Firstly, we have to accept that by the reason of the new knowledge and experiences available to this generation, the old Biafran map is unrealistic, outdated and clearly overtaken by new realities. When the 1966 Pogrom took place, the other ethnic peoples as well as Igbo people of the old Eastern Region were affected. 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. The story of the fight became the “holy” mission to liberate or save non-Igbo ethnic peoples of Eastern Region from the Igbo who wanted to lord it over them and steal their God-given resources from them. Then there was only one governor for the entire region which happened to be Emeka Ojukwu. Biafra is more of pan-African and global in scope than the small south-eastern Nigerian kingdom that we commonly take it to be. Let the future generation of Igbo people which did not witness the Pogrom and the subsequent genocidal war, take that decision, guided by the conditions that are obtainable in their own prevailing circumstances. It was under such all-inclusive affectation of the affliction that led the advocates for the then Biafra to campaign for the independence and self-determination of all the affected parties. By. If you are using our Services via a browser you can restrict, block or remove cookies through your web browser settings. The survivors of the Pogrom ran back to the Eastern Region, which included Igbo and non-Igbo. Ambazonia With the success of this divide and conquer masterstroke, from then onwards, to the outside world and to all who cared to listen, Biafra now according to this British narrative, became an Only-Igbo enterprise. In the new Biafra which we want to build, we would rather build a roof that will not just protect the Igbo from the hate and assaults from the enemy, in addition, we should endeavor to create a national atmosphere that will enable the people to unleash their creative potentials and constantly reach for the stars. The same fate which Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is suffering today. Pinterest. 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. No map that we present to the world should be based on assumptions. So, we must plan a nation that is based on concrete structures that will still be relevant in the next one hundred years. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. The darkness and depths of emptiness have penetrated…, +5-3 ArabNN is reporting that the rumors surrounding the disappearance of Jordan’s King are…, 00 The Coronavirus can no longer be ignored. There was an Eastern Region which was created by the colonialists and it included non-Igbo speaking areas. The voting pattern of 2015 Presidential election notwithstanding. Early modern maps of Africa from the 15th–19th centuries, drawn by European cartographers from accounts written by explorers and travellers, reveal some interesting information about Biafra: The original word used by the European travellers was not Biafra but Biafara, Biafar and sometimes also Biafares. Prior to 1603, England and Scotland were separate kingdoms; as Elizabeth I never married, after 1567, her heir became the Stuart king of Scotland, James VI, who was brought up as a Protestant.After her death, the two Crowns were held in personal union by James, as James I of England, and James VI of Scotland. I still but wonder why Biafran youths of ‘now generations ‘ are so naive as to stand up for what os their right and truth? They have no reason to give up and presume that they cannot make it without first trying. Igbo alone has a population of about 50 million. The old Biafran map included non-Igbo speaking areas because of the circumstances that produced the map in the first place. Great and successful societies will always be the result of the harmonized social and cultural structure of the human composition of the place. 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. As for the "Republic of Biafra" we know a great deal. 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. Now I have a reason that stronger than mere Tribalistic/ethnic war between the Igbos and the Hausa Fulanis, from today I fight for my ancestral nation, the country of my Fore-fathers and I believe that by the grace of almighty God (Chukwu Okike Obiama) who I worship through Jesus Christ’s ways and my Fore-fathers also worshiped through their own means which they understood Biafra will come to actualization and be listed among the great nations of the world. These people faced almost an entire hostile and unsmiling world, looked at it in the eyes, and did not blink. Thus the northern Sudan and Sahelian Savannah region of the country is made up of Muslim majority, while the southern population was predominantly Christian and Animist. The old Biafra in the face of all odds, became a modern model of self-defense and the best illustration of the principles of Self Determination. Early modern maps of Africa from the 15th–19th centuries, drawn by European cartographers from accounts written by explorers and travellers, reveal some interesting information about Biafra:. Its territory consisted of the Eastern Region of Nigeria. If care is not taken, and if we continue so negligently traveling this road it might lead to unnecessary heartaches and pains. MAP of NIGERIA – This is Why we Fight and the More Reason, WHY WE MUST WIN! 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. One hundred years ago, the fad then was the amalgamation of incongruent peoples and societies with the assumption that “we the colonialists make the decisions for them and they (the natives) will never know the difference.” However, the practical thing which I think will still be relevant in the next one hundred years is that in Africa, there can be Luxemburgs and Vaticans, and Africa will be better off and more prosperous as it is in Europe than if Austria and Germany had been made into one country. who have brazenly committed nso ani are allowed to bear rule and decide for the people what they should accept as rights and wrongs. Then they may elect to want to join us based on real and verifiable facts. However, Biafra, as a Nation (Kingdom), has been in existence for over 5000 years. 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. 02-295 Topics Cameroon Biafra, Bight of Nigeria Fernando Po (Equatorial Guinea) Genres Maps Nautical charts Type of Resource Cartographic Identifiers RLIN/OCLC: 40343938 NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b13909432 Today, the fad is “referendum.” Everyone is talking about it but it’s not going to be in vogue one hundred years from now. And those who have money may choose to go along with the old order within which they made their money. He is one of the leading voices in the Igbo independence movement focusing on establishing an independent homeland for the Igbo people. Biafra has been in existence before the Greece, Before the United Kingdom and even before the Roman Empire. You can tell that Biafra has mega historical magnum which was stolen by its enemies. 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 is known in history as the Scramble for Africa. I said these discoveries are recent because they are just being discovered by African scholars especially those of Biafran descent. POLITICS; BIAFRA – The live-wire of African History – 1st republic African leader. Facebook. 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. My reason for bringing up most of these issues now is to help us, right from the beginning, to pay close attention to all the details and not take any aspect of the business of this new Biafra for granted. Then each group will bargain from positions of strength to reach satisfactory cooperative union agreements. Many of his brethren derscribed his effort in disparaging terms. 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 real custodians of the people’s traditional heritage and customs shunned those negative strange and disruptive emptiness. Osita Ebiem is a pro-Israel, Igbo writer, activist, and thought leader. It is in this spirit of “modernity” that some people have argued that the Igbo should remain in Nigeria because Igbo economy is bigger than Igbo geography. The same thing goes for the issue of organizing a referendum even within the Igbo area. It was from these three kingdoms that Nigeria was created in 1914. With all these Ancient Africa maps showing us that Biafra Nation exist, why is it that all the modern maps of Africa try to exclude Biafra from African History Book? To achieve an authentic new Biafran map we have to bear in mind some few basic facts. The compromise of taking unwilling partners on this trip to nationhood does not worth the pain. It is a fast spreading and…, +20 HELP PROMOTE THIS CLASS BY JOINING OUR COMMUNITY HERE This world is filled with…. At first the others gladly accepted and went along with the dream. 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. 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.” Such MoUs will clearly show how we intend to relate with these neighbors assuming we are going along to coopt them into the new Nigeria-Biafra country we are planning on establishing. old African map that shows Biafra written in it as a regional country before amalgamation Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Most other social functions are suspended on the days when lands are divided or contested land boundaries are scheduled to be settled and trees planted to permanently mark the extent of each contestant’s reaches and control. And we must choose to either carry the practice over or discard those insidious destroyers of greatness, excellence and bigness at the threshold of the new Biafra. Historical Maps. 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. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. In 1960, Nigeria became independent of the United Kingdom. Some of the fear is that Igbo cannot go it (their independence and self-determination) all by their selves. ( Log Out /  Biafarans! The excitement and ecstasy of winning (freedom and independence) will cover the multitude of faults and inconsistences of this sloppy move and save the trouble for the future. And the truth is that even foreigners will prefer that the Igbo do not drag along unwilling others into this new Biafran enterprise. In the end it seemed to have made certain the final and eternal demise of Igbo’s real national and cultural identity. They had to Isolate the Igbo in the fight and once that was done it became a divided rank from within. La lando prenis sian nomon de la Bight of Biafra (Anfraktu de Biafra), la … The generation that will confront these problems will be worse off and will have to continue wasting energy and resources and opportunities they should have used to advance on trying to fine tune mediocrity-inducing quota system models and federal character appeasement compromises. The best thinkers, the best technocrats, the best diplomats, the best scientists, the best engineers, the best craftsmen, the best artisans, the best military tacticians gave to the old Biafra everything they got and turned it into the best Black African’s can-do model enterprise. It is this spirit that made them to lose, sometime ago to overwhelming deluge of immigrants, most of the original lands which they held in the past. So, we must bear that in mind. But while many of us scramble for more of these empty and social-creative retardant titles we should have at the back of our mind the saying that “every chief is a thief.”. As a reminants of Biafra, we are saying that Biafra as a Country is over due, now that Nigeria’s 100 year amalgamation has EXPIRED 1914-2013, therefore… WE WANT OUR COUNTRY BACK! In 1884-1885, the Europeans and Americans met in the Berlin Conference, Germany, and spread the map of Africa on a table and shared the lands of Africa among themselves for colonization and exploitation of the resources of Africa. . 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. Learn how your comment data is processed. That is if the company of 50 million can indeed be considered as lonely. ( Log Out /  We may dismiss or ignore this reality to the detriment of the future generations of our people. Agitators for the actualisation of the state of Biafra have revealed their admission as mem­bers of the Economic, So­cial and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) General Assembly of the African Union (AU). Here are some of the Ancient Maps of Africa showing the three Kingdoms. I am myself at home with this knowledge owing to my background as a historian. Amen………………………..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1 – FULL RADIOBIAFRA BROADCAST, BIAFRA IPOB: SPEECH By MAZI NNAMDI KANU – 18th April Pt. But the game would quickly change soon after. 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. Change ). Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps. We cannot take it for granted that all Igbo will vote “yes” to separate from Nigeria, in the first instance. With Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s IPOB I stand both in truth and in spirit, if I die I die for the glory of Biafra. 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. Literally, to complete the destruction of the people, it is this kind of warped Igbo society that got subsumed into the greater Nigerian union. “Shall a nation be born at once? In the meanwhile, the more sensible thing to do is for the Igbo to go it alone now and in one-hundred-year time, the neighbors would have seen how we conduct our businesses and the way we run our society. Amongst the Igbo they think that once a child is out from its mother’s womb, it is now on its “own.” So, it is expected that the Igbo can at least try, and hopefully they may make it, if they tried hard enough. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. However, a […] Has Israeli Drone Sales To Azerbaijan Backfired? With all the prevailing evidences it was easy for the Igbo to convince the others to go along with them in their pursuit for a new state. The ancient maps of Africa as of 1660 to 1707, it clearly shows that Biafra was in it. 1 – FULL RADIOBIAFRA BROADCAST, BIAFRA IPOB: SPEECH By MAZI NNAMDI KANU – 18th May 2015 Pt. 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. But I wonder how many of us have contemplated what the map of the new Biafra will look like. Biafra will be open and accommodating of all shades of humanity and opinions. In the ancient map of Africa of 1660 and 1707, Biafra was in it. The Sun reports that renowned Igbo leaders were still in court with the Federal Government of Nigeria over rights to self-deter­mination. 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. Then it was easy for the British to tell Nigerians to create autonomous states for the non-Igbo peoples as guarantee and assurance that the intention of the war was to save them from Igbo domination and marginalization; hence the twelve states were announced by the Nigerian leadership. It is a product of ignorance. But i promise, I will rise some day to put Biafra were it belongs. We are resolute….SHALOM, The kingdom of biafra must be restored at all costs. Most of us are familiar with the Biafra map of between May 30, 1967 and January 15, 1970 (the old Biafra.) The other purpose which the title mongering serves is to intimidate the less privileged among us. And if we are talking of Biafra where the Igbo are involved, (the Biafra in question is a supposedly geographical and political independent or self-governing sovereign state) then we must make every effort to define the extent and boundaries of this sovereignty right from the start. 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. That hatred has persisted to date. Those who have money may exercise a greater influence on the people. Every Biafran must also read “Ado-na-Idu History of Igbo Origin” written by B.O.N. No tales survive of the kings and queens. 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. We also use content and scripts from third parties that may use tracking technologies. Historical Maps. 00 We are in a moment of time where humanity feels that it has…, 0-1 The world is changing fast. Google+. So our people need education for self-realisation. And therefore do not know who to supportfor the strugle of biafra . These other Easterners bought into this Nigerian story and we all know how it all came together in the end: Igbo became further hated and feared the more by their cousins in the East. Twitter. By SIXTUS CHIBUEZE EZENNAYA PRESIDENT Sekou Toure of Guinea once said, “Our textbooks taught us about the battle of the Therefore, based on what we know today and the realities of our collective experiences the map of the new Biafra must include all the autochthonous and contiguous geography of Igbo land. Because i have a big dream for Biafra. The Igbo therefore, must learn to depend on their selves. We use cookies to enhance your experience while using our website. Depending on how they handled land issues. In the ancient map of Africa of 1660 and 1707, Biafra was in it. The kingdom of biafra must be restored at all costs. 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. Or France and Belgium merged, or even Britain and France amalgamated into one country. 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. The name, Biafra, has existed before the advent of the Europeans to Africa. AND WE MUST GET IT BACK! You can selectively provide your consent below to allow such third party embeds. Today, thieves (chiefs, igwes, Drs., Profs., Barristers, etc.) Arapuru obodo ndi aru, obodo awo nke ndi aru. While excluding, in the interest of assuring our neighbors and cousins around us, all non-Igbo lands and territories. Most of us are familiar with the Biafra map of between May 30, 1967 and January 15, 1970 (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. It is also a pity that Nnadi Kanu is no were to be found. However, as most of us will recall, many of the best and greatest Biafran war generals and heroes were from the west bank. Biafra is not the invention of any of the European countries. 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. But by all means and at all costs, I think that the Igbo cannot afford to take this disease of hollow mockery of our true humanity into the new Biafra. Let us in the interest of maintaining good neighborliness choose the Lone-Igbo pathway to nationhood over another amalgamated nightmare. To them Biafra was the only right thing to do. in order to feel relevant and shore up their self-worth anchored on nothingness. Home POLITICS BIAFRA – The live-wire of African History – 1st republic African leader. At the same time, we must never discard or treat lightly the great achievements of our fathers and mothers. Biafra is never an invention of any of the European countries because it has existed before the advent of Europeans to Africa. 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. They were told that it was the Igbo who were their (Nigeria’s) problem which they wanted to eliminate. Kee preaching the gospel of the restoration of the kingdom of God on earth! We are all familiar with this story but I am only retelling it as a reminder and to serve as a guide in our current decisions. If we leave this task to the mediocre and the frustrated and uninformed, uncouth and undiplomatic activists and freedom fighters from among us, the ideals and lofty dreams of the new Biafra will become the playing field for the frustrated and the home of abhorrent mediocrity. It is the people that make a state. © 2007 Harmuny Writers, INC. All Rights Reserved. Odenigbo Aka-Ikenga: Issues .Events .Historicals .News .Facts .Arts .Crafts .Culture .Tradition 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. As for this generation, it will not matter much. We must make effort to assure our neighbors that the Igbo do not covet whatever that belongs to others, neither do they desire to lord it over other people. Bandera de Biafra: Himne: Land of the Rising Sun (en): Localització 6° 27′ N, 7° 30′ E  /  6.45°N, 7.5°E  / All Biafrans need to read recent archaeological discoveries about Biafra published in the book “They Lived Before Adam” by Prof. Catherine Acholonu; the book can be read online. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. So long as the best and the most honorable of us continue to abandon this duty to the less gifted and the not so honorable characters among us, then the battle will be stretched and Igbo honor and prestige will be diminished. 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. The name, Biafra, has existed before the advent of the Europeans to Africa. However, permit me to point out that it’s an understatement to say that Biafra predated the colonial period by 400 years. 2 – FULL RADIOBIAFRA BROADCAST. I thank God for everything for many years devil’s have been hiding the truth from us today God have reviewed it to me by taking me to this site I never knew all this before now I have know this every thing is cross and die eny body who wants to stop me from work for BIAFRA restoration his or her life will stop to exist from that day. . 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. 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. It is a pity that Ojukwu failed. How it will happen is that Igbo population which is maybe four times the population of these other “future partners,” and because the Igbo are just as talented as the others, proportionally it will make the Igbo to seem to be dominating in all aspects of the new nation. 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. However, now we are being given a second chance and we may be recklessly driving along the same road which the colonialists traveled. 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. Resolving the Biafra question - The Sun NewsPaper - Madailygist 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. Old Eastern Region, which included Igbo and non-Igbo will rise some day to put Biafra were belongs... Give up and presume that they can not wrap up Igbo future those... 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