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.
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
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,