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Today in History: Igbo Landing took place.
On this day, May 28, 1803, around 75 Igbo slaves who were being transported by sea revolted by capsizing their ship and drowned themselves while singing in Igbo, a song that translates to
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On this day, May 28, 1803, around 75 Igbo slaves who were being transported by sea revolted by capsizing their ship and drowned themselves while singing in Igbo, a song that translates to
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"the water spirit brought us. The water spirit will take us home". (Mmụọ mmiri du anyị bịa, mmụọ mmiri ga-edu anyị laa.)
Igbo Landing is a historic site at Dunbar Creek on St. Simons Island, Glynn County, Georgia. In May 1803, one of the largest mass suicides of enslaved
Igbo Landing is a historic site at Dunbar Creek on St. Simons Island, Glynn County, Georgia. In May 1803, one of the largest mass suicides of enslaved
people took place when Igbo captives from what is now Nigeria were taken to the Georgia coast. In 1803, the Igbo and other West African captives arrived in Savannah Georgia, on the slave ship, the Wanderer. They were purchased for an average of $100 each by slave merchants,
Today in History: Biafra seceded from Nigeria.
On May 26, 1967, the Ojukwu decreed to secede from Nigeria after consultations with community leaders from across the Eastern Region. Four days later, Ojukwu unilaterally declared the independence of... (1/2)
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On May 26, 1967, the Ojukwu decreed to secede from Nigeria after consultations with community leaders from across the Eastern Region. Four days later, Ojukwu unilaterally declared the independence of... (1/2)
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rep. of Biafra, cited that Ndi Igbo were unjustly killed in the post-coup violence as reasons for the declaration of independence.
This brought about the Nigerian-Biafran Civil War of 1967-1970 that claimed over 3.5 million lives of Ndi Igbo.
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This brought about the Nigerian-Biafran Civil War of 1967-1970 that claimed over 3.5 million lives of Ndi Igbo.
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Who is actually robbing God?.. BOWEN UNIVERSITY N650,000 per semester COVENANT UNIVERSITY N640,000 per semester BENSON IDAHOSA N500,000 per semester BABCOCK UNIVERSITY N450,000 per semester REDEEMERS UNIVERSITY N450,000 per semester AJAYI CROWTHER UNIVERSITY N350,000 per semester
MADONNA UNIVERSITY N350,000 per semester. All these UNIVERSITIES were built from TITHES and OFFERINGS of the common people who now can't afford to send their children to these schools today. Where is the morals and responsibilities of the churches as charity in Nigeria?
Biafra’s forgotten children.
The claim that Gabon’s president Ali Bongo is actually Nigerian has shone a spotlight on a subject not many were aware of, that of the children airlifted out of Biafra, and Nigeria, some never to be reunited with their families. Now they are adults.
The claim that Gabon’s president Ali Bongo is actually Nigerian has shone a spotlight on a subject not many were aware of, that of the children airlifted out of Biafra, and Nigeria, some never to be reunited with their families. Now they are adults.
In his latest book titled Nouvelle Affaires Africaine (New African Affairs), French writer Pierre Péan claims that Gabonese president, Ali Bongo is not actually from Gabon and that he is of Nigerian heritage. He claims that Ali Bongo was adopted from the secessionist state...
of Biafra during the bloody Nigerian Civil War by Omar Bongo, the now deceased previous Gabonese president and father of Ali Bongo.
Pierre Péan’s charge led Ali Bongo’s opposition to demand a DNA test from the president. Péan also claims that Bongo presented a forged birth...
Pierre Péan’s charge led Ali Bongo’s opposition to demand a DNA test from the president. Péan also claims that Bongo presented a forged birth...
WHAT BIAFRANS WILL NEVER TELL YOU ABOUT THE REAL CAUSE OF THEIR WOES IN NIGERIA TODAY:
Do u knw that when Tafawa Balewa was Prime Minister of Nigeria;
Majority of key ministries goes to SE.
Still, there was dissatisfaction by SE, d officers from d region killed this same Balewa
Do u knw that when Tafawa Balewa was Prime Minister of Nigeria;
Majority of key ministries goes to SE.
Still, there was dissatisfaction by SE, d officers from d region killed this same Balewa
2. Out of all d most senior officers in Nigeria, SE has 37, none was killed. 8 from d north, all of them were killed. 10 from the west, 2 were killed.
In the end, an Igbo man called Aguiyi Ironsi, who was supposed to have been killed alongside other military officers,
In the end, an Igbo man called Aguiyi Ironsi, who was supposed to have been killed alongside other military officers,
3. ended up becoming the new military ruler of Nigeria. Rather than immediately arrest and punish the coup plotters, he kept them in detention where they were treated as heroes. This was actually what sowed the seed for the eventual Biafra War. On the 23rd of February 1966
According to Hugh McCullum, "Biafra is a history which Nigeria will NEVER successfully rewrite, nor silence of the world erase".
At d peak of Civil war, Biafra suffered a lot due to economic blockade and deployment of hunger by FGN as a weapon of war ...1/
#BiafraHeroesDay2020
At d peak of Civil war, Biafra suffered a lot due to economic blockade and deployment of hunger by FGN as a weapon of war ...1/
#BiafraHeroesDay2020
...which affected d vulnerable; women & children. By August 1968, ICRC estimated dat about 6,000 persons starve to death in Biafra on daily basis mostly children. Kwashiorkor & marasmus had become evident amongst children in refugee camps..2/ @AfamDeluxo #ForgotenBiafranChildren
...the Nigerian government with the help of Egyptian pilots, made sure no relief materials made it to Uli or Uga runways, the only access to Biafra, by threatening to bomb any plane that attempted to land. The world looks on as genocide was happening in Biafra ...3/
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