BIAFRA LAND OF THE RISING SUN THE BIRTH
BIAFRA LAND OF THE RISING SUN
THE BIRTH OF A COUNTRY O BIAFRA CAME INTO EXISTENCE ONMAY 30 TH, 1967 O BIAFRA WAS MADE UP OFANAMBRA, IMO, ENUGU, EBONYI, ABIA, CROSS RIVERS, BAYELSA, DELTA AND AKWA IBOM.
THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT BIAFRA O THE NATIONAL ANTHEM OF BIAFRA WAS CALLED “LAND OF THE RISING SUN” O THE MAJOR BANK IN BIAFRA WAS THE CENTRAL BANK OFBIAFRA. O THE CURRENCY WAS THE BIAFRAN POUND. O THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OFTHE COUNTRY WAS ENGLISH
THE WAR FOR FREEDOM O IT WAS FOUGHT BETWEEN THE YEARS 1967 -1970. O IT STARTED AFTER THE SECESSION THE OF EASTERN REGION FROMNIGERIA O THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT RESPONDED WITH A P “ OLICE ACTION”. O THE POLICE ACTION WAS AIMED AT RESTORING ORDER IN THE EASTERN REGION. Gen. Yakubu Gowon Col. Chukwuemeka Ojukwu
THE COUP OF THE FIVE MAJORS O IT WAS THE FIRST COUP IN THE HISTORY OFNIGERIA O IT TOOK PLACE ON JANUARY 15, 1966 O IT IS WIDELY BELIEVED TO BE A MAJOR REASON FOR THE WAR O IT RESULTED IN IMPORTANT PEOPLE DYING O IT WAS PLANNED BY MAJOR CHUKWUMA KADUNA NZEOGWU AND SOME OTHER JUNIOR OFFICERS O IT WAS WIDELY BELIEVED TO BE ANIGBO COUP. Major Kaduna Nzeogu
PICTURES OF THE MAIN VICTIMS OF THE COUP Sir. Ahmadu Bello (Former Premier of the northern region of Nigeria) Ladoke Akintola (Former Premier of the northern region of Nigeria) Sir. Tafawa Belewa (Former Prime Minister of Nigeria)
DURING THE WAR • THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT USED HUNGER AS A WEAPON OF WAR. • THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT BOMBED RELIEF FLIGHTS FROM INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. • THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ESTIMATED TO HAVE DIED PER DAY WAS 8, 000 - 10, 000. • THE NUMBER OF IGBO PEOPLE ESTIMATED TO HAVE DIED OVERALL WAS 3 MILLION.
THE AFTERMATH OF THE WAR O MASSOB AND IPOB WAS FORMED O FRICTION BETWEEN IGBO PEOPLE AND HAUSA PEOPLE.
WAS BIAFRA EVER REALLY A COUNTRY THE ANSWER IS NO! WHY? Permanent Population Definite territory Functioning government relations with other countries
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WORK CITED • ABUBAKAR, ATOFARATI. THE NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR, CAUSES, STRATEGIES, AND LESSONS LEARNT. WWW. AFRICAMASTERWEB. COM/BIAFRANWARCAUSES. HTML. ACCESSED 30 AUG. 2016. • ACHEBE, CHINUA. THERE WAS A COUNTRY. THE PENGUIN GROUP. • ADICHE, CHIMAMANDA. HALF OF A YELLOW SUN. • "BIAFRA. " WIKIPIDEA, EN. WIKIPEDIA. ORG/WIKIB / IAFRA. ACCESSED 30 AUG. 2016. • "BIAFRAN PICTURES. " BRITANNICA IMAGE QUEST, QUEST. EB. COM/SEARCH/BIAFRA/1. ACCESSED 31 AUG. 2016. • EFFONG, PHILLIP, JR. "DR PHILLIP EFFONG JR. LECTURES ON BIAFRA. " YOUTUBE, 1 FEB. 2016, YOUTU. BE/IV 3 MTHYYNZC. ACCESSED 30 AUG. 2016. LECTURE. • "FLAG OF BIAFRA. " WIKIPEDIA, 24 OCT. 2005, COMMONS. WIKIMEDIA. ORG/WIKI FILE / : FLAG_OF_BIAFRA. SVG. ACCESSED 5 SEPT. 2016.
WORK CITED CONTINUED • GLOBALSECURITY, WWW. GLOBALSECURITY. ORG/MILITARY/WORLD/WAR/BIAFRA. HTMA. CCESSED 30 AUG. 2016. • HURST, RYAN. "NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR (1967 -1970). " BLACKPAST, WWW. BLACKPAST. ORG/GAH/NIGERIAN-CIVILWAR-1967 -1970. ACCESSED 30 AUG. 2016. • IJALAYE, DAVID. "WAS 'BIAFRA' AT ANY TIME A STATE IN INTERNATIONAL LAW? " JSTOR, JULY 1971, WWW. JSTOR. ORG/STABLE/2198977? SEQ=1#PAGE_SCAN_TAB_CONTENTS ACCESSED. 31 AUG. 2016. • "NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR. " NEW WORLD ENCYCLOPEDIA, 12 JAN. 2015, WWW. NEWWORLDENCYCLOPEDIA. ORG/ENTRY/NIGERIAN_CIVIL_WAR. ACCESSED 1 SEPT. 2016. • "NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR. " THE POLYNATIONAL WAR MEMORIAL, 8 NOV. 2014, WWW. WARMEMORIAL. NET/NIGERIAN-CIVIL-WAR--3. 140. ACCESSED 30 AUG. 2016. • "NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR. " WIKIPEDIA, EN. WIKIPEDIA. ORG/WIKIN / IGERIAN_CIVIL_WAR. ACCESSED 29 AUG. 2016. • "NIGERIA WAR AGAINST THE BIAFRAS 1967 -1970. " YOUTUBE, 30 AUG. 2007, WWW. YOUTUBE. COM/WATCH? V=E QKIQUK 7 A 50. ACCESSED 30 AUG. 2016. • NKEM, IKEKE. "10 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT BIAFRA AND THE BIAFRAN WAR. " NAIJ, NIJERIA NEWS, DEC. 2015, WWW. NAIJ. COM/629644 -10 -THINGS-NEED-KNOW-BIAFRAN-WAR. HTML ACCESSED. 29 AUG. 2016.
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