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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 ...
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.
English: A map of Biafra with related puppet-state of Benin in striped red and Nigeria in darkened gray. Date: 7 July 2024: Source: Own work .
As in many other regions across Africa, powerful indigenous kingdoms along the Bight of Benin relied heavily on a long established slave trade that expanded greatly after the arrival of European powers and became a global trade with the colonization of the Americas. [2] Estimates from the 1640s suggest that Benin (Beneh) took in 1200 slaves a year.
So far, he appears to have covered about half the globe, heading westward from the Pacific across Asia, Australia, Africa and Europe, delivering more than 4 billion gifts and counting.
The following other wikis use this file: Usage on af.wikipedia.org Biafra; Usage on ar.wikipedia.org بيافرا; Usage on arz.wikipedia.org بيافرا
English: Map of Benin in red, Biafra in striped red and Nigeria in darkened gray. Date: 7 July 2024: Source: Own work . ... Biafra in its region.svg.