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Biafra (/ b i ˈ æ f r ə / bee-AF-rə), [4] officially the Republic of Biafra, [5] was a partially recognised state in West Africa [6] [7] that declared independence from Nigeria and existed from 1967 until 1970. [8] Its territory consisted of the former Eastern Region of Nigeria, predominantly inhabited by the Igbo ethnic group. [1]
The Bight of Biafra, also known as the Bight of Bonny, is a bight off the west-central African coast, in the easternmost part of the Gulf of Guinea. [1] This "bight" has also sometimes been erroneously referred to as the "Bight of Africa," due to the fact that it is at this point where the direction of the Western coastline of the African continent most prominently changes from a North/ South ...
Biafra was more or less wiped off the map until its resurrection by the contemporary Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra. [280] Chinua Achebe's last book, There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra , has also rekindled discussion of the war. [ 281 ]
A map of Biafra with related puppet-state of Benin in striped red and Nigeria in darkened gray. Items portrayed in this file depicts. creator. some value.
The old Royal Navy rhyme says: Beware, beware the Bight of the Benin, for few come out though many go in. A variation goes: Beware beware, the Bight of Benin: one comes out, where fifty went in! This is said to be a slavery jingle or sea shanty about the risk of malaria in the Bight. [4] A third version of the couplet is:
In the context of archaeology and world history, the term "Old World" includes those parts of the world which were in (indirect) cultural contact from the Bronze Age onwards, resulting in the parallel development of the early civilizations, mostly in the temperate zone between roughly the 45th and 25th parallels north, in the area of the Mediterranean, including North Africa.
Separatist movements: The Indigenous People of Biafra, Biafra Zionist Movement, Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra; Militant organization: Eastern Security Network; Government in exile: Biafran Government in exile [76] Biafra is a charter member of the Organization of Emerging African States [6] Republic of Oduduwa
English: Map of the secessionist state of the Republic of Biafra (1967 – 1970) as in May 1967. Note: The western boundary may not be accurate due to the low precision of the reference maps used which are also contradictory.