abroad that helped Biafra with food resources
@John Williamson because their can't fight their Daddy
Czechoslovakia and china didn't support Biafra. Czechoslovakia was part of Soviet union whom entirely supported Nigeria china on the other hand was unknown and silent. The powers then where Soviet union and the united states
West Germany, Spain and France especially supported Biafra with clothing and foods sent in through haiti they never supplied weapons because they were scared of getting directly involved knowing the possible reaction from the Soviet union. In short the western support to Biafra was just to spite the Soviet union and not to help win the war
Thanks for granting my request by talking about my great nation (BIAFRA).
We will rise again Bro
Long live Biafra ❤️🖤✝️
The Nigerian map looks weird. The Southern Cameroons (Ambazonia) should have joined Nigeria instead of the French-speaking Cameroon.
The country must divided. Nothing is going tot stop it.
@@studiotech6194 out of point is this supposed to be a response
That is why they are crying today. They did not want biafrans to dominate them
Biafra should and must become independent. Biafrans has collectively agreed to restore Biafra independence or die in the process. The slogan in Biafraland today is "Biafra or death."
Yes I vote for Biafra sovereignty.
This channel is one of my favorites because they go out from Europe to investigate other continents.
I think Nigeria need to break into at least south and North because of religion.
@@jamalakinade8175 i don't think anything would happen to you. You are Yoruba, and everyone is cool with the Yoruba.
I am not Igbo nor Yoruba. I'm from Edo but I've lived all my life in the North, my step-dad is a Yoruba Muslim. But I can tell you without a doubt, that the north is seriously dragging this country back. And I am not exaggerating. I think it'll be best if Kwara, Kogi, Benue and Plateau states from the north join the south if any breakaway where to happen where to happen.
But this is all wishful thinking.
@@TheOutsideFox if you indeed grow up in the North u would understand it was until this insurgency started happening that the North became what it is back in in the day it was thriving and had so much potential to b a metropolitan area
But again issues happen but u can't still blame the North for what's happening bro like Y? Is it because we have a Northern president? That can't b your reason we have had southern presidents and how has that worked for anyone look no one is holding this country but we the people we keep on letting this cycle of misappropriation continue this y we can't move forward unless we as a people and I mean every Nigerian stays steadfast we blame our leaders from corruption but we also do things that are extremely questionable as well let's just stop the blame game and start being accountable
Also y do Edo ppl Muslim or christian feel wary with northerners it seems like a trend I keep seeing
@@TheOutsideFox , I'm from Brazil. I'm not Yoruba. I don't know Nigeria.
Maybe the government from the South don't give much assistance to the North to develop.
Maybe.
@@Heavy-metaaal the governments ruled by the north as they have the power. The north oppresses the south but they are poor and feudal they keep the country backwards and suppress eveybody else especally south east
@@makeytgreatagain6256 the south is richer then the north
But they don't have power
I need more of this, I've subscribed and now a fan❤❤❤
Biafra sounds very interesting and unique history
The gulf of guinea is really a mess 😂
It is somewhat complicated from a geopolitical point of view, yeah
The original name was "GULF OF BIAFRA"
but to erase and reduce the use of the word Biafra, it was changed to Gulf of Guinea after the war.
I'm glad you made this video, I guess I'm too young to have heard of this conflict before now.
"The African country you didn't know it existed".
Because it *never* did. Biafra is some corrupt Portugese translitteration for Bafoura, which was the capital town of a Central African kingdom located around northwest Cameroon and southeast Nigeria that preceded the Bamun Kingdom (very likely its direct successor) . The "Biafra" Kingdom was a province of the Anzicana Kingdom.
Then the British colonizers came around and started to Yoko Effect at different populations, ethnic groups and dissolved kingdoms from territories fragmented by the so called "Scramble For Africa" , playing the divide and rule act and there we are.
you have to be joking. No seriously, you have to be mental to deny the war. My grandma was in that war. My grandpa's brothers never made it back. has your conspiracy theories and propaganda led you to be so foolish?
@@UrfavigboHow about minorities killed by biafrans according to my grand mother. War means anyone.
@immyammy7185 that was absolutely horrible. I really hate myself for saying this cause it sounds like excuses, but if Biafra did not take them, Nigeria would have. If Nigeria took those regions, they would have had Biafra surrounded. And they did in the end. They did take those regions and also slaughtered many. It's absolutely terrible for those minorities that were just casualties of war, but Biafra didn't take them to be sovereign over them but for self-preservation.
Thank you for the detailed information
Please comment on the Tigray people and their role in shaping Ethiopia and defending Ethiopia for thousands of years
Free Biafra
Thanks my brother
Biafra is Africa's greatest hope for redemption. Many western nations know this that is why they want the reemergence of Biafra to see the light of the day. But Biafra will surely reemerge by the grace of God
💪Amen😂
Biafra is a reminder for us to stand together instead of being selfish and isolationist. There was an oportunity for biafra to join with Oduduwa in the southwest, but the leaders in biafra reniged on their promises to their potential allies. that was the narative as the biafra war began. and unfortunately, the igbo and Yoruba have not yet reconciled regarding this. the igbo are pleading victim while the yoruba are calling them conartist/manipulator. let us join together once again. Nigeria should be one. it will be an event to enable the unification of all Black Peoples of the Earth. Ase'
Biafra have no plans of joining Oduduwa and Biafra have no plan of sacrificing its right to self-determination for the unity of any race. The division of Nigeria (British enterprise) is sacrosanct.
@@TruthIntel Biafra is a mistake that the east keeps perpetuating with it’s same European Christian masters pulling at its strings. Just like Ambazonia to the eastern border of Nigeria. One day, after these foolish ppl have given up their hostage taking in the east and decided to join the mission of a United Africa you can look back on this moment and thank the ancestors for finding a way to build community despite selfish destroyers; like the religious extremists biafra and ambazonia.
Side note: if you love biafra so much maybe you should stop migrating to every Omoluabi location that we have built from the ground up(like Lagos, etc) and fix your broken states…or do you just abandon your homeland because you are lazy and selfish? ✌🏿
@@davidotabor4457 It seems like you're feeling lonely and is seeking for attention.
@@TruthIntel sounds like your projecting not going to pretend like that am some psychology major all I know is you don't have a response to what I said don't deflect you look pretentious what happend to Biafra was evil but you still invaded Benin and urohobo land slaughtered minorities ijaw and Ibibio and still tried to occupy youruba land and theses are facts ore is a fact.
Wow, when you lose millions of your own people, let others say you are "pleading victim". Now, this is why no one in their right sense will not be in unison with you.
Biafra should exist with just the igbos alone for many reasons but if other surrounding tribes wants to join, it is their wish.
Far as I know honestly not even a new born from other non igbos tribes neighbors want to do anything with Biafra. They rather stay in Nigeria and forcing them is a serious problem with Nigerian government. That Is their tribal land never mess with them. History is there
I love biafra, I hope one day they can survive independently. Also love jello biafra, he writes some great music and some interesting spoken word content
Keep loving it, it will only be a dream. Nigeria is one and undivided. Our diversity is our strength, and we wont let anything break us apart
@@Muhammad_Ahmad_ you're absolutely right, Nigeria should be one and undivided, which is why I think the people who have no desire to be Nigeria would strengthen the nation if they were no longer there. Diversity will make you strong, but "sacred" lines on a map will cause problems if they're not carefully considered; a chorus is stronger when every member sings the same song, if there are those who wish not to join in unison, why should they have to?
@@Muhammad_Ahmad_ o really?
Explain why you guys don't want an igbo president to rule?
High corruption?
Most of the power goes to the north but remains the poorest region in Nigeria
Tribalism is high in Nigeria and I don't understand the concept if Nigeria is 'one' why Lagosians are tagging it a Yorubas land if it is one I mean if it's one then why did they not accept it as a no man's land? Huh
Your just some guy living in your village eating food and watching tv while people are being killed everyday
@@igboBiafra010 Somehow you think the northerners are happy with this current system. We fear the rule of an igbo president because of favoritism, this may end up worsening ethnic tensions and may lead to a full blown civil war(god forbid). Even though the north has dominated Nigerian politics, it brought nothing to us. the politicians don't care about thier people or anything, they only care about themselves.
@@Muhammad_Ahmad_ Stop lying to yourself every northerner I've met said that they like themselves to rule. Also how on earth do you know that an igbo president will bring ethnic tensions in the country while non of them have been elected president? Why do you guys rig the election in order you guys to let APC to win?
Stop lying
There was a guy from Biafra. His name was Jello, and he sang for a really good punk band.
How can a country with this magnitude be forgotten just like that... We say NO.
The soundtrack at the end is dulcet. Can I know it?
A senseless civil war in my opinion. Where's Gowon now? I'm sure he still lives in regret because Nigeria didn't get any better.
Awesome video. You didn't link the amalgamation documents.
As an igbo person i ll fra does not mean take biafra is not igbo its Portuguese named for the bight of biafra .
Biafrans avoid associating biafra with igbos because 1 5th isnt igbo so we chose ethnically neutral names and languages
Love to Biafra
It will never be well with Nigeria until the let Biafra go
I thought this was your traditional april fools joke 💀💀💀
Biafra was quite the topic in Europe in the 60s. Would assume its unknown to Americans and the likes. But it was world news at the time. So I'm unsure about the intro really.
Simon Ekpa is organizing protests against Nigeria government from Lahti Finland. He has get some international publicity with his activity. I live in Lahti and Simon Ekpa is well known person here.
He better not go to Kenya ooo. House arrest.
They had a cool flag.
Theres so much in this video that Im like "that was xyz" and then you're like "was xyz" and I go "I only know this because Ive played too much Victoria"
I always thought Nigeria should actually be 3 countries, because of the religious and ethnic division and the obvious geographical lines, even before I knew the history of Biafra. Just cut the country in three along the Benué and Niger River and everyone would be happier. But as always the British (being British) made their colonies by drawing random lines on a map without even knowing what’s on the map.
there are igbo people at the west of the river Niger. They are in Delta state for example. The anioma people (igbo) are native to where they live.
@@Urfavigbo
Yes, the delta is actually the most difficult region when it comes to this.
That's really oversimplifying it
So you believe nations should be split along cultural, religious and ethnic lines?
I assume you want to apply the same logic to western nations?
@@tendrosstoodross2976
Western nations already are, that’s why they are so successful. Nations are just better for their citizens than empires are for their subjects. Trying to keep this imperial province together is absurd.
I'm nigerian(I am ibibio)
Shout out to you
I’m Igbo 🥱
I'm Nigerian American
@@sharwama992 know how to speak pidgin
I am Biafran, I am igbo
I love my country Nigeria. I live in Nigeria and nobody is chasing me out of Ghana. South Africa. My sweet country Nigeria!!!!
Thank God Biafrans and its supporters can not change the old map of Africa 🌍. People that only read Wikipedia's.....
Biafra must be free
Nigeria is one, no breakaway regions ever succeeded in their quest for independence.
Free Biafra from Nigerian occupation
9:42 wait a minute that's not the spanish flag during the 60s, there was a francoist flag with a fascist eagle
biafra mentionedddddd!!!!!!!!!!💪💪💪💪💪
9:09.
It's not supposed justification to escalate the war when the rebels invade a part of the country they have no business in. The Biafran invasion phase of the war was a shock to us Edo and Yoruba people who actually sympathized with the Ibo before they got the smart idea to occupy our land. Hence the phrase "O le ku ija Ore." (It was as tough as the battle for Ore.)_ Ore being the town where the Biafran advance was halted. Ore is deep inside Yoruba land, a few kilometers from my hometown of Owo. Our support for Biafra, such as it was, wouldn't have vanished if they hadn't INVADED OUR LAND.
Mistakes were made, on all levels and it unfortunately lead to near genocide.
However you wouldn't call the Confederacy the United States of America's unrecognized country. They were a country that attempted to break free from their former nation and were beaten down. Same with Biafra.
Nigeria is struggling with enough problems now, including scum using the Biafra label to cause havoc. There are people who are legitimately and cleanly fighting for the independence of Biafra, and those deserve all the support they can get, but as things stand, Nigeria is a single country. Biafra is currently history.
Thank you.
PS. Igboland in your map is oversized. There are many different peoples living in that area.
You don’t know shit about Igbo land and it’s map. I’m sure in your head Igbo land is only SE geopolitical zone. But it’s not.
Now invasion of Midwest was to capture Lagos the capitol of Nigeria. It had nothing to do with invading Yoruba land.
If the Capitol was in Abuja back then, the Middlebelt would have been invaded to capture Abuja and end the war.
It’s simple war strategy replicated in so many conflicts all over the world. You people choose to see it as ethnic
You are a liar from the pit of hell! Biafra land was invaded, not the other way round! You Yorubas will longer get away with your lies! Not one bomb or gun was dropped or shot in your region! The war was on Biafra land! You people invaded us! Dishonest fellows. You hate igbos so much yet scuttle their effort for self determination! It tells a lot about you people!
Lies upon lies
One billion ewedu men can’t divide us! Talk about the ilaje, Egun, awori, akoko edo , owo are not yorobas ,! Talk about them
Well well as long as you don't want to form your new country only with your tribes you are doomed to fail again. No other tribes want you to pocket them when you don't want to be pocketed.
That is real facts. Every zones and tribes want freedom.
The first coup was a contributing factor to the Igbo massacre (mainly in northern Nigeria), not the other way round (massacre leading to coup)
Ofcourse there will always be a Yoruba person coming here to sow seed of slander and character assassination against Ndigbo! Very typical! Tell us what led to the massacre of igbos in Kano in 1948? The end of Nigeria is here already anyways!
Yorkmouth what do you know, except hating people because of their success and freedom, tribalistic zombie fool.
@@todayworldpost he wasn't slandering and he wasn't wrong the coup happened before the massacre I know this as a fact what was done to your people was unjustified wrong and evil and Nigeria has failed to apologize for the massacre the starvation and the rape if it's worth anything I support the idgo referendum it would at least bring some semblance of closure to your people and peace to your region of the country
@@davidotabor4457 there was not coup before the 1948 pogroms on IGBOS in Northern Nigeria! Please do not revise history! This pogrom was not the same genocide of 1967-1970 which was after the coup! So no, that coup can never be a justification for trying to wipe my people off the earth! Because there has always been pre existing anti igbo ethnic sentiments against my people hence the 1948 pogrom! I no longer engage in trying to harsh out Nigeria issue for the lies that have been told against my people! I only now await the earnest disintegration of this false fake unsolicited union! For surely it will happen! The land abhors injustice and if the living do nothing, the unheard voice of the dead will be revolt against the inhabitants of the land!
@@davidotabor4457 my brother it wasn't the coup that started the massacared of Igbo people in Nigeria. Igbo people was massacared in the north in 1948 while the coup occurred in 1966. Do you get the point now
Biafra Nation peace
I love the country of africa
Good one.
Africa is a continent
@@ChrisFan890 no shit
Thank you for the excellent content. Keep up the good work. I would like to see all African borders set in a way most beneficial to the majority of inhabitants.
Africa is my city
Calling Biafra an 'unrecognised country' is more than a bit bizarre. This would be like calling the Confederacy in the southern United States an unrecognised country.
Really sloppy title especially from a channel supposedly about propagating knowledge.
I bet Cabinda is next
you promised a document in the description, cant find one mate
Forgot after a shot of whiskey. Sorry bro soooo tired
The idea that Isreal supported Biafra is wrong and a myth. Isreal sold weapons to BOTH the Nigerian and Biafran army, they did NOT differentiate as long ad the customer stood with the relevant funds.
No country will support Biafra today. If they have natural resources maybe. You don't the what for. Oh that is politics
I first learned about Biafra from an old 1 shilling coin that was minted in the short period of their independence. Pretty cool country!
It was never a country
@@adb_500 sources say differently
@@Jurgensen1 what sources? Only Igbo people?
@@adb_500 huh? It's the fact that they were objectively independent for ~3 years before being taken over by nigeria. In addition, they were recognized by almost a dozen different countries. Don't know why you're so salty about it considering they were re-absorbed into Nigeria only 3 years later, 54 years ago now. If a government/area is functioning separately and without help from its former government it is independent. Recognition is a different deal
They may destroy the structure above the ground, but as long as THE FOUNDATION remains, as long as Igbos still remains and are named, one day, BIAFRA WILL COME!
All hail Biafra ❤
I grew up with the term "Biafra children". Meaning, extremely malnourished children. Was it during the war that the children starved? Or was it the unfair distribution after the lost independence that made them starve? How is it now in that region?
It was the war Biafra land is landlocked and they do not produce protein food in their land and the naval blocked
@@olukanni6163 Biafra land is not land lock dudu
@@onyekachikenneth5221 it bro name one ports town of Igbo origin
Yes, I was of the generations who were told, "Eat your peas. Think of the starving children in Biafra."
@@olukanni6163 bonny, do your research. Opobo, Port harcourt as well.
Nice video I strongly recommend learning the correct pronunciation of Igbo if you plan to devote an entire documentary about Biafra. Makes you sound more credible. The G in igbo is silent. And Biafra doesn’t have a rolling R, it’s a flat R.
And problems will continue until the arbitrary lines created by politicians are broken and people are allowed self determination in all areas.
Bia Fra is Welcome to Africa. Bia for welcome or come and Fra for Africa
Jokes on you. I already knew about Biafra !
Point of correction : over 5 million Biafrans were massacred by Britain during the Biafra/nigeria war. It's not 300k as you claimed
do one on darfur or azawad
The true original children of the Living GOD
Biafra should have a nation of their own, immediately! And there should be no going back, this time.
Fun fact: the Igbo were the ones that wanted Nigerian unity when the people of Yorubaland wanted to form their own sovereign nation in 1960
It was Nnamdi Azikiwe's fault. He was an fan of Marcus Garvey and he envisioned a United black race. He was a delusional pan African
This history is NOT right👎. British mostly supported the Nigerians with weapons and money not Russians. All these countries you mentioned helped Biafra is false, the only main countries that helped Biafra was Ireland and Gabon. If France 🇫🇷 and Portugal actually helped Biafra, they would not have lost the war. Please go back to your history book😏
All this civil war in Africa we’re killing each other just because we are from a different clan/tribe insane we’re the same people
As a child, my folks would urge me to eat all the food on my plate by reminding me about all the starving children in Biafra
Omg I only recently found out that it used to be Biafra lol - I was so shocked when I heard that Ethiopia wasn't the original country Mums and Nans claimed were lacking peas and carrots that we didn't finish from our plates
Wonder what country today's kids are guilty of depriving their unwanted veg
And I'm like then why don't you give the food I don't like to them
@@Alex-zs7gw some parents just say Africa in general
Here in Greece, too
@@Alex-zs7gw Yemen perhaps.
My uncle died fighting in the Biafra war. He went out one day and never came back.
I truly believe in Igbo self determination and would love to be alive to see it.
Let's hope so
It'll be a revolution
Your Uncle was a patriot
I lost some uncles too
I remember the war in Biafra when I was 18. The news reports were harrowing of a country desperately trying to establish itself. The suffering of the civilian population was appalling.
Doesn't that mean you're at least 74?
@@maximzaporojan6966 Something like that, yes.
bendel didn't join first but some useless biafrans invaded us but thanks to Nigeria army for coming to our aid
@@Jame5223lol 🤡🤡🤡
@@Jame5223but they always ignore that
The Biafran War featured the strangest alliances in recent years.
Nuff said.
Not really when you consider the fact that this was a Cold War Era war that had nothing to do with communism.
Haven't watched the whole thing yet but thank you for delving into this. I'm an Igbo man brit and raised in the uk but I love researching about Biafra. Wow thanks for explaining the origin of the name!
Bia mean come fra see, so he wasn't correct by fra translate take.
@Elija Ceres thank you for clarifying nwanne m🙏🏾 I thought as much. However I have never heard "fra", which dialect is this from?
@@elijaceres6448"come fra see"?
I'm not sure what that means.
"Come from the sea"?
Or local words?
Land of the rising sun we love and cherish ❤️
Biafra is not an Igbo word. The name Biafra is Portuguese in origin. The Portuguese called the whole of the southeastern, southsouth of Nigeria and SE Cameroon, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea Biafra.
These areas were called Biafra by the Portuguese as they are coastal areas and in old Portuguese Baffa means winds, related to water and the coast.
I remember it because an uncle involved in the oil industry (he managed an oil major there) was killed during that period in the crossfire between Nigeria and the breakaway Biafra 😢.
Wow! My albino grandma died because of the blockade from the Muslims..
Sorry about that, my country is still that nazi black Nation nobody thought about
Yes, long live Biafra, and death to colonial borders.
You skipped a huge part.
The Aburi Accord wasn't mentioned and played a huge part in forcing Biafra to separate.
Biafra is an ideology that can never die
All hail Biafra
Yes Biafra should be its own country.
God grace BIAFRA will be restored soon. And we will showcase all the great talent CHUKWU OKIKE (God )has given us.
Thank you so much for making this informative video. What struck me the most was learning that President Richard Nixon even acknowledged the genocide occurring in Biafra, yet still chose to remain neutral due to the fact that our US military was currently subverting democracy in Vietnam. As an American, I'm ashamed of the hypocrisy which governed my country's foreign policy under the Monroe Doctrine, and even through today. I now fully understand why the vocalist for the punk rock band, the Dead Kennedys, Jello Biafra, said that he derived his stage name from "American plasticity at home, and it's results abroad." I hope that many more Americans will watch this video and understand the plight of real peoples that we often ignore in favor of self-righteous global posturing. I truly believe the goal of American foreign policy should be acknowledging the humanity of all people and their rights of self-determination, not banking on internal foreign conflicts based on financial speculation.
PS- I love this channel. The videos are so interesting, and you have a very soothing, cool voice. Thank you for all the content that you produce.
Thanks for your acknowledgement, we the biafrans are still pushing for our freedom from the Zoo called Nigeria, an evil contraption that was forcefully and wrongly created by the British and handed over to the terrorist Islamic sharia fulanis who are now hell bent on forcing Islam on the more than half of the country's population using Islamic terrorists such as boko haram and many other terrorists in Northern Nigeria.
I personally believe in the right to self determination for the most part. I think if the majority of the Biafran people want independence, they should be given it without a war.
Sadly that not happening, unlike the UK were a referendum for independence (Scotland) is possible, this is Nigeria were the Hausa people dominate the government and it would not allow the south to become free bc of the mistake of 1914 and the fact the south is richer and more resources than the north, if that was to happen Biafra and Oduduwa would be the richest nation in Africa and on top ten worldwide leaving Nigeria with an agro based and poor economy despite the huge population
@John Williamson well I can't also agree with you,even do south Africa has a lot of mineral resources, they just like Nigeria have alot of conflicting tribes seeking for in their independence but since the south of Nigeria is independent, they would focus on building an strong economy
We're blacks,to the west we are considered as slaves we can't get a referendum without going through the barrels of gun,as seen in south Sudan, Eritrea e.t.c
So pathetic
@John Williamson even do Biafra and Oduduwa would be more stable ad they were ruled by people of their own tribe
@@AdrielMichael-lw4gj it seems you are not in this country. Igbos in enugu will say Igbo in Anambra are not the pure one's. Even if biafraud go their own there will still be issue so it's better we remain one Nigeria.
This is probably one of my favorite videos from you, good description of History, visuals are good, ect
My mother said that when she was young she was always told to eat her food because of starving kids in Biafra and I kept trying to tell her that Biafra wasn't a real place. How foolish I was...
same here mate
I am a Biafran. And Biafra and the history of war behind it is very real. The truth is, there are lots of external interests to keep Biafra in the Nigerian state, most of which comes from the British empire, because of the natural resources in that region.
Plus, there is a fear that if Biafra should gain freedom, then all Africa will eventually be free, and that is not good for the western world.
For example, for China to be where it is today, they had Japan to look up to.... then other countries in Asia followed suit and learned from each other, and today, almost every Asian country is doing well.
Biafra is the light of Africa, but it seems the world have refused to let it shine bright, due to the enormous impact it would have on the African continent. The impact would be so great that every African living in the west would prefer to go back home, even the African American in the United States would trace their roots and go back home.
I'm hoping that one day the rising sun of Biafra will shine on it's people and all over the continent of Africa
@@mrchetachukwu6979 Nobody in the west is ever moving back to Africa. The west is way too prosperous compared to any African shithole
@@mrchetachukwu6979 Even China has low gdp per capita compared to the west and most of asia is still quite poor too. Japan, South Korea, Singapore etc are only successful because they are the most western and they embraced our capitalism.
@@yahmahmlovesme umm singapore is one of the most socialist states in the world, which ironically is why the wealth gap isn’t as bad as in the west. The only reason we don’t see it as socialist is because of its high democratic participation and structure, but local laws and economic policies are about as socialist you can get without being considered communist
Love and Light to you and yours for making this Video, I'm a Nigerian from the Igbo tribe,26 years old.I researched the history of my country a few years ago because i was curious about the socioeconomic and political structure of the nation,Found it strange that most of my peers don't even know there was a Civil war in our history as it was Erased from most school syllabuses...Great video❤❤❤
Let me guess, they still teach about great Napolean, Nazis and world wars !! hahhahaah
@@amosmunezero9958 not really they just skip the war
That probably means your school didn't cover it I'm 25 and the art and business students covered it in government class in secondary school. And what Nigerian youth doesn't know of Biafra? There were literally videos documenting the war sold when we were kids just say the people you know don't know about Biafra because I know a lot of youths that do.
@@Correctgistlover I'm sorry if you misunderstood. My comment was from my own perspective, you're asking me to tailor my comment next time exclusively to myself,which is what I did here. I appreciate your input,I'll be more careful henceforth.
@@charlesking1103 sir you get an A+ for being you
I want Biafra to be a country.
It shall be so.
When will we children of Israel be left alone? They should indeed be given independence.
We need it now than ever before. Our parent paid the price already, so world power should do what’s right to conduct a referendum or just let us go. We don’t want to fight but the zoo country are getting on our nerves. If we must fight again then let it be fair.
god forbid
It’s such ignorant way of thinking so you want to break up the country into pieces? What part controls the resources then. Biafra, odudua republic, Fulani, Hausa, and other tribe that also want independence how and what does that look like.
Nigeria's problem is simple: THE IGBO. Ironically, the failure of Nigeria is actually a perverse solution to the "Igbo problem".
Nigeria's problem is NOT failure of leadership, bad constitution, poor economy, endemic corruption, failed infrastructure, etc.
The problem with Nigeria can be summarized in 4 simple sentences:
I: Unless a society runs a merit-based system, all sectors deteriorate.
II: Nigeria tried merit before and ended up with Igbo leading EVERY sector (economy, education, military, science, transport, etc).
III: Nigeria refuses to go back to merit because of 'risk' of Igbo domination.
IV: Nigeria cannot improve, because it cannot run a merit-based society.
Igbo people (the engine of Nigeria’s advancement), are stifled by an Islam-motivated cabal which prefers power to meritocracy. Igbo ostracisation is the main reason for Nigeria’s irreversible backwardness.
SUMMARY: With merit the Igbo inevitably become the top dogs; without merit Nigeria goes to the dogs.
SOLUTION: The only way forward is Igbo autonomy or independence. Otherwise neither Igbos nor Nigerians can make much progress. A successful Igbo nation will act as an INSPIRATION, CHALLENGE, CATALYST AND MODEL for what is left of Nigeria. (The same thing happened after Singapore left Malaysia. Malaysia experienced accelerated progress, because they were challenged by Singapore's phenomenal transformation.) Very ironically, Biafra is actually Nigeria's only hope.
I love My country Biafra
Doesn’t exist mumu
@@osclips2561 so does your nonsense one Nigeria
@@osclips2561
It does
We love you too ❤❤❤❤
@@Somtejesstudios it doesn’t
So sad and I am from Biafra
I thought you would know this given you're portuguese, but the Bight of Biafra was named by the portugese and the Biafra was named after the bight. "Come" "Take" doesn't mean anyhting and there's not context to it, it's just an attempt at propaganda for building national pride
Also, portugal had first dips on Nigeria
Biafra existed in the old map and I just don’t know why they are forcing us to live together. We are just too different and what God did not join will surely divide with time.
All Hail Biafra. We are going.
Please make a video about unrecognized country Kabylia (or Kabylie in French). The MAK (Movement for Autodetermination of Kabylia) wants to secede from Algeria.
Vive la Kabylie indépendante !
Vive la langue Amazigh !
Who said that, probably you're moroccan and the terrorist movement that you talk about is banned from Algeria , you should talk about the Rif of the north of Morocco this was an established state , the head of the state was albdulkarim Al khatabi with a currency and a flag , and also you should talk about your country who is a colonial state (the western Sahara) the Arabic Republic Of Western Sahara a country who is one of the founders of the African Union and the polisario the organisation which is recognised as a liberation movement by many countries in the world (Colombia - Venezuela - Ecuador - Mexico - Peru - Chile - South Africa - Algeria - Iran - Tunisia - Mauritania - Angola - Mozambique - Namibia - Spain And all the EU ....)
@@aminebenkbir6236 Kabylia was always an independant state until France annexed it to Algeria in 1857. I'm Kabylian, not Morrocan, nor Algerian.
@@paulochon7692 Tanmirt a gma.
I had heard about Biafra from Warren Zevon, but I had never known what it was. Thanks for making this.
These types of vidoes are great! Would love to see more like it!