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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 (/ 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]
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.
Officially Biafra receives de jure acknowledgement of existence by only a few nations, but has the de facto support of France, Israel, Portugal, and South Africa which provide arms to the state in its war of independence against Nigeria. 1969 January 4 — Spain returns Ifni to Morocco. 1970 January 15 — Biafra is occupied and annexed by Nigeria.
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.
Map English short, formal names, and ISO Status Domestic short name(s) and formal name(s) Capital Population Area Currency Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic [n 6] Claimed by Morocco as its southernmost provinces Recognized by the African Union and 46 UN members and South Ossetia as the representative government of Western Sahara
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 ]
The Mediterranean Sea, between Africa and Europe The Atlantic Ocean around the plate boundaries (text is in Finnish). The African and European mainlands are non-contiguous, and the delineation between these continents is thus merely a question of which islands are to be associated with which continent.