An Honest Explanation of the Nigerian Civil War | The Biafran Story
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- Опубліковано 21 кві 2020
- With the second highest death-toll of all African conflicts, the Nigerian Civil war (also known as the Biafran war) is perhaps the single most significant event in Nigerian history.
This video is our attempt to shed light on this 3 year conflict, which claimed the lives of over 100,000 soldiers and an estimated 2 million civilians as the Nigerian government led by General Yakubu Gowon fought to prevent the secession of the self-proclaimed Republic of Biafra which was led by General Chuckwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu.
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*The Nigerian civil war is infinitely more complex than can be explained in a 45 minute video. What we've tried to do here is to give the "bare bones" of the conflict and also leave viewers with some food for thought about Nigeria's future. We would have loved to make the video much longer and explain all the intricacies but we were financially constrained. We hope you can all appreciate the effort that has gone into this work and use this as a springboard into further research about the Biafran War.*
This is the best history channel on UA-cam and proudly African thank you for this 👍
Afrikaman keep up the good work and thank you, from Ethiopia.
Sure This UA-cam channel will grow bigger, & beyond imagination...even if for nothing, but at least for putting this factual documentary together...GOD Bless Abundantly whoever that is behind this UA-cam channel and documentary...AMEN!!🙏
Could you please do that of the Southern Cameroons ? Ambazonia
Do a piece on Zambia
I remembered what my parents told me about how they survived the war.
My father said that, there was a day when Biafran soldiers entered communities to get young boys from 15 and above to train. He was picked as he was 16 going to 17 at that time. They'll train them for 3 weeks (a month as most) and send them off to the battle field. They ate in very small quantity twice a day, sometimes, they will give them a small bowl for certain number of persons to eat. When it was time to send them off, they lined them up and painted their body black as camouflage. He said he remembered feeling soo scared because he hasn't perfected the act of the gun and that because he was the first son, he wondered if he will ever see his family again (his younger brother was like 6 years). In the border between Nigeria and Biafra, they would set a camp (not typical tents with fire though but with grasses and woods to hide them and wait for an opportune time to strike. It was that night that my father made a decision that he couldn't leave his family behind. He was like a provider to them, because he was not only young but the eldest child, he could easily get food from different camp sites and take it home to feed to his sick mother and little siblings as well as to anybody. So he made a decision to go check on his family that night and with hope of returning back to the camp very early in the morning. And with that, my father narrowly escaped death as that place was ambushed by the Nigerian soldiers after he left cause he said from afar, he saw corpses he could recognize right away and ran back home.
My mother said that when ever they heard that the Nigerian soldiers were coming, people will see themselves running to the Oji River (a river in Enugu State) to cross over and go hide in an area saturated with thick bushes away around the water. That she remembered crying because she hated it. She was around 7 to 10 years old at that time. The water would be too deep that the older ones would have to carry the younger ones on their shoulders if they want to cross the river to the other side (that was bushy as well) and carry them on their arms if they are hiding in the water grasses. Her family were always among the first to hide cause Nigerian Soldiers entering means deaths. That sometimes, you won't be able to sleep well at night cause you will be looking out for jet sounds. If they hear it, everyone will run out with fear of being bombed and Igbos lost important documents. There are times that they ended up sleeping in bushes with Mosquitoes and other insects biting you uncontrollably. sometimes, if you are unlucky scorpions and snakes. The only person that saved her family was her 2 eldest sisters, one worked with the army while the other one worked in a monetary bank. They always send relief like food, medications, money, clothes etc from their place of work to the family. Her eldest sister even initiated the plan to sneak her family members to Ibadan to stay as she said, was quite peaceful if you compare it to Biafra and after she successfully brought her family to Ibadan, the family lost her (the soldier) when the war was coming to an end. They still don't know if she is dead or alive. And that was where they lived until the war was over.
They told me so many things about how they survived, and the crazy things that happened. They literally saw many dead bodies both on road and in bushes that my parents lost count. Villages were safer than the Urban areas cause that was where the fight took place mostly but that doesn't mean villages were left out in the war. That when the war finished, Nigeria refused to send anything like funds and materials, thereby making the Igbos leave their region to look for a better place to get money and go to their land to invest what they could earn from their businesses.
It is even my culture that "if an Igbo man does not build his own house in his land, he is not yet a man"
Sorry if this is long and thanks for read it till this point 🤗.
No! I truly enjoyed reading it
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War is never a solution, but pursue peaceful means
Wow. Am amazed. I wish I could read more stories of what happened then
Thanks for sharing your father's experience. My father told me very similar stories.
My husband is from the Biafra region, at times I can see the sadness in his eyes, he lost his mother, father and two brothers during the war. It’s sad, but no one talks about it. Thank you for sharing this video.
Be his backbone. You are a good person for seeing this through his eyes. Your family are in my prayers.
~Respect from his brother~
It is really sad that no talks about this. To the extent that History is no longer taught. Be that as it may be, truth will always shine forth.
@Jon Lawrence Terribly sorry for your loss. May God rest their souls
Sorry for your lost Jon. I deeply understand your pain. Your true life story is so touching . I shed tears reading your post.
I will never forget this video
If you're still watching 👀 it this 2024, oya let's gather here, God bless Nigeria 🇳🇬
Am so proud to be an Igbo man,Ojukwu really did his best to make sure we get our independence,but Gowon and his fellow Nigerians refuse which later coursed the war,hopefully we will get our independence very soon🙏
I am an Igbo man and I will say Ojukwu was not wise. If you want to do something, you do it well. Now we Igbos are suffering the adverse effects of the war till today. Same thing the idiotic Simon Ekpa is doing, these same people will never be in the country when we Igbos are suffering from their actions.
I wish for and want a Biafra Republic, I am sure it would have been great but now, we will never know.
What is Simon Ekpa doing ? Is it not to help secure lives and property . If he kept quiet without proposing any action what do you think will happen?
@@diamondsideallifestyle2090 are you mad someone can't even cross the borders is funding your children to carry gun are you ok an even hearing his son dey play ball very soon now ge go blow you go lose your lìfe to bullet rest ohhh which rubbish protection who dey attack you,?
I'm an Hausa Man. But I'm so sorry for I had accused Igbo's people wrongly. Indeed you people are warriors. I Salutes my Able Igbo's brother and sisters. Love you all
Thank you for your honesty.
Nasiru Hamza: well said, but you still owe your people a duty, is sensitization. Make them aware of your new-found salvation, which will, in turn, enhance their own redemption, from the yolk or eternal servitude. Once everyone starts standing up to the Fulanis, their arrogance ind false sense or superiority will wither away. The igboman knows that they are not better, and they know it, and that’s why they see him as their biggest threat, in Nigeria. Yet gradually inform your people, so that their eyes will, also, be opened as Nazi Nnamdi Kanu has opened their eyes of everyone else. On the whole, thanks for your sincerity, and do keep the music playing.
Sanu ge jiya.
oga kasan masu iya magana sukace: duk tsuntsun da yaja ruwa shi ruwa kan duka
@@lawrenceigboekwe7208 you got everything twisted.
Very very very difficult to fill a cup DAT its already been filed up. Just play ur part
Nasiru Hamza: great to hear that. A cup that is just full is not calling attention, and is ignored, until it start overflowing. That’s when whoever that is recklessly filling it, will then be called to order, and forced to clean clean up his mess.
If we joking hands and fight the enemy or, at least, support those that have the temerity, to fight, our common enemy will be discouraged and, either back off or be completely destroyed.
Sanu ge jiyah!
My Pain is that, this would never enter the history classroom in Nigeria. Many Nigerian's growing up may never know anything about the civil war! but would be taught about world war 2.....
I wish it would be taught in Schools so that the next generation learns about past mistakes by our leaders, the meddling of the West in our African Affairs....should be out there for all to read and learn.
Civil Wars are rarely taught in any countries classroom and if they are, they suffer from
a rewriting of history bias consistent with the prevailing political cultural agendas of the time.
The only way to study any Civil War is to read the first source diaries of the people of the time
and skip the historic studies which tell one more about the age of the writer than about the
subject in question.
@@rosalindbirungi9164 This is one the downside of accepting the British curriculum in Nigerian educational systems.
At least I learnt a bit about it in Ngozi's book...
That's the main pain. And so these tribes keep blaming themselves.
I am Yoruba,and I feel so bad for the Igbo’s .It so sad and I pray Biafra gets its independence without war.
The narrator is being smart by half. He largely paints the Igbo as some kind of victims. Well nothing can be further from the truth. Luggage merged Nigeria but when the north did not want independence and Zik was asked by Awo for the East and west to proceed on independence, he refused and proceeded to convince the north to join and delay independence. 2. On the coup, it was an Ibo coup clearly. Those killed were from the north, west and Midwest. Somehow the eastern civil and military officials all somehow escaped or were not targets at all. At the time of the coup the 2 biggest corrupt government officials were ozumba and okotieboh. Ozumba was not even arrested not to to talk of killed. Okotiebot a Midwesterner was wasted. Keep in mind that the coup happened after the NCNC (Ibo party) lost out to NNDP which formed alliance with NPC at the center. Please endeavor to read widely before concluding on a narrative. To infer the Ibos as victim is delusional.
The actions of their leaders more than anything else should be blamed for the outcomes. Orizu, the senate president could have saved the country by asking the NCP(Lead party at the center) to form a new government after the coup. Instead he and Ironsi forced the ministers to hand over power to Ironsi as Shagari and Akinjide have confirmed over the years. Ironsi who "miraculously" survived the coup could have saved the Nation by simply prosecuting the coup plotters, not forming an advisory council of ONLY Igbos, by not sacking the Attorney General, by delaying military promotions that favored mostly Igbo officers and the biggest of all by not promulgating decree 34 (written by Ben Nwabueze). He was advised against it by traditional rulers. On Independence for the regions, i also think the regions would have done better individually.
And Igboho will form oduduwa republic and become it's president! As I see the Yoruba though the most educated ethnicity in Nigeria shall be led by.motor park touts. It's painful but that is the plain truth. Or how can one imagine that a young motor park tout broke away from the main stream "Oduduwa people's congress" and formed his faction got the recognition of the Yoruba elite while one of it's founding fathers an old medical doctor was left deserted. Funny one illiterate Gani Adams not up to 50yrs of age leads the Yoruba . I wonder how he addresssess the media as they are addicted to shopping weekly in Milan or weekend in the USA. Up sooting ( shooting stars)!
Didn't the Yoruba side with the Hausa to save their necks? They didn't help the Igbo or stay neutral.
@@tundeadagunthank you so much...they all act like victims
I am a Cameroonian and I'll say courage to ALL South East Nigerians experiencing marginalisation. The history and situations of the Igbos is not different from those of us English speaking Cameroonians from the North/southwest regions of the country. Only time shall tell.
Hello, French-speaking Cameroonian here and I'm so sorry for how bad the mostly French-speaking Cameroonian power has been handling y'all. It's a shame!!
Don’t feel sorry, read more you will realize they were no victims
Thanks for your response! I am Igbo born and raised in Bamenda by parents who escaped the brutal war. Indeed, Western Cameroon or Ambazonia today, was in my opinion, being marginalised when I was there in the 70s and early 80s. It’s not a surprise that the anglophone people have reacted and it’s very sad to see the atrocities in the region today. Marginalisation is injustice which leads to trouble always.
Remember the Igbos themselves surpassed and bully Southern Cameroon when we were part of them. However, if we had remained with the Igbos we would have formed a larger army for the Biafra war but again we joined the French Cameroon just to end up with a war. Our people have brutally suffered from the European rule in Africa. The only group of people in Africa who have felt the nightmare of colonization and still going through pain 😭
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As a historian I must say that this is one of the best channels that I found on UA-cam
Not wishing to seem rude, but my parents lived through this war, and although I've asked them often when I was younger they never spoke too much on the subject. I'd rather not ask them again as now I'm older I understand that it may be emotionally difficult for them to revisit (and during this pandemic it's important to keep in positive spirits as much as possible). Can you speak to the accuracy and validity of this video? I know history is complex and generally quite often "open to various interpretations".
@@chikogooner4624 I am no historian but the video seems valid enough and it seems to be well researched to.
I'm not a historian too but I concur.
@@kuda007 thanks, I suppose I'm worried I'd hear something that would be at odds with the few anecdotes I have and not know what to believe. Suppose I'll do my best to be objective about it.
New Africa is quite frankly one of the best African history channels out there. If you're also interested in contemporary international politics I would recommend: ua-cam.com/play/PLRE6vgY7NmNFHRj0DwgGj-w0QKYK9s2Mb.html
I’m a Yoruba and this gave me newfound respect for igbo people.
Thanks🙏🏾
Thank you I love my Yoruba people as well
One of the greatest tragedies is that the war failed. If it had succeeded, both Biafra and Nigeria would have been the better for it. The way Nigeria is structured right now is a monumental fraud!!!
Thx I'm half igbo
As a Yoruba I support Biafra. The Nigerian police and army needs to stop killing IPOB members.
After this humiliation, the Igbo nation is still the richest tribe in Nigeria. These people are blessed with the power to create wealth
Hausa fulani people are the Aldof Hitlers of africa. Let my people go we are biafrans
GOD created them ingenious.
Oh now u know
The African richest people is Hausa people. Dangote. Bua aa rano. Etc
@@sasbidosumaila2488 I am talking about as an ethnic group. No ethnic group is richer than the Igbos. Dangote, Bua etc are individuals whose wealth is nit reflective of their tribe Ina any way shape or form.
I’m proudly Igbo and unapologetic 💪🏿
Biafra must be restored! We are not afraid and we do not quit!
Chineke Nyere umu Igbo aka 🤍🙌🏿
Una go just waste una lives
Isee!!
U want to die again in this history so far u people bring the war upon unah self y killing all tribe in power then except urs then u want them to fold their arms not to fight back.. what u guyz did is rebellion no country will allow rebellion instead is always end to war y not seat and negotiate y killing people in power and then next thing to do is to create ur own country.
Restoration of Biafra I pray lord
Odumegwu Ojukwu I love you ❤
My late dad served in the Biafran Army at 21. He died in 2018. Salute you my hero!
May his soul rest on God Amen
Same with my dad, passed away in 2019, he is my hero too
Same with my Dad❤️ He passed in 2012.
@Mmesoma may soul rest in peace 🙏 so was my dad he fought for his nation biafra and passed away 29th December last Yr at the age 91yrs old.
@@odejimjiodeji1506 wow. Strong you will say.
Wow, just wow. Nothing's changed at all. This should be taught in Nigerian secondary schools. The Igbos deserved better.
As an Asante from Ghana I have a soft spot for the Igbo cuz we have a similar story. I pray for peace and prosperity for all Igbos 🙏
Thank you 🙏🏾
We pray and hope for justice
I'm with you bro....Asante Nation❤️❤️🔥🔥
yɛ wɔ dɔm🔥🔥
kum apem aa apem bɛba🔥🔥
really?
I have read Asante history, I don't see the resemblance.
What's the similar story please?
We are nothing alike and asante is stronger then Igbo
I am an American man, who served in the military. I still recall the horror of seeing the starving children of the war, which even prompted me to write a letter to our President pleading he do something. This documentary is excellent and I have learned a great deal. I just pray present matters can somehow be resolved peacefully.
Thanks for your service sir
I'm curious if you saw images from the war while it was ongoing or if you went to Biafra and saw it first hand?
There’s absolutely no reason these groups should have been forced to coexist. It was a disaster from the beginning
@Wise Mann Nigerian is going to be 60years by October yet we have nothing working for us.
At least no electricity..bad governance due to biasness and tribalism, WE ARE NOT ONE! and are not supposed to be 1,
Nigeria has almost 250 groups living together, the rest are coexisting now, the hatred that the elites keep planting in the hearts of our people so we won't demand our right is appalling, we keep falling for it, I'm an igbo boy with hausa friends the streets will teach you no body is different, come out from your shells and learn something
@@godsonkose2419 u keep ranting u are igbo boy nobody is asking u about that. I stay in Lagos with Hausa igbo and Yoruba friends, but that's the question here.
The issue is that Nigeria of 60 years old have not produced anything meaningful for the citizens, the cheapest of them all with is electricity, water and security, we don't have them.. Yet the country is the richest in Africa and one of the richest in the world.
And u are here talking about ur friends 🙄.
Nigeria can't move forward as long as there is diverse tribes with different culture and Belive.
And lastly wait till there is a little ethnic war or riot and u will know if those u called ur friends will spare one minute before killing u in cold blood
@Wise Mann do you truly believe this still, in 2020?
@Wise Mann Nigeria as it is constituted today will never work, don't kid yourself. It requires very fundamental changes. The issues we faced then continue today and even worse. The mindset of Ahmadu Bello is vile and reprehensible but that is their ideology, even till today. The proof is right here in the video.
an African telling us about an African story fairly. This was great !
Thanks for watching!
Caucasian people are always in the middle of cultural wars, while they sit back and watch, then come and act like the have the solution, and it's real about control and greed for them. The original people (All Nigerians)of the land need to find a way to focus to force the caucasian out. So they can heal to rebuild their country. I.S.L.A.M.
When you watch this the Nigerian people aren't the ones doing the interviews with all the questions through media, which the caucasian control. 🤔
Appreciate the share Noble.
As it should be.
This is why colonialism genuinely left Africa in a worst state than it was "found" in. Imagine stuffing Americans, Chinese, and Pakistanis in one country and expecting them to unite and put aside their differences, it's not going to happen. People often view black people and Africans as a monolith, blatantly ignoring the staunch cultural, religious, and political differences of each ethnic group and it ends up making Africans look less capable of running a country than anywhere else in the world, but no where else in the world were entire nations carved up haphazardly with no respect to the people actually native to the region, especially Nigeria.
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Same thing happened in South Africa and it is romanticized as the "Rainbow Nation". 11 official languages...
however there are 500 languages spoken in nigeria @@any0n378
Americans Chinese and Pakistanis are all distinct so I don’t think it’s a good comparison, more like the different countries of Europe being stuff in America. The large oil companies in Nigeria are responsible for the escalation because of their campaigns against one another and the tax on oil the Nigerian government issued
Excellent point!
🇯🇲 Jamaica is with our Igbo brothers 💯 ✊🏿
I am not even Igbo but if Nigeria has allowed Biafra go that country would be one of the best in Africa...
Nope. The north is nigerians problem not the east
@@pluggedscope3007 She meant that Bifra would've been the best country
@@adaorahi nah
there was a similar country in ethopia
no one still knows them
@@pluggedscope3007 Nigeria needs to split overall, they're stealing our oil money they just care about money that's the reason why Nigeria is the richest country in Africa cause of oil money they never loved us they just care the oil money we need to leave Nigeria it's time to go🤲🏾🌟
@@godisgood1452 you're just ignorant
If biafra should go who will they do business with france will just use them....they will use you
I am a Northerner and I pray the Ibos get their wonderful Biafra so they can finally be a free people. 🙏🙏🙏 Great respect for the Ibos ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I pray that Arewa finally becomes independent of Nigeria so that Northerners no longer have to deal with us.
@@ikengaspirit3063 Ameen!
God bless you sister ❤
I love you
Thanks
As a Nigerian and from a Christian perspective, this is history repeating itself. I reference the story of the Israelites and Egyptians. Let my people Go! Nigeria won’t stand until these THREE brothers go their separate ways.
I agree like wtf
Good alliances would be made if everybody should go their separate ways rather than been cheated and forced to stay
It's also possible a better form of national government could be created, with improved federation sovereignty & a refined constitutional framework.
COMPARE THESE TWO ARGUMENTS
"Islam endorses war (jihad) to impose its law (Sharia) across the world. Therefore, Islam approves of killing people across the world. Muslims are dangerous - your Muslim neighbour literally wants to knife your little daughter and then blow up the local McDonalds."
"Liberalism endorses war (e.g., colonialism, humanitarian intervention, military occupation) to impose its law (international human rights law) across the world. Therefore liberalism approves of killing people across the world. Liberals are dangerous - your liberal neighbour literally wants to knife your little daughter and then blow up the local mosque."
Why do so many idiots find the first argument logical and compelling, while they find the second argument illogical and absurd? Aren't both arguments illogical and absurd?
Do you want to know why the US is broken and subject to an increasingly totalitarian surveillance regime?
It is because the American people allowed themselves to be duped by absurd arguments into endorsing the "Global War on Terrorism" - spending 8 trillion dollars and agreeing to give the government unlimited surveillance/policing powers in the name of "fighting terrorism/extremism" as characterized by the first argument above.
I am Yoruba by ethnicity and I must say the Igbos have been the main victim in the Nigerian contraption. I do sympathise with my Igbo brothers and sisters of the horror they went through in the hands of the so called Nigerian state. Nigeria owes you immensely and I doubt if Nigeria can pay that debt considering the lives of my Igbo brothers and sisters that were lost 😢. I have read books and watched documentaries about the ordeal of the Igbos in the Nigerian state and can only come to one conclusion. The Igbos are the victims. 1 thing is sure. The Igbos will triumph and their dreams shall be actualised. 🙏🏽o
Watching from Kenya. This is a great documentary, has made me understand the Biafran war. The British knew exactly what they were doing when they divided the country from the beginning. Am I the only one appreciating the beard on General Ojukwu?
Hebrew men tend to have GREAT beards !
The British did not divide the country. They amalgamated the country.
The British did not divide the country. They amalgamated the country.
@@derekanderson6635 Uhh, Igbo people (I.e. Ojukwu) are not Hebrew. It's racist to assume Igbo, Gikuyi (etc) people are Hebrew.
Uhh, Nabiswa, the guy is dead. Why are you jones-ing for a dead dude? Me, am alive ohh! Watsup now?!
I was one of those malnourished kids who nearly died of kwashiorkor in the Biafran heartland. Almost 60 now and living in London I cannot wait to fight for Biafra.
what are you waiting for? till you can't walk again??? you are waiting for someone to start??? come on bro, start! damn
@@theOfficialOludare my life and breath is for biafra and each day that passes, biafra is nearer.
Igbos are gallant and shall always fight for biafra. So no need for your envy and sarcastic comment.
Long live biafra.
Majority of igbos live in these westenr countries which i dont get we africans take are frustration out on eahc other instead of western powers
We live for Biafra
@@theOfficialOludare Lmao! what do you expect from our chest beating, loud mouth, and no tactics brother from the East. He is about to repeat the same mistakes undertaken by Ojukwu.
My dad, a Brafian soldier told me stories about the war. It was heart breaking and a cry for justice.
The northern & yoruba leaders killed in the 1966 coup too cry for justice. Some of whom were killed with their wives in cold blood
That was the real beginning of the war they never told you.
@@heyniran so why weren’t the Igbo leaders killed in retaliation? Military problems should be military problems, yet they involved innocent civilians.
@@Raymond08wonderful reply
@@Raymond08 I don't understand how they can't see how unintelligent and sick it is to justify the killings of thousands of innocent civilians because corrupt leaders were killed. That this thinking still persists till today is alarming.
I’m shocked appalled and disgusted. I pray one day BIAFRA will come true.
This video is paining me and I’m not even Igbo. All the money for private schools not one of us can say we learned this. I’m just like wow what a shame of a country!
Where have you been all these while? This story isn't new, just being retold that's all.
Finally someone did this! Finally Someone did a historical dissection of the civil war in Nigeria and did it in such a way that everyone should get the basic idea of what happened. Thank you so much.
There's nothing like Civil War. Is Ethnic cleansing. They goes to their normal businessess in the other parts of the country
I’m a Nigerian American and my parents are both Igbo. My dad personally identifies himself as Biafran and, at first I didn’t understand why he was so supportive of Igbo people seceding from Nigeria, but this video made me realize how ignorant I am about my own history.
Don't talk down on yourself, help the igbos by making the on-going killings in Igbo land go viral.
I can feed you with videos if you want to. ...
@black human go and say that to the kashmiris and uyghurs
Are the Igbo people Catholic or Anglican?
My country Zambia loves biafra
@@chihenzee7327 You wan collect obodo oyinbo visa from her?
I am an Ibibio man and I want to say that my support for the igbos and the restoration of Biafra remain sacrosanct. It is only an evil minded person that will go against this.
The marginalization of the igbos and the south southerners in this cesspit called country is sad and disheartening. But i want to commend the igbos, I love their spirit, that even with all these hatred and marginalization they ekxperience, they're still stronger than before.
Alot of tribes in the world haven't face half of what the igbos face in Nigeria,they gave up, but the igbos never, they're still stronger than before.
May God continue to bless the igbos.
I am Kenyan. Salute to all the brave Biafran Soldiers and I hope that a time will come when you will finally get what you deserve❤🖤💚🌅
I am Liberian, and I have listened to your stories about the great people of the #Biafra land. I believe one day God will answer your questions and wipe your tears out of your eyes.
Long live the great people of #Biafra!🙏🏾👍🏾
Long live.. Thanx brother
Amen
You will long to witness our liberation sir, God bless and keep u🙏🏿
May Allaah destroy all enemies of Islam and Muslim ummah.
@@sufimuslimlion4114 went tru ur page all I can see if war n terrorism, ur religion of peace offers zero peace
I'm a panafrican from the Gambia, I swear I love and respect Igbo nation!
We shall privail soon.. Nd you will be welcomed in Biafra land my brother
Hmm. If this documentary Is true ..... Omooo, the northerners really messed up...
You will live long my brother!
@adeyemi if you are a Nigerian you should know the truth! Not ask if it's true!
God bless you bro
As an American, I hate how our secondary school system hardly touches Africa. It was such a treat being able to take a few classes on modern Africa in college. Although I ended up studying the Middle East, I often try to find books and documentaries on different parts of the continent. Really appreciate these videos, especially since this history is so overshadowed by Western-centric topics. Really hope these channels and content can become bigger someday because the people have and will continue to play such a vital role in our world today.
In May 1966, General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, Nigeria’s first military head of state, promulgated the infamous Decree No. 34 of 1966, the “unification decree.” The decree effectively did away with the federal system of government practiced by Nigeria since its independence from British colonial rule in 1960. In its place, the general instituted a unitary system of government as a way of discouraging “tribal loyalties and activities which promote tribal consciousness and sectional interests and which must give way to the urgent task of national reconstruction.” The decree suspended aspects of the Nigerian constitution and, with it, the military government arrogated to itself wide discretionary powers. Unknown to the general, the effects of this decree would reverberate well into Nigeria’s sixtieth year as an independent nation.
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*It's a tragedy to the fate of this nation that the Igbo person has been in denial about the problem they created for this country since 1966. Instead, they play the victim. I no longer debate Nigerians on this issue. It has served me no good*
@@d.bcooper2271 but this your write up doesn't make any sense or brought anything that will help in developing the country back then. Why are you guys always being pained by the truth?
I think Americans generally don’t respect africa and have a lack of interest what happens there
A distorted truth will never sail.
Those of us who witnessed the entire episode/drama knew it to be discriminatory
Same as a Peruvian as even when living in the States, I had to go out of my way to actually learn Nigerian history and honesty it's a rather underrated country as every Nigerian of any ethnicity I've met has been nothing but kind to me.
As a displaced African American from the diaspora with roots in Nigeria from the Igbo tribe, I weep. This is so sad.
Biafra Independence is inevitable
Nigerian have a terrible view of igbo ppl, when I learn of my ancestry and shared with a fellow Nigerian he had nothing bad things to say about igbo
@leroy moore people have a terrible view of people. Remember, Nigeria was formed and forced many types of cultures and ethnic peoples in a land to identify as the same. Naturally, problems will arise. Scots don't like the English. Americans wouldn't like it with Canadians, yet it was forced upon Africans in this particular reason. To boil it down to the term "Igbo" is extremely short-sighted of the underlying causes of any conflicts amongst the people. Tribalism is a disease.
What is an African American?
Does one get a European American? Or just a plain American?
@@mazambane286an African American is a person of African descent in the US whose ancestors came to the US via the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
I can never stop watching this video, am a biafran and I own no apologies to anyone.., God bless Biafra 😞
Biafrans, breakaway from Nigeria, when Buganda Kingdom breaks away from Uganda, we shall establish bilateral ties.
Are you mad?
@@al-bazztv997 huh
I really liked this video and in a way i compare you with the confederacy in America.
@@MrAlistar99 US confederacy that wanted to maintain slavery? Please, this is not the same thing.
I am a Ghanaian 🇬🇭 and from the hearsay that I had picked up I thought things are happening differently in Nigeria 🇳🇬 now but from the video and what I see the current leadership doing, the the story is just the same. Nigeria needs to take a serious look at giving the Igbos what they deserve. UN should act as expected. Salute to the Igbo people I love your spirit 👏👏👏
In my opinion the UN is useless as it doesn't care when it comes to matters like this... And being Africa for that matter many people have a stake in the whole sham called Nigeria
UN is part of the problem. Don't trust them one bit.
@@therustguy10 UN has not particularly impressed me with the way they have handled similar issues in Ghana without any definite statement on the matter.
@@nomaddiaries9790 Yes. UN becomes deaf to such issues leading to massive loss of lives then later tries to distribute food live in-camera to the affected.
I am Haitian 🇭🇹 the UN is good for nothing.
Bia- Fra
We had a bunch of families who came as refugees in Kitwe, Zambia. The small young kids were so malnourished with big tummies in our neighborhood. My mom would tell us that they ran away from war in in Nigeria.
I was young then and didn't understand. Dr. Kaunda our former president supported the Biafra govt and even offered asylum to Gen Ujukwu when he was defeated.
Dr Kaunda will always be remembered by the Biafrans . Zambia is a friend of Biafra. Respect to all Zambians
We'll never forget 😢 and it's not over for us
Am from South sudan and my heart goes out to biafra and igbos your war is reasonable just like ours against the Islamic government of north sudan
I am so happy for South Sudan that they got their independence. Hoping Biafra gets theirs soon.
@@Love-lt3txCOMPARE THESE TWO ARGUMENTS
"Islam endorses war (jihad) to impose its law (Sharia) across the world. Therefore, Islam approves of killing people across the world. Muslims are dangerous - your Muslim neighbour literally wants to knife your little daughter and then blow up the local McDonalds."
"Liberalism endorses war (e.g., colonialism, humanitarian intervention, military occupation) to impose its law (international human rights law) across the world. Therefore liberalism approves of killing people across the world. Liberals are dangerous - your liberal neighbour literally wants to knife your little daughter and then blow up the local mosque."
Why do so many idiots find the first argument logical and compelling, while they find the second argument illogical and absurd? Aren't both arguments illogical and absurd?
Do you want to know why the US is broken and subject to an increasingly totalitarian surveillance regime?
It is because the American people allowed themselves to be duped by absurd arguments into endorsing the "Global War on Terrorism" - spending 8 trillion dollars and agreeing to give the government unlimited surveillance/policing powers in the name of "fighting terrorism/extremism" as characterized by the first argument above.
one day, you will see that which unite us, it was never thought in any citadel of learning and we shall fight side to side evil forces in higher place. One love from Igbo Man, preach to your people about the Igbo War and give them hope for freedom
@@mrdorobucci6292 Quite paramount. It’s supposed to pass down generations 😊
As a Ghanaian who had been hearing a lot about this IPOB in Nigeria, I have learnt a lot about my fellow African history, bless this content creator❤🇬🇭🇮🇪
That's a very drunk Nigerian Flag haha
TokenBlackGuy POP
@@TheKing60210 🤣
He still hasn't changed it lmao
I'm Yoruba and this history was never thought in details this way. I feel bad for the children that were starved to death. As at today nothing has changed about Nigeria. I wish Biafra had succeeded. This documentary is deep and it hurts more to realize nothing has changed up till now.
something has changed about nigeria, it became worse
Well, a lot of history was not taught.
Really hurts, that nothing has changed up untill now
I wished Biafra succeeded too. Nigeria is still a disaster
Proudly a Biafran and I will live to see Biafra come.
I'm Hausa and I love my Ibo people. I don't joke with you guys. You are the MVPs here.
I just gotta say, I love this Ojukwu guy, you can tell by his aura he's so calm and speaks so well
Well smart man
@@sorochiblessing1151 Yeah, look at his eyes, hes very sharp
Was oxford trained
They all spoke very well (clean English language) sadly, we can't compare their English to what is obtainable now.
@@dorisejike2475 what happened?
As I get older I realised one thing:
We Africans fought many years for our independence, against the slave master to later on enslave ourselves. Our leaders enslaved our own brothers in more modern slavery.
Example Angola 🇦🇴 where I came from.
dont say slave master
your ancestors where never slaves
wait, what happened in Angola.
My sentiments as well!!
It was so before the Europeans came to. Good example can be found in roman times where black tribes and bandits traded slaves in the sahara desert.
It's been hatred right from the unset Ahmadu bello's speech in the interview said it all. God bless Biafra.💔🕊😭
Watching from Europe, Serbia. I just finished reading a book called "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. I went into that book expecting to be educated about the Biafran War, the three major ethnicities, culture, relations between people and such. But it turns out the book only uses Biafra and the war as a backdrop to tell a character drama. The ending of the book did focus on what I wanted from the start, but everything prior felt like I was reading a script for a Spanish telenovela.
That's why I found this video because I simply wanted more information. So, thank you for making this very informative documentary! I learned a lot. The book, and this documentary mostly gave a perspective from the Igbo standpoint, now I want to see the point of view from Yoruba and Hausa just to compare.
The reason why I am interested in this is because my country originally was called Yugoslavia. And then in the 1990 it split into several smaller countries. Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia, Macedonia, Montengegro and Slovenia.
I wonder if Nigeria will find a way to make everyone satisfy with living together as a single nation or will it also split into multiple smaller countries like Yugoslavia did.
Check out "There Was A Country" by Chinua Achebe, it's also informative
In my next world, if any at all.. I will still be an Igbo man... Proudly Igbo!.
I am from Borno and 41 years old and never have I heard the story of Biafra like this. As a matter of fact, the story was never told in details from primary to secondary school. We were only told that the Ibos wanted to break away from Nigeria without reasons. I have lived on almost all regions of this country and must say whoever wants to break away should be allowed to do so.
Gen. Ojukwu is a brave man! May God rest the souls of all who stood up for Biafra. This should be taught in all schools as part of our history.
Yeah, i agree with you. History like this isn't taught in schools and that is why patriotism is lacking in people. Also, it's necessary that Nigerins know her heroes and not just say it in the Anthem
Unfortunately, the narration is twisted and biased. Ojukwu is a brave man? He ran away and went into hiding in Ivory Coast.
@@naturalblockade3412 What could he have done differently after been subdued from all fonts? The agenda then was not to allow anyone succeed in breaking Nigeria.
Anyway, after watching this video I made further research and discovered that the Easterners have different literature to what happened
@@serwangerstark8406 since he led the secession , he should have been there to the end. Many people at least hundreds of thousands not just soldiers died during the civil war. My point is that he should not have ultimately been described as "brave".
What you were told "that the Ibos ( led by Ojukwu) wanted to break away from Nigeria" is true. Except that there were actions which led to that decision and the blame probably rested with the Ibos.
It seems as if people have not learnt much from the civil war. Some people are currently agitating for the break up of Nigeria - Yoruba and Biafra "nations" You even stated that whoever wants to break away should be allowed to do so. Good luck with that.
May allah guide you and give you more wisdom
My father is Nigerian, and his father [my grandfather] was very rich according to him and family friends. But my grandfather had a lot of his wealth outside the Ibo states, he had lots of buildings and lands in the hausa states, that when the war broke out he lost all of them. They were destroyed, and the ones that were still standing are now claimed by someone else because he couldn't go back due to the war. This is why every Nigerian Ibo person strives to build a home in their homeland no matter how small. Its like a compulsory assignment for Ibo men. When my father told us the stories about the Biafran war I felt so sick. Also my mum was born in the midst of the war. She told about how her family nearly escaped falling to their death as the bridge collapsed as soon as her father drove through it, with her mother cradling her in her arms. Even years after, my father and his friends still talk about it, and pray for Biafra nation. My mum is no longer with us but I'm certain she'd have wanted Biafra as well. Nigeria is a country with good citizens, rich land and soil, but terrible and corrupt leaders.
It is Igbo* the letter “g” is very much present.
Thank you for your story, The sun will rise again in the East someday and bring peace to Ndi Igbo.
Very few people speak of the Biafran War. The few stories that were shared with me from survivors were horrific. One of my friends family relationship is still affected by things that transpired during the war. Igbo Kwenu!!❤
Islam is the root cause of Nigerian destruction.. it's just a virus that affects mental health
I'm a white German, born 1964 and of course new nothing about the Biafran war at the time. But I remember very well, that, because I was very thin and didn't like to eat much as a small child, my mother often said: "You must eat, You look like a Biafra child!" The sad thing is, that the world didn't look away, it just didn't matter to most people not being of african descendant or living in Nigeria. And so it is today. Nations think of profit, oil and how to gain wealth for themselves. I can only hope, that one day Africans themselves will find a new way for themselves, even if other nations try to prevent that (see assassination of Sankara, Lumumba and so on). If people could just see, that the world would benefit much more from a sovereign and wealthy Africa, it's great culture and wonderful people. A first step could be done in Nigeria, then at least all the suffering during the Biafra war would not have been in vain.
Thank you
@volker u have spoken well..
Thanks...You right...It has already started in Nigeria
That's right. To be honest with you, that war tears me apart anytime I pay attention to it.
Our country is pretending nothing was wrong, even the discussion should not be held. They stop teaching of history in our schools so that the present generation and yet to come will wallow in darkness
I am from Orumba (Old Aguata) Anambra state, my father was a Biafran Soldier and still healthy alive, he is 81 years old now and he told us, all his 8 children about Biafra war and history. Exactly how they explained what happened in this video is what my father told us and we has carried the history to our own children. Biafra war is the reason why we're not able to see our 3 uncles, my father has 5 brothers and 3 of them died in Biafra war. The only way to restore peace, understanding, love, security and respect for the tribes, traditions and cultures in Nigeria is division. ONE Nigeria is nothing but a disaster to us, since 1960-2020 Nigeria is till in suffering, killings everywhere, tribal hatred and discrimination everywhere. The only thing I support and will continue supporting is disintegration/division/separation of Nigeria. All hail Biafra.
Sorry for family lost.
🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾💪🏾✊🏾✊🏾
@@objectoriented3049 It would look like what A Great Country is supposed to look like! It would look like what Africa's Richest Country is supposed to look like!!
Dont worry, we the new generation of Biafra are ready to archive what are fathers fought for and with God Almighty, we will make our fathers proud for restoring the greatest nation ''BIAFRA''
@ I don't know how I can manage all this, I lost three of my uncle's in this war and it bleeds my heart that till now that which causes that first war is double times than then nothing has changed whenever I thought or read or hear about Biafra war I always wish it......... But from my blood and that of my generation we are Biafrans nothing can stop that if it's not now it will still be unless there's equal right and justice equity and fairness anything outside these things is a joke. All hail Biafra🙌🙌🙌
@@mercyokoro495 Exactly!!! I’m telling you! I’m so sorry for your loss 🥺☹️ Until every Nigerian is treated fairly and given equal rights, That war they’ve been dreading is definitely bound to happen 😤
My mum was a survivor, she has told us this story over and over again and each time she remembers it you see deep sadness on her face. She said it was not funny she was 11 when the war broke out and she still has a scare on her foot she sustained while running with her elder sister, mum, grand father, anty and nephews in the bush. Her anty and kids all died in this war. My mum has never forgotten this incident.
How could she forget such a tragedy where she saw her dearly beloved cousins died as a child? It's so sad. I'm so sorry for your mother.
I'm South African, who is working on a masters dissertation in literature based on a contemporary work of literature written by a Nigerian author. I have realized while watching this documentary that the books I've been reading on the war is one sided and too simplistic. Thank you so much for this informative and in depth analysis.
This one also is one sided too
@@muhammadhamzat5206what was stated in the video that was false or one-sided?
WELL DONE
I'm from Kenya and I've understood this Issue CLEARLY for the first time in 20 years. Thank you
The narrator was being biased with the history. The Hausa fulani contributed more of the development of Nigeria as one people,I'm really sorry for people who do not tell the truth whenever opportunities present itself, thanks
@@madysalt then tell us your own version or what really happen?.
@@madysalt that’s a bloody lie
@@madysalt Another fulani janjaweed, what do you get in the north? education 0%
@@madysalt pls tell us the real story.
I am not igbo, am frm Edo State UROMI, ESAN,kingdom. but believe me I always love the igbo people I love everything about them, their culture the way they dance their cultural dance you people deserve to happy and I pray that God hear you people prayer soon which I know is will happen all hail Biafra✊✊✊💓💓💓
Me too and from Edo state, and I love them the ibos they are amazing people . I want them to get their Biafra
My brother,Edo own that Nigeria,until that honor and respect is be given to them,that country make una forget am
I am also Esan from Ekpoma,Edo state and I share your views
My father fought for Biafra. Just this past week during this Russia/Ukraine War, he was telling me and my sons how this civil war was the only time that the US, Britain, and Russia worked together in order to keep Biafra from forming.
Really
Britain, US and Russia stopped Biafra from forming because of Oil. Biafra has the largest reserves in the region. Britain, US and Russia maybe a Christian country on the front. But they support Islam over seas more for their political agenda. The reason you ask??? Because Islam is easier to manipulate and politically gives you an advantage when making sly manoeuvres. Like controlling the population with just saying Allah commanded this or that.
How do I know this? Because I’m a Kurd. My land (Kurdistan) is divided between four countries (Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria). Guess why we don’t have country. Because of oil aswell. Guess what the surrounding countries religions are??? Islam.
Exactly
You see that British in particular eh, till today they remain the problem of Nigeria
@@kingsleychidalu I know about Britain's interference, about Russian and US... How? Please explain, I'm really ignorant of this.
I came across this video today. Indeed I respect the igbo’s from today. Am from Benin 🙌❤️
As an expat working and living in Nigeria there have been countless times where I've tried to read up on the Biafran War and Nigerian history to be able to converse well with Nigerians and their ever so charged responses to the North versus the East discussions. Never have I ever come across such a succinct and gripping telling of the tale. This is incredible work my friend. Please do keep it up.
Thank you so much for watching!
You can also read Oil, Politics and Violence by Max Siollun to get a better understanding.
@@leftsider Thank you, will definitely check it out.
It's very similar to the India Pakistan separation,jihadis played a big role in triggering it
@@alphabogeyman7462 this is a very accurate account of the past and present.
Man, for me, a German guy living in Berlin, writing his thesis in Asian and African Studies, but who has focused more on Asia in those studies, this is some great stuff to broaden horizons. Kudos to you for sharing important histories from Africa that aren't often told in the rest of the world.
Your forefathers did a great job in setting the evil foundation that erupted Africa into the current retrogressive stance she is currently...go to your libraries in Berlin and start digging from the evil partitioning of Africa from 1884-1885...you should have greater insight by then.
Your ancestor, Ottovon Bismarck was the devil, that hosted that ignominious conference that birth the woes of Africa.
@@efemzyekun900 Bro you need to chill out you can't pin the sins of the father on the son. We should be trying to build alliances in the 21st century not try to antagonize Europeans genuinely interested in our history and possible future cooperation with Africa smh.
@@ikeman9784 bro, I have no ill feelings towards my fellow Nigerians and I was only trying to chip in that perspectives that the fellow above seems not to be considering.
Guy, forget about any European or pale skin person having any positive inclinations towards us.
I will rather trust a Hausa-Fulani with my life than any conniving smiling and soft spoken European. They are the woes of the black race. From the time we met them, they have hated us and done everything to undermine us as a race.
If we Nigerians can bury our differences, work together as one and see our race first, then and only then can we lift up the black race from its bottom rung that she is now. As long as we open ourselves to these whites, we will remain divided, disunited, hateful and greedy....and they are always at center of our woes.
Hmmmmmmm!
EfemzyEkun you summed up my feelings as a white man towards the blacks, we should cooperate but not live together, our races are different and modern society is making a fault by pretending. We are equal.
I am an Igbo man though I was
a year old when the war started ,thank God today that truth has finally come out, may the soul of our fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, uncle etc rest in peace amen , we will never forget our heroes. Biafra forever
Read a book and stop falling for unnecessary propaganda
@@avigrett6106 the thing is the truths are so apparent but sentiments will not let us rest
Amen
Sad reminder of what's still happening in Nigeria my mum was a survivor of the Biafra war and each time she speaks abt it, she ultimately burst into tears, it's not something one should wish for again
As painful as it is it is important to know what happened this way the wicked rulers can be a cou table and be exposed for their wickedness the truth makes us free see tricksofthestrades channel such truth about agrica and their kings who rule in secret also contaminating the food causing suffering in africa and world wide
in order for the world to know what happened she must tell the story because we can target the ones responsible see tricksofthestrade channnel please
Some people are still wishing for another war, stupid war
honestly, bro, this is so well put together. I would pay for content like this. well done man.
Much appreciated!
Join his Patreon 👍
i felt it was skewed i am not sided with any tribe but the video said many of nigerians chmapions of industry has been from the igbo tribe i disagree because Yoruba and hausa have two of the most richest black people on the planet that forbes always rank. Dangote and alakija, femi otedola, mike adenuga, rabiu are some of the richest people to come from nigeria that i hear talked about more then tony emelu are any other igbo person. if you didnt bring those list of people in the video i would no there rich dispite them being ig bo origin
@@osazuwaogbeide1540 richest because of corruption not from hardwork. I would assume an Edo person would have learned from all our suffering. He pointed out what he see from afar. Like you said, there are others cos the lines are not definite when it comes to traits of each tribe.
@@elmaestro9593 It not because of corruption if so they would be on frbes. There loads of igbos lpoliticians stealing money dry from your state yet you people like using the tribeliaism victim mentality instead of taking responsibility for your own people action. There so many you igbo in edo state
I didn’t even witness the war as an Igbo but even watching this now brings tears to my eyes.
@ROP 10 Igbos are NEVER thirsty for power. We are thirsty for success. Power hunger is a northern thing.
0:42 Yoruba, Hausa Fulani & Igbo
5:24 Lugard's Amalgamation & ethnic problems in the new nation
12:28 The Coup of Five Majors
14:51 Counter coup
•Yakubu Gowon becomes military head of state
•Attacks on Igbo people in the northern regions
16:23 Abhuri accord
*Civil War*
18:21 Ojukwu calls for secession of Biafra
23:25 Situation in Biafra
26:53 French support for Biafra prolongs the war
33:29 *Operation Tailwind* ends the Civil War
37:20 Aftermath of the war & current situation
Hausa fulani people are the Aldof Hitlers of africa. Let my people go we are biafrans
I like people like you, thank you. Watching from SA
I'm mixed race British/Jamaican, my bloodline goes back to Nigeria. I found this very interesting and informative. Thank you for your good work
Proudly Igbo
Fully blooded Biafra.
One day !Some day! Biafra will Come
As someone from a Yoruba background, I've always heard that Igbos are too money-hungry and materialistic. This video has really enlightened me to the truth that Igbos did not deserve the suffering they experienced during this war. I do believe Ojukwu's actions were quite hard-headed and put a lot of innocent lives at risk but honestly I get it now. The Northerners were very deceptive in the dealings, making him believe that they had come to a happy medium and seem like such egoistical weaklings.
Even the announcement at the end of the war "the so called sun of Biafra has set forever" whattttt?! Can you actually imagine?! A war that they pretty much caused? I am ashamed to be a Nigerian honestly.
Thank you so much for delivering such an amazing history lesson, going into a lot more detail than we were taught in school. This should definitely be included in school curriculums!
Thank you for watching and contributing
The sun is back. Gen. Effiong told Gowon when he handed over Biafra flag of surrender:
"Treat these people well ,if you don't, their children will come back for Biafra again". What a prophetic word.After 50yrs,Biafra children are back in full force to claim Biafra and Nigeria will not survive it in this age of social media. Biafrans are educated, well off and are all over the world Piling up pressure and diplomatic onslaught.
Igbos remind mz of Bamileke in Cameroon.. Money ambitious people and the Hausa are similar to Beti in Cameroun, who always feel threathen by Bami migrating all over the country to make money and wanting to control the country. 😒
@@chijinduchizoba7194 it will be very difficult to. and the only force who can make that happened are the western forces but they will also leave you in ruins whiles they steal all the resources. use south sudan as a case study. they have never known peace since the creation of the country over 9 yrs ago.
Franck Class Bamileke and Igbo are brothers. Even our genetic makeup is the same.
My grandfather first son is a brave warrior of Biafra leading the ambush in Abagana and so many places and he's still alive
I hope he gets award when Biafra truly comes 💖🙌
Respect to our fallen heroes 🌹
Tell him to writehis book
This was so sad to watch. Sending love and prayers of healing from Ghana to the Biafra people.
May God be with u always
Hmmmmmmm!!! My father was a Biafran soldier "by force" and he narrated the ordeal spiced with much damages. It was a terrible experience as his story line resonates this piece of history. I am an Igbo person with so much regard for peace and equity. The question is, how can "Peace and Equity" coexist in this current NIGERIA. The vested interests are overwhelming and mostly directed at selfishness.
When a child grows up, he seeks independence, if you deny him independence, he becomes sad, when he is sad... ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN. To whom it may concern.
I'm not a Nigerian. But I wish the Biafrans had succeeded. They are bold, highly intelligent and very entreprenuering. The Biafra would have been the most successful state in the entire Africa.
The future generation can try again.
When u reach 180years U will make heaven I love ur type
@@humbleprince121 They are an Ancient people whose identity has been hidden AND stolen but no longer !
Uk and Us does not want that
I concur.
If they seceded they’d have become slaves to France. You should never let a foreign White European nation come to save you or fight your battle. It is all to benefit them in the end and not you in an action of greed. If Biafra wishes to secede then they should ally with other sub Saharan African nations suffering to help them secede in a peaceful manner
He said that the igbos want to dominate but yet all key positions are held by the north
At the time of independence very few Northerners, (apart from the army officers, had Western education). Being Muslims, they did not want it. To administer the North it was still necessary to have an educated bureaucracy and this was provided by Southerners especially Igbos who moved to the North. At that time Western education in Nigeria was still largely provided by missionaries so the Southerners were mostly Christians. Even today Muslims resent being ruled over by Christians. When I was in Nigeria at the time of the Biafran war, the Igbos had fled from persecution in the North. Their places in the bureaucracy had largely been taken by Yorubas who were also Southerners. Many Yoruba are Muslims but have less of a problem with Western education than the Hausa and Fulani had. The Northerners did not in my experience show the same hostility to the Yorubas as they had to the Igbo
Nowadays living in London, my doctor is an Igbo but the head of our surgery and the nurse are both Yorubas
It's called accusing your opponent of that which you are guilty of - Rules for radicals. There are no new tricks, they just keep getting recycled.
IT IS NOT KEY POSITIONS BUT ALL POSITIONS PERIOD.
Ikr, 😒. Their minds were brainwashed.
What an excellent documentary! I'm currently burning through your videos because it's incredibly satisfying to hear the African story from an African voice, in this much detail and in digestible format. Great work!
As a Yoruba woman I have always love and respect the Igbo for their strong will, pride and love for their homeland and culture unlike their counterparts Hausa/Fulani and the yorubas who have no regard for individual human life and only believe in imperialism. It is so sad that they not only lost the war they also lost so many gifted lives for this present Nigeria.
You are a brave woman and the truth lives in you. I lost my entire uncles family, they lived in kano, and were even friends with top elites. Even their babies were butchered to pieces. 😭😭. Forgiveness ba? For hate and killings and Igbophobia which continue to this day.
Cap
In May 1966, General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, Nigeria’s first military head of state, promulgated the infamous Decree No. 34 of 1966, the “unification decree.” The decree effectively did away with the federal system of government practiced by Nigeria since its independence from British colonial rule in 1960. In its place, the general instituted a unitary system of government as a way of discouraging “tribal loyalties and activities which promote tribal consciousness and sectional interests and which must give way to the urgent task of national reconstruction.” The decree suspended aspects of the Nigerian constitution and, with it, the military government arrogated to itself wide discretionary powers. Unknown to the general, the effects of this decree would reverberate well into Nigeria’s sixtieth year as an independent nation.
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*It's a tragedy to the fate of this nation that the Igbo person has been in denial about the problem they created for this country since 1966. Instead, they play the victim. I no longer debate Nigerians on this issue. It has served me no good*
I believe one day God will set us free
I'm a biafran soldier
Stop bringing God to everything didn’t you learn about love ?
@@abasiofonbassey6388 you don't force love learn to love yourself first its the true reflection of love.
I'm too
I’m Antiguan 🇦🇬 a descendant of the Igbo people; my ancestors were slaves. Our Antiguan flag bares the Rising Sun of the Biafra nation. 60% of Caribbean and African Americans are descendants of the the Igbo nation. I am so proud of my people ✊🏿.
@@Marg_Williams I love you my igbo sista👏🏾👏🏾💚🖤❤️👑
The Igbos are still among the richest people in Nigeria.
You can't keep the sun from shining.
I will always be Igbo first.
Land of the rising sun.
Am glad that my country, Zambia stood with the igbo people in the biafra and did manage to send support in arms and food during the biafra war
We love zambia..... God will bless you for providing food for our fathers @@brianmulubwa941
I'm a Nigerian American and my parents are both Igbo. If Biafra had succeeded you would have been under the country of France. France is a BRUTAL colonizers. Nigeria (Africa) is better United. Solve your differences amongst yourself. Even here in the USA, China, Russia the powers lies in the hands of few. But NO ONE would consider BREAKING up their country bcc of that; bcc once you break off, the money will be stiffened again to a few. Let your righteous indignation lead you to a reform of the country, maybe allocating more resources to less privileged or more access to money, education and health care etc. But to Break Off Igbo, Yoruba, or Hausa is DIVIDING yourself and inviting a DEVIL you can't even imagine. Each tribe adds benefits to the Nation, it adds culture diversity and makes the country Richer.
I really love your perspective ❤
Thank you for speaking sense
i think you should come back here so we all of us can enjoy the culture diversity and makes the country Richer.
This channel actually teaches us a lot about Africa, never before have African history been told in such a way, whenever we hear about the Civil War us Northerners are made to believe that the igbos were criminals who wanted to control the entire country by any means necessary but this video helped me understand the Igbo part of the story.
It is very encouraging to know.
In May 1966, General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, Nigeria’s first military head of state, promulgated the infamous Decree No. 34 of 1966, the “unification decree.” The decree effectively did away with the federal system of government practiced by Nigeria since its independence from British colonial rule in 1960. In its place, the general instituted a unitary system of government as a way of discouraging “tribal loyalties and activities which promote tribal consciousness and sectional interests and which must give way to the urgent task of national reconstruction.” The decree suspended aspects of the Nigerian constitution and, with it, the military government arrogated to itself wide discretionary powers. Unknown to the general, the effects of this decree would reverberate well into Nigeria’s sixtieth year as an independent nation.
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*It's a tragedy to the fate of this nation that the Igbo person has been in denial about the problem they created for this country since 1966. Instead, they play the victim. I no longer debate Nigerians on this issue. It has served me no good*@@queennneoma6572
Still can't believe that Gowon is walking around a free man while men with lesser war crimes like Charles Taylor are in jail
Why do you consider Taylor's crimes lesser than Gowon's?
Even Jerry john Rawlings of ghana after murdering of many citizens in 70s 80s died peacefully
With help of britain that's why he can walk freely without been touched or persecuted....
@@CEOAbia001 Prosecuted by whom? His Biafran counterpart Ojukwu wasn't arrested for his own war crimes was he? And how do yo explain the Biafran leader decades later vying to enter the Nigerian political leadershi and even preside over Nigeria?
@@busolaolagunju3410 you cannot compare ojukwu with general Gowan position or stand during the Civil War, is Gowan who first ignite or declare the Civil war after he reverse the agreement they had at aburi Ghana so his the one that suppose to be persecuted, because ojukwu was trying to protect his people during the war, he was unprepared while Gowan is inciting the genocidal war against igbos with full force with help of britain and other world leaders then....
I understand why high school don't lecture history anymore. They Don't want the coming generation to have knowledge of anything.
I have been deeply moved by the quality and honesty of this presentation. Thank you.
As an Igbo man which I am I respect my father which fought in Biafra war respect for u dad
My Grandma recently died, I thank her for keeping my dad safe as a baby during this war, many children died and she made sure he was one of the lucky ones.
May she rest in Eternal peace
Yet the issues that led to Biafra are still unresolved today. A nation that forgets its history can never move forward!
Bassey Bassey point well made
This was never civil war, but genocide against igbos. It was imposed against them and they fouth to defend themselves, Western nation's joined Nigeria against Ndigbo. Those who took igbos wealth then are still behind igbos today. I love Igbo nation , they're very brilliant and strong, I pray God grant them the freedom they seek.🙏🙏
The the Palestine issue is just a war, not genocide, right???
I have no words fam, no words.
Research led me here, well done. We must do more to document and publicize history.
My dad lost one of his eyes in bafria war very painful. RIP dad, Bafria must come in Jesus name amen. We have suffered enough.
not Biafria but equal opportunities for all
@Pecu Alex no biafra would just create more poverty what Nigeria should do is but the ijaw land from the Cameroonians and buy the hausa land from the nigeros so that all the cultures are fully united then we can work together
My dad also fought in the war he still gets nightmares.
@@missmusiclover7620 , wow, that's PTSD after over 50 years. That man has been through a lot. I'm so sorry to hear.
This is every country in Africa.
In Togo, the French help the Northerners (Gnassingbe Eyadema ethnic group) gain political and military power so they could indirectly rule the country. The French consider the Northerners more "loyal" than the Southerners who have fought against slavery and colonization for more than 4 centuries and are by far more educated and entrepreneurial.
The biggest advantage of the colonialists was that they knew Africans better than Africans knew themselves. They knew who to put in power and who not to put in power.
The only solution is to first break down Africa by ethnic regions and then reunite certain groups based on COMPATIBILITY of culture and values. Hausa-Fulani should not be part of Nigeria they have more in common with people in Chad or Niger.
Wow, thats actually terrifying
Your opinion is a brilliant one, I must confess. Nations grow and develop organically, and not based on superficial or temporary interests.
Great anaylsis. What is your take on a United Africa? I am in the Islands and spent most of my life in the states.
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@@jchristopher022 My previous answer to your question was removed because it was too politically incorrect.
Basically, a United States of Africa would be the biggest disaster in African history and I am not exaggerating. Look at what happened in Nigeria according to the video, now imagine that on a continental scale. Those who will rule the United States of Africa will not be selected by Africans and will not work for the benefit of Africa. And if some Africans attempt to secede from the union they will have the same fate as Biafra.
A United States of Africa is like Africans creating a prison for themselves.
Gowon is still alive today, he hasn’t asked for forgiveness for his role in the genocide of the Igbos.
Useless man
I am a Christian northerner. Any time I hear about how Igbos suffered and were massacred I feel sad about the atrocities committed against the Igbos. This video gets me emotional and makes me feel like crying concerning what was done against the Igbos.
17 years of age, an Igbo boy in Europe and it disheartens me to know Igbo children don't know their history, and i will do my part to educate them
I love your unbiased report sir!
This is a message for the world. BIAFRA struggle is a JUST COURSE. All those defending the course of one Nigeria should think again.
@@mrsaint3827 Some dont even know what Biafra is, may i see Biafra in this lifetime
@@derekm9357 Yes oo! They don't understand and they're too lazy to study and be informed. Most of them just argue against the movement blindly.
That'll be great
I have no ties to Africa other than it being the place humanity started.
But it seems to me that your people have been freed from one imperialist power that was out for natural resources, just to be subjected to the next one, which is a shame, especially since from what I've heard, you were better at democracy than most European countries at a far earlier time, including women participating and all that.
The Igbo's has gone through alot in existence..The sun will surely raise ......
In The Land of The Rising Sun.
Isee
Surely bro
It was a war
@@adepojuamos9243 A war brought to igboland...that we are tired of one Nigeria doesn't mean we want war..why bring it to our land? It's just like forcing someone in a marriage he/she isn't interested in...it won't work..so is the case of Nigeria ...forceful union. Marginalizing a region and leaving your own region in poverty and undeveloped despite being in federal power for over 40yrs
Our ancestors stood together, cried together, fought together , prayed together, singing and marching to war to defend their land.. i lost an uncle to the war , and almost every igbo person living today lost one relative or tons to that bloody war... After the war the Nigerian government after stripping igbos of their honor, politicaly, economically etc handed over to each per mere £20 regardless of whatever you have ...that £20 is what igbos have used to become whatever you see them be today .... So whenever you see an igbo person know that we are a product of a dark history , a very dark history and we are driven by a burnung desire to survive to achieve and to excell..to makebour ancestors proud who fought and sacrificed their lives to keep us alive
simple arithmetic - in France Every third house uses electricity produced from uranium mined in Niger. And in Niger itself, 90% of the population has no electricity. France has the largest reserves of gold and foreign exchange reserves in Europe, while France itself does not mine gold anywhere in France
African Union has no single integrity. They had a meeting in Aburi in Ghana, it was a written and signed document but Gowon went against that document and the African Union and the united nations spared him. What a shame!
A very big shame
Great piece of history!!. I live in Enugu state. I played it for my class in school and my kids were in awe. They were so proud of their Igbo heritage.
You're one of the very few these kids need
Just as they should!!
Peace! I'm American & have traced my heritage back to Nigeria & Cameroon. I work with a Nigerian priest (Igbo), who initially told me that he's from Biafra, and invited me to visit Enugu with him as he knew I was interested in my ancestry. This documentary clears so many things up for me ... He's a proud Biafran man & I'm a proud Igbo descendent. I hope to visit within the year.
@@danieces.7262 be careful about the time period you chose to visit as the country is going to be heated very soon with the forthcoming elections!
@@Femi- I appreciate the advice. Thank you.
Biafra is coming back again with full force... God bless all the Biafrans heroes, God bless Mazi Nnamidi Kanu