Thank you for all these videos, you are doing so much to help educate people all over the world here on youtube on ACTUAL people and events so no one can call it fake news or say these people or events never existed. I'm enjoying this immensely.
The resilience and determination of Igbos/Biafrans is amazing to see. They went from abject poverty and starvation, went from millions dead to now in 2024 becoming the richest tribe in Africa. Simply awe inspiring. Proudly Igbo.
Thank you for this, i am igbo and my parents told me about this biafra war and how our people were slaughtered in masses. the Nigerian government acts like the war never happened and refuses to acknowledge or even talk about it but we remain biafrans and we will NEVER forget!!!
I hope they also told you about the coward Ojukwu who plunged them into war, amassed wealth, ran away and left his countrymen to die from hunger and starvation. "The war was bloody on both sides." Both sides were wrong for killing innocent children and women.
I had just found out I’m 50% Nigerian decent 22%Cameroon Bennie Togo Mali , English German European Irish and whatever . I’m sick you guys sold us into slavery I’m pissed . but I love my ppl .
This documentary is very touching. Why should any tribe or people be forced to live in a union they don't want. This was true the worst genocide in Africa and millions that died are never remembered or honoured. And the history is not taught in our schools, not even in the schools in Igbo land. Well thank God for UA-cam alot of us are learning.
The contraption was put together by the British imperialist power, without proper consultations of the indigenous people. The nation need to be outtbundle or rather balkanize to spark off development
I am one of those starving biafran kids carrying wooden guns at the age of 4 to defend the Biafran motherland. Nearly 60 now and living in the UK I cannot wait to carry the real gun and fight for Biafra.
@@trommelbiel Like Ojukwu ? there are guns everywhere now, lets see you leave UK and commit treason in Nigeria you will be arrested. Save your bravado for the pub uncle
Damn I truly am blessed to be alive, the horror my mum & her family had to endure during these unforgiving times. Thank you for displaying this for the world to see✊🏾
My mum used to tell me about the Biafran civil war,it was not easy for the Igbos ,no strong weapon,no food to survive. God bless them with wisdom ,I love my biafra Land, freedom for biafrans
Use your strength to worship Jesus Christ because we are in the END TIMES. Humanity is at its END. Biafra means nothing in the tne earth and heaven. Follow Jesus Christ only
All this propaganda from both of you is wild. Biafra massacre was truly horrific. As a Yoruba person, I feel like even being from a major tribe, we are suppressing other smaller tribes, and they don't like it It's either we disband Nigeria as a whole or we remain together, and I propose we remain together because nobody can remember ancient boundary lines But if Biafra wants to secede, let everybody secede and suffer (because I feel we will prosper more if we're together)
I was 8 years old when this video documentary was made in 1968 and it’s like it was filmed yesterday! Starvation used as a weapon is what I remember from this tragedy ! Always wondered if events of the 1967-1970 era are talked about today in the south east part of Nigeria!
A war against the british-funded Nigerian army was always a lop-sided fight. Regardless, kudos to those young men who understood what the fight of survival required. If Gowon claimed he wanted the Igbos to be part of one Nigeria, why did he renege on the Aburi agreement??
@mr.fanstastic9010 Akintola and his supporters inflamed the deaths of thousands of people western Nigeria with backing of Bello and Balewa in 1965 in Operation Wetie. The deaths of civilians, vote rigging and corruption of the northern political elite along with Awolowo being charged unjustly of treason is what drove the coup. Lies will no longer have power.
2. DON’T TRY THE FOOD! Omg You eat with your hands. Wtf 2. You get some tasteless white dough shit to grab the food. Don’t work... There is a greenish mush with fish in it. LOTS OF PEPPER for some odd reason... “Tastes better than it looks”... What my uncle said.. Bit I couldn’t finish is. No regrets, it was enjoyable at times. I loved the green part. Delicious! But it could not get out of its own way... Thumbs down. And this from a dude who LOVES Ethiopian food. Don’t mind the hands. Dough is in a flat bread like circle And it’s actually fun to eat with your hands.🤔 Only occurred to me just now, that I had no issue eatIng manually before.
@@og-greenmachine8623 okay weird flex but go off I guess if you think being disrespectful is funny🙄 (had to edit because I think you misunderstood my sarcasm).
There is a quota that allows for equal numbers from every state to join the military. They print the ads and the results for the interviews and recruitments in every newspaper annually. Another fun fact since 1960 the south has had a higher number of officers in the armed forces Whoever is feeding y'all this BS info is probably out there in the north making bank and telling others to keep away or something. Otherwise how in this information age are you guys getting this wrong?
@@franko1623 it's personnel not personal and each state has a second amount of recruits that correspond to their state population. These things are fixed and are public knowledge. For every one of you kids who decides ignorance is bliss there are several from your village that do know. When those ones are becoming governors and president's don't go and blame "Hausa man"
I have read books and seen many documentaries about the war. What baffles me most is the nonchalant way with which present Igbo leaders go about there affairs. There share of revenue which is supposed to be reinvested into the states, to build and provide the necessary employment within the states are not being utilized. I would expect that the antecedents of BIAFRA would be a source of motivation to turn BIAFRA land into a mini heaven. Instead you get greedy politicians without clear objective. The east could be far much better if Eastern leaders see the need to use available resources as a means to creat a survival chain for the Eastern child. What the east need is a change in mindset and not exactly a change in region. As an Eastern Child I worry that even if Biafra be alone, this present crops of leaders doesn't have the spirit of the heroes past.
Oh...God bless BIAFRA,I cry whenever I come across this videos and it makes me weep 😢😭😭😭 bitterly when I remember wat my parents went through but unfortunately they are no more today,my father believed so much in Biafra even we still have BIAFRA MONEY 💵💷 IN MY father's box 📦📦, I pray we succeed in pushing what belongs to us 🙏 BIAFRA must come,I don't care how long it takes but it must surely come,ALL HAIL BIAFRA 🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️
Wow our Biafran people had very high spirits if we had succeeded with Independence Biafra would have been one of the most prosperous nations in Africa.
@@solomonpaul5317but the Nigerians are treating the Igbos badly in lagos, the yurobas don’t want one nigeria, and the Igbos want to have their Biafra back and form their own government. And live peacefully in The Biafra republic. The hatred of the Igbo is real. Tribalism can never bring people together, instead, it separates them.there will never be one Nigeria because Nigeria is the most tribalism country in Africa.tribalism divides people.
I was thère God help us left to Gabon stayed in the refugee camp for 7 days...came out in Caritas light aircraft that was reeking of stockfish..with 2 babiès...we flew over Lagos and the said .."anyone to go down here"irony of the Brits....i went later to Barbados....
Biafran is an ideology and determination so they gave all their strength to the last that was why their lasted that long but their strength was not enough then unlike today and now
...amidst the shortage of weapons on the BIAFRAN ARMY side, those High Spirited gallant soldiers were very sharp at the war fronts, and the surviving nigerian soldiers still attest to the bravery of BIAFRAN SOLDIERS. Their engineers were really smart in designing weapons to add to what they literally possessed... SHAME on Britain, Russia including others that fought on nigeria side. Interestingly, Russia is paying the price with Ukraine today with other republics of then USSR blossoming in political and economic progress. For nigeria, what can one interpret??..a COMPLETELY FAILED SYSTEM with no defined political focus where citizens are in anguish and poverty while politicians parade in corruption with wealth stashed from public funds...
well they werent as underequipped as many say. They were heavily supported by France Portugal and Apartheid era South Africa all of whom wanted Nigeria to fail to further keep blacks in bondage. Even before the war Ojukwu had began to stockpile arms using his own funds and the money given by the federal government following the heinous pogroms commited against the igbos. Other factors for success include initiative of the rebels in terms of agressive tactics and in improvising materiel to make weapons. this ranged from land mines to tanks and aircraft. Also the knowledge of ground they fought on was employed. And the passion was there. The rebel leaders said they would all die if they lost so they were literally fighting for their lives. In the end they lost and many former rebels served later in the Nigerian Armed Forces which is a good thing because real warriors are worth their weight in gold.
What brain power are you talking about or you must be a child of something ,the area of Biafra as natural resources that the world powers require to fuel their industries and also land is the greatest natural resource on the planet .. nobody kills another group of people for their brain power ,lol that's just Ignorant
Interviewer: How old are you? Young Biafran: I am 10 yrs. Interviewer: Doou know why Biafra is fighting? Young Biafran: Biafra is fighting for survival. I hope the young chap survived the war.
Heres a man who fought for equality , he inspire until this day so in that sense he succeeded Even if he died while fighting , his blessed gallant soul shall never be among those useless and timid who knows neither victory nor defeat
Heres a man who fought for equality , he inspire until this day so in that sense he succeeded Even if he died while fighting , his blessed gallant soul shall never be among those useless and timid who knows neither victory nor defeat
Bro you deh shout biafra na una corse these the hungry for una self and I although I know that Nigeria Government is bad but e nor mean say una go separate each other and if you guys don't stop you guys will never get your freedom and know this Nigeria and Biafra are all one deh play for there
The Igbos stood a very great chance of winning if Ojukwu had planned very well. Food is very important, never rely on your enemy for food during war. You should even be afraid of poisoning. Ojukwu should have cleared thousands of hectares of land and plant different kinds of food. These farmlands must not be at the border and must be secured by soldiers. Also, Ojukwu didn't sell the Biafra vision properly to the minority groups.
I was born in the 1970s, a time when the United States frequently broadcasted scenes of the Biafra/Nigeria civil war. Despite being unfamiliar with the people or reasons behind the conflict during that time, we were constantly exposed to distressing images of malnourished African individuals and children with bloated stomachs, emaciated frames, and flies covering their mouths. Unfortunately, this contributed to a mistaken belief among some of the so-called American Negroes, that the entire African continent faced these issues. Learning in 2017 that many of our ancestors were actually of the Igbo nation was intriguing, and prompted me to delve deeper into my heritage. It breaks my heart to now learn that the Nigeria/Biafra civil war was our people and America never told us. It's ok because the truth is coming out. We know who we are and they are moving fast to past all types of legislation to censor us.
Thanks for your comment, the TRUTH REMAINS that issues behind the causes of Biafra/Nigeria civil war still linger. The fact is that the country 'Nigeria' has not proven to the world any atom of willingness to forge ahead with a proper vision void of religious and ethnic bigotry ravaging its economy and socio-political progress. It is very sad and unfolding to observe that regional conflicts still exist in Nigeria to this day WITH NO LESSONS LEARNT.
What a documentary on Biafra war. The best so far. What a war too self determination nd bravery nd foolishness on part of we Nigerians cos it was an unnecessary war If only we swallow our pride nd love each other genuinely. Shalom
Yes sir. Ojukwu's half brother, Tom Bigger died along side with Chukwuma Nzeogwu. His first son, Sylvester Debe Ojukwu who was 12 years in 1967,was a member of the Biafran boys company and fought alongside with Major Timothy Onwuatuegwu. Non of Ojukwu's children stayed abroad throughout those trying periods. Ojukwu closed one of his father's UK account worth 4m British pounds in order to prosecute the war. Reason why he is loved so much by ndigbo despite Gowon's government attempts to paint him as a devil after the war. Having said this: am not an advocate of war or any break up of Nigeria through violent means. I am an advocate of principle of Federalism and a just society.
@@kingsleyoffor6752 His kids were abroad, and his family like much of the rebel high command received preferential treatment during the war. It was common place in the army to have ones brothers and cousins as orderlies ADCs close escort etc, to share the small resources available while the proverbial sons of no man bore the brunt. Theres a tendency to romanticise that terrible struggle but even on the rebel side there were those who acted selfishly and wickedly. In the end Ojukwu fled to comfort and abandoned his people who had sacrificed EVERYTHING for a lost cause
I can't stop 😭 crying while watching what the Zoo so called Nigeria did to my own people Biafra and I swear to my God that I must chase them away from my own land of Biafra
The bitter truth is, in as much as the Igbo's want Biafra, they aren't strong enough to do that even over 50yrs after the war... I feel the hatred for Nigeria has made them not plan effectively. During that 50years, they could have planned there ways into the army and top position by pretending to like the north just like yorubas do. Benefit from your enemy, gain strength and plan effectively for getting Biafra. The truth is, the east will still suffer if the north starves them which was one of the reasons of losing the war. All I see is emotional cry for Biafra, no strategies. Any war now will result in the same result as the first;this time, it won't even last a week. Planning is key
This has nothing to do with a war that happened 50 years ago, the things that caused that war, and the lessons learned from it. Do you think that the majority of the Igbo and the other Easterners clamoring for Biafra or whatever separate nation want that? Do you think that any group in Nigeria wants war? Most Nigerians, then and now, want to remain one. Your comment is the problem about Nigeria on both sides but particularly the non-"Biafrans", whether you are right or wrong, you misunderstand the issue. Listen to why they're so angry
The Yorubas did that and what has come of that? Are the Yorubas any more or less developed overall than the Igbos? Is Western Nigeria (apart from Lagos) any better in terms of quality of life compared to Eastern Nigeria. What has being subservient to the Northerners done for you? In the 60+ years since Nigeria's independence, have the Yoruba people benefitted from the "enemy", gained strength, and planned effectively for the growth and success of their people? Do you think Nnamdi Kanu represents the majority of Igbos? He doesn't. MASSOB and IPOB don't represent what Easterners really want. When you hear Nigerians complain about Oodua Republic or Biafra Republic or revolution or reconstruction, there's a reason why? "Plan ways into the army and the top positions"? Lmao please. Do you think after the Civil War, that the Northerners would even allow the Igbos to sniff the top positions in the military and government? Yorubas make that sound as easy as some of these Igbos think achieving Biafra is. No wonder Nigeria is messed up. The British gave the least capable ones (the Hausa/Fulani) all the power, and the ones that are left are either too idealistic/delusional (the Igbos) or too nonchalant/subservient (the Yorubas) to do anything
The war wasn’t planned at all, the secession was an impromptu response to the pogroms in the north. You can see there was no premeditation at all, if there was, it would have been well thought out, and more likely successful. But now, nothing stops eastern Nigeria from forging its own destiny even within the Nigerian state. With the right political leadership, eastern Nigeria can realise its true potential, without a war, which was d original quest prior to Biafra.
And the suffisticated yorubas are having their lands invaded daily and maybe now advanced like China after the 50 years. In 1945 , 53, 66 etc these people are massively killed in their numbers up north because of perhaps igbophobia. Ahmadu Bello brought northernization policy , was that the time they would have started the romance? Do you mean they should have folded their hands to self development to be good boys so you don't loot their shops in lagos or kano? Was it an igbo that reneged on the Aburi accord? Was it Ojukwu that shot the first bullet? Did Ojukwu declare war? When he declared a state of Biafra he asserted that he has the option for negotiations on the table and if Nigeria cared about oneness why didn't they explore it? The children, and women including those in Asaba who danced to welcome the federal troops and at the end got massacred was that how wars are fought? There's no emotions about truth. Today both you or the other willing tools used for the genocides are as affected as the supposed vanquished. Biafrans didn't call for war and the propaganda of using the past event to cow the igbos is unfounded, how has the middle Belt fared in their silence and romance, today their lands are taken and renamed. Same way Kwara state is now an Emirate of the caliphate
That belief in god, a falsehood created by the white man, is why people are suffering. Wake up if there ever was a god he left this place long ago and is never coming back
Did you not hear what the humble brother at 26:11 said? Go listen if not because its as true today as it was back then. And YHWH has not abandoned us " we know that all things work together for good to them that love Elohim/God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” Romans 8:28 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with YHWH as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. YHWH is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 2 peter ch 3 Watch from 26:11 and pray for the unbelieving scoffers.
How convenient, they skipped the aburi accord and the fact that the british, russia, Egypt, chad and niger supported the Nigerian government to commit genocide. Till date no one is explaining why a military coup should be tribalised? Even this reporter said and i quote "The igbos showed a new found arrogance" as his own way to justify the killing of civilians. I conclude that he is from one of the afore-mentioned countries. Either we restructure this insanely corrupt geographical expression or we all move on. The global economy has no patience for dead wood/sh*t hole countries
Please can someone explain to me? I'm not saying the actions of federal Nigeria during the Civil War are justifiable, but the 1966 coup d’etat was primarily led by the Igbo military commanders which killed the Nigerian PM, the Northern Premier and many other key political figures. This coup laid the precedence for the marginalization of the Igbos and the pogroms that ensued in Northern Nigeria right? Going by this, the Igbos inadvertently caused their marginalization and also the Civil war by declaring an independent Biafra, or is there something else I'm missing?
You're missing the 6months between the coup the and the pogroms. What was Nigeria like during that period? Don't forget Nigerians were joyful about the coup. Start from there.
Juxtaposing both comments I can see one is a man/woman and one is just a mere child, a simple and harmless question doesn’t warrant an insult. You can do better
In the first place,the 1966 coup weren't Igbo coup. Major Adewale Ademoyega who was among the first three officers that Initiated the coup was a Yoruba man. How can a coup that was intended to make Awolowo the prime minister be called an Igbo coup? In those days Igbo officers dominated the elite corps of the army therefore, there no are way you can plan a coup without the preponderance of Igbo soldiers. I recommend "Why we struck" by Major Adewale Ademoyega for understanding.
You are evil, what caused the coup? The coup happened because of the crisis in the west. Awolowo was the one jailed for planinin the coup and the coup plotters revealed they wanted to make him President, Before Biarfra over 70 thousand Igbos were killed in the north. All these you neglected because of your evil soul
@@oompaloompa3188 Biafra was supported by France, Israel, South Africa and Portugal to mention the main ones. why call names brah? There are a lot of reasons the rebels lost, the minorities in the south east/southsouth didn't fully support them, their own high command bickered among themselves, several Biafran officials stole the money meant to buy arms and food, dont forget their leader took off abandoning everybody at the end too. You must understand that foreign support for belligerents in wars is not a new thing it is actually as old as time itself so it is a poor excuse. The bottom line 2 sides fought one side lost and the country got back together. Now I challenge you to nam one major country where after their civil ended and under 10 years got a vice president from that area. The only post ibo man hasnt held in naij is president but chief of army , air, defence, naval , minister of defence sef, senate president Ibos have held it. Dont sel yur self short Nigeria is for all of us and to say ibo man is the only one suffereing you know its a lie. relax your mind it is well with all of us. One love
It is very difficult to absorb the impunity or crime against humanity perpetrated against the igbo people between 1967 to 1970. The war may have ended but marginalization, injustice and the things that led to war still persisted in Nigeria. One group believe they are more Nigerian than the other, and infact they believe they own Nigeria. Fulani has hijacked everything, and have resorted to killing innocent igbo people for no apparent reasons. They want to incite war again. God will save his people!
Ur right there are ur blood these tribe is called Igbo they were sold into slavery to America hope u have ones had of Igbo land in the show of Virginia? Is not to to UA-cam and type it then watch ok
62 years later, and Nigeria hasn't got better. We are on course to being the poorest nation in the world, insecurity is at an all time high. The same people that were oppressing the Igbos are now oppressing every person in Nigeria. The Igbos saw the oppression way before now and wanted out but they didnt let us. Go to Nigeria right now and ask anyone citizen there if they really want Nigeria
@@franixbw3593 Yes, young fellow. Thanks for caring enough to inquire. We saw hell in Biafra as children, that's why I am always opposed to going to another war unprepared -- your generation must not witness the hardship and misfortune that ours witnessed. By the time we were done with that meal that afternoon, over 10 kids had dropped dead in that shack, it so continued everyday and at all hours until mid January 1970.
Nothing do you my brother’s It shall be well with you all , wherever you people may be at this time. Your sacrifice for Biafra shall never be in vain. The almighty God shall grant us Biafra at his appointed time. May the soul of all the Biafran soldiers who paid the supreme price Rest In Peace ✌️. In the name of Jesus Christ.
The Igbos were truly your friends and that's why you.Gowon.allowed the Igbos to be slaughtered 😢. You will never be our friend Gowon. May the gentle souls of all the Biafran soldiers who died rest in perfect peace 😢. My brothers died too 😢❤😢
That's the spirit of igbo which still causes Nigeria govt to not allow igbo man to be free. Igbo man can build an empire just in few days, that's God's blessings.
I must be sincere with you, I am highly impressed with this video. the reason for the war is still on and the British with their evil system never stop killing the people through the Hausa killing squad recently the world witness it as oppression Python dance .thanks
Are you among those that are full of wickedness and hate for a certain section of the country, but allow them to be on their own, you won't. God kept gowon alive so that he will use the opportunity to tell the world what happened in Aburi Ghana, and how the housa Fulani has been following and executing their destructive plans against Nigerians. Rather he gowon choose to be fooling himself, always calling for prayers for a country that is already dead.
Thanks to the Catholic priest who sacrificed his time and safety to remain to help the starving Biafra refugees. Thanks to this journalists who against all odds recorded some of these events with unbiased narratives. Thanks to everyone who in one way or the other stood for what was just … God bless your souls ❤
Nothing! they are just speaking in their natural accent influenced by their own language. Last person i would expect to make fun of an accent is a Ghanaian who pronounce doctor as dacta.
@@antnam4406 but the way we pronounce doctor is the same way, the custodian of the English language, Americans, Australians, Canadians all pronounce it so why are you the only country in the world who speak English with that pronunciation, make it make sense
We shall NEVER GIVE UP on a conference table that which our ancestors are not willing to give up on the BATTLE FIELD. We are God own choosing people and by any means necessary WE SHALL CONQUER!!
This brought tears to my eyes....the lives lost cannot be recovered, why allow them die just like that, when you’re still going to surrender and run away, while the did is done. I pray for the souls of the departed to Rest In Peace. More importantly, the families that lost ppl, why I hate war. I pray God’s divine strength, courage and protection upon their children’s grandchildren in Jesus mighty name
Ojukwu doesn't get enough condemnation for the role he played in the conflict. He essentially took them into a needless war - all the time knowing they stood no chance of winning - then bailed when it was his time to face the same death he'd brought upon many of his own people.
@@tlig BROTHER BEFORE YOU CHAT SHIT YOU THINK EVERY BODY WAS AGAINST IGBOS AND NO AMMUNITION WAS GIVEN TO THEM AS THEY MADE THIERS WITH SCRAPPS THE COLLOCTED SINCE YOU ARE STUPID JUST SHUT UP SECONDLY A GROUP OF PEOPLE ARE FED UP WITH A PARTICULAR PLACE AND WANTS TO LEAVE IS IT HARD TO GRANT THEM FOOOOLL
But why was ojukwu not soliciting for foreign aids in terms of arms and foods? This is what i always talk about planning ,the recent resurgent must be properly planned . Foreign alliances , establishment of plantations meechanised farming etc
What time do you want him to use to plan , what you need to understand is that both Nigerians and Biafra never had in mind to fight war , because they are brothers, this war was created by the British to defend there selfish interests, when they noticed that ojuku was intelligent enough to think of good governance for the country, what ojuku was fighting for how many years ago , is what everyone is discussing today . Which is restructuring.
I am crying in my heart looking at human beings destroying themselves because of greed. As a Yoruba, my heart is troubled, I pray we shall not witness another war in Nigeria or any other country. In war, there is no victor and vanquish, all are victims. Please, Nigeria let unite and if forced to fight, let us fight with our mouth, yabbing shiit at each other, fighting and spilling blood, misery, diseases and especially killing our children who are our future. United Nigeria is our only hope and it must be.
@@uchemediatv9113 YOu igbos wont just learn, one idiot came from Uk and lied to u that he was fighting for u, ur grandfathers have killed themselves and you guy still want to follow their step. Even if you have the land the igbo greed will never let u grow
@@CA-zf5kk THEN WHY NOT LET THEM GO BIAFRA HAD THEY PWN MONEY SO LET THEM GO STOP CONTROLING THIS IS NOT NICE THE IGBOS ARE THE REAL ONCE HOLDING NIGERIA
This message is for the various Igbo and Yoruba groups in the Diaspora, it seems like we are in a better position to help those back home. Ibadan Descendants Union, Eze Ndigbo, etc., USA, UK, France, etc., need to join forces and take Britain to the International Court of Justice, Hague. They must admit what they did to our people and also be part of the Solution ("Great Solution" especially to quell any agitation from the North). We are not asking for reparations (even though we could as well ask for damages to cover the big loans and indebtedness of the current country). Then "We The People" can truly decide our own destiny. The Southern people have the right to determine their self-government and the right to a more stable union. Our people need us, what can we do for our "Country"?
Benson Bibi he was very hypocritical the hausas were only fighting to protect the investment of thier british masters, they killed 5 million igbos and stripped them of all thier resources he is a devil, now look at nigeria and tell me the biafran were not right to want to leave that evil union
He speaks wisdom by declaring war on those wants to exit a union. I never knew it is wisdom to force a union. It very obvious that he was manipulated by the Brits because of discovered oil resources in the South. Mind you the various regions were doing fairly well in terms of economy before then. So whoever was telling him he needed to go to way to force a union wasn't really interested in unity but the newly discovered oil fields.
Gowon was nothing else but a dangling puppet on Termite infested strings. LET GOWON take his wisdom grammar to boko haram and fulani herdsmen ravaging his communities in plateau regions and other states. HAS HE EVER ADDRESSED THE CORRUPT NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS OF ANY REGIME?!. .OR HAVE YOU EVER HEARD HIS ADVICE ON PROFERING SOLUTIONS TO FIX NIGERIA'S BATTERED ECONOMY OR HARDSHIPS FACED BY NGERIA CITIZENS?? G-D has mercifully kept him breathing to witness his atrocity and the whirling cries of innocent babies and all the women they abused...KINDLY CLICK ON THE END OF PONTIUS PILATE AND LEARN an educating account of what befalls power drunk people in authority...
Never war again bcox my father is 63 na is among the Nigerian army he tell me so many stories about capturing Enugu onisha umuahia kudos for my dadi that you fought well but now days Igbos want the war to happened again you never see anything ask father's
Thank you for all these videos, you are doing so much to help educate people all over the world here on youtube on ACTUAL people and events so no one can call it fake news or say these people or events never existed. I'm enjoying this immensely.
The resilience and determination of Igbos/Biafrans is amazing to see. They went from abject poverty and starvation, went from millions dead to now in 2024 becoming the richest tribe in Africa. Simply awe inspiring. Proudly Igbo.
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Salute to the incredible spirit displayed by the Biafrans
peace and love!
Umu Nnem. I can never ever forget. Thank you SIRS and MADAMS.😨🎉
Thank you for this, i am igbo and my parents told me about this biafra war and how our people were slaughtered in masses. the Nigerian government acts like the war never happened and refuses to acknowledge or even talk about it but we remain biafrans and we will NEVER forget!!!
I hope they also told you about the coward Ojukwu who plunged them into war, amassed wealth, ran away and left his countrymen to die from hunger and starvation. "The war was bloody on both sides." Both sides were wrong for killing innocent children and women.
Goodies Godson Thank you brother, as an Igbo young man who is trying to learn more about Biafra, this really helped. May God bless you
Ask your father about ARCHBISHOP HEERY OF ONITSHA..
@Goodies Godson where did you get your tribal calculations from , I laugh anytime i see stories written by igbos to cover their stupidity
I had just found out I’m 50% Nigerian decent 22%Cameroon Bennie Togo Mali , English German European Irish and whatever . I’m sick you guys sold us into slavery I’m pissed . but I love my ppl .
This documentary is very touching.
Why should any tribe or people be forced to live in a union they don't want. This was true the worst genocide in Africa and millions that died are never remembered or honoured. And the history is not taught in our schools, not even in the schools in Igbo land.
Well thank God for UA-cam alot of us are learning.
Why did ilukwu add others poeple to is Igbo nation
Why should any tribe or people be forced to live in a union? it's about Land
The point is that this is not taught in our schools. Very obvious we have no better future.
The contraption was put together by the British imperialist power, without proper consultations of the indigenous people. The nation need to be outtbundle or rather balkanize to spark off development
@@andrewomosili307 They were formerly the Eastern region. I hope I've answered your question
The spirit of BIAFRA lives. The marginalization still didn't stop till date. God has helped Biafra NOW.... Amen
I am one of those starving biafran kids carrying wooden guns at the age of 4 to defend the Biafran motherland. Nearly 60 now and living in the UK I cannot wait to carry the real gun and fight for Biafra.
Don’t come here and cry like a baby when Nigeria govt whipp your ass again
@@fola1112 We are not cowards. Strong men fight unto death.
@@trommelbiel Like Ojukwu ? there are guns everywhere now, lets see you leave UK and commit treason in Nigeria you will be arrested. Save your bravado for the pub uncle
@@MegaJohny56 You are no Igbo and freedom means nothing to you. Peace
k odu what does they even mean? Please read your statement again and remember you are a human being coexisting with human beings
Damn I truly am blessed to be alive, the horror my mum & her family had to endure during these unforgiving times. Thank you for displaying this for the world to see✊🏾
My mum used to tell me about the Biafran civil war,it was not easy for the Igbos ,no strong weapon,no food to survive. God bless them with wisdom ,I love my biafra Land, freedom for biafrans
What ojukwu brought upon them illiterates. Another one coming MNK, biafrans don't learn
thanks for this and all of the content you're putting out
Because of this video. I will make Igbo national strong and prosperity in Jesus Christ Name amen.. those Biafra soldiers must be honored
Bro can you give me a good reason why must we separate our country? We are one Nigeria
@@godfreyatewewhat is the meaning of Nigeria in ur language
@@godfreyateweso God that create each tribes is a big fool
@@denniskcobi3470British farmland created for exploitation
Use your strength to worship Jesus Christ because we are in the END TIMES. Humanity is at its END. Biafra means nothing in the tne earth and heaven. Follow Jesus Christ only
God bless Biafra ,my parents told me about this war, we will never forget,and Biafra has come to stay
Stay where, you already have the east so go there and live no one is interested in you igbos or the eastern biafra. Leave the west and north alone.
All this propaganda from both of you is wild.
Biafra massacre was truly horrific. As a Yoruba person, I feel like even being from a major tribe, we are suppressing other smaller tribes, and they don't like it
It's either we disband Nigeria as a whole or we remain together, and I propose we remain together because nobody can remember ancient boundary lines
But if Biafra wants to secede, let everybody secede and suffer (because I feel we will prosper more if we're together)
Also, I think Biafra will actually succeed as a nation
But I don't know, most of the land with oil belong to minority groups
@@damnedifidonut Very true
I was 8 years old when this video documentary was made in 1968 and it’s like it was filmed yesterday! Starvation used as a weapon is what I remember from this tragedy ! Always wondered if events of the 1967-1970 era are talked about today in the south east part of Nigeria!
Starvation policy enacted by a Yoruba man Obafemi Awolowo. It is important we name the man who spearheaded this act of genocide via starvation
@@todayworldpost
...eventhough Ojukwu vied for the release of awolowo in prison !
Yorubas always in double moral...
God Bless our Great past Heroes and Heroines. Long live BIAFRA..
Biafra my country. I now know the reason why igbo's are normally christians. God give us Biafra
It is not a country
A war against the british-funded Nigerian army was always a lop-sided fight. Regardless, kudos to those young men who understood what the fight of survival required.
If Gowon claimed he wanted the Igbos to be part of one Nigeria, why did he renege on the Aburi agreement??
Yup, kudos to them.
The war was an act of revenge for the assassination of Samuel Akintola and several others....
@mr.fanstastic9010 Akintola and his supporters inflamed the deaths of thousands of people western Nigeria with backing of Bello and Balewa in 1965 in Operation Wetie. The deaths of civilians, vote rigging and corruption of the northern political elite along with Awolowo being charged unjustly of treason is what drove the coup. Lies will no longer have power.
How did the British fund the Nigerian government? Go and study the civil war records and stop showcasing your stupid assumption here.
@@ehisgeorge414 please show me where to go and study like you did. But also let me know if I'll find the contents of the Aburi accord there
One Nigeria is a scam.
Big one dear
2.
DON’T TRY THE FOOD!
Omg
You eat with your hands.
Wtf
2.
You get some tasteless white dough shit to grab the food.
Don’t work...
There is a greenish mush with fish in it.
LOTS OF PEPPER for some odd reason...
“Tastes better than it looks”...
What my uncle said..
Bit I couldn’t finish is.
No regrets, it was enjoyable at times.
I loved the green part. Delicious!
But it could not get out of its own way...
Thumbs down.
And this from a dude who LOVES Ethiopian food.
Don’t mind the hands. Dough is in a flat bread like circle
And it’s actually fun to eat with your hands.🤔
Only occurred to me just now, that I had no issue eatIng manually before.
@@og-greenmachine8623 okay weird flex but go off I guess if you think being disrespectful is funny🙄 (had to edit because I think you misunderstood my sarcasm).
@@sosa9220
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The truth is that Biafra fought good fight and if not for outside support for Nigeria Biafra for win the war hands-down
They fought and sacrifice their lives to give us future and dignity!
Now I understand why the Hausas are making sure every family at their end joins the military
There is a quota that allows for equal numbers from every state to join the military. They print the ads and the results for the interviews and recruitments in every newspaper annually. Another fun fact since 1960 the south has had a higher number of officers in the armed forces Whoever is feeding y'all this BS info is probably out there in the north making bank and telling others to keep away or something. Otherwise how in this information age are you guys getting this wrong?
@@MegaJohny56 let's hope so o
But fun fact hope you in Nigeria the middle belt has more military personal in Nigeria?
@@franko1623 it's personnel not personal and each state has a second amount of recruits that correspond to their state population. These things are fixed and are public knowledge. For every one of you kids who decides ignorance is bliss there are several from your village that do know. When those ones are becoming governors and president's don't go and blame "Hausa man"
@@MegaJohny56 so who has the highest count of states.
@@MegaJohny56 shut up idiot. answer the question.
I have read books and seen many documentaries about the war. What baffles me most is the nonchalant way with which present Igbo leaders go about there affairs. There share of revenue which is supposed to be reinvested into the states, to build and provide the necessary employment within the states are not being utilized. I would expect that the antecedents of BIAFRA would be a source of motivation to turn BIAFRA land into a mini heaven. Instead you get greedy politicians without clear objective. The east could be far much better if Eastern leaders see the need to use available resources as a means to creat a survival chain for the Eastern child.
What the east need is a change in mindset and not exactly a change in region. As an Eastern Child I worry that even if Biafra be alone, this present crops of leaders doesn't have the spirit of the heroes past.
They will be on their heels when Biafra come
Eastern POLITICIANS r comprised of BASTARDS
Most of them are yet to READ THE HANDWRITINGS ON THE WALL...but time will tell
Oh...God bless BIAFRA,I cry whenever I come across this videos and it makes me weep 😢😭😭😭 bitterly when I remember wat my parents went through but unfortunately they are no more today,my father believed so much in Biafra even we still have BIAFRA MONEY 💵💷 IN MY father's box 📦📦, I pray we succeed in pushing what belongs to us 🙏 BIAFRA must come,I don't care how long it takes but it must surely come,ALL HAIL BIAFRA 🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️
Good my brother me too I like #biafra#
I am a Benin, I believe that if people are so happy leaving and being on their, let them be
😭😭😭😭 kaiiii this is what our ancestors went through enough to the humiliation Nigeria have caused us
😁🇳🇬🇳🇬let see when the biafran shell succeeding
Nonsense Biafra is dead ans gone
Wow our Biafran people had very high spirits if we had succeeded with Independence Biafra would have been one of the most prosperous nations in Africa.
Now doubt about it
@@solomonpaul5317but the Nigerians are treating the Igbos badly in lagos, the yurobas don’t want one nigeria, and the Igbos want to have their Biafra back and form their own government. And live peacefully in The Biafra republic. The hatred of the Igbo is real. Tribalism can never bring people together, instead, it separates them.there will never be one Nigeria because Nigeria is the most tribalism country in Africa.tribalism divides people.
@@flobekoereligion too
How is it that gowon and ojukwu are more intelligent than the leaders we have today
Apparently
They were all trained by the British
Good bless the Biafra Republic and Yoruba Nation 🙏
What has the Yorubas got to do with Biafra. We are totally different people pls we not together and never will be.
@@Yemi-ej2hc Yes, we are different people and will never be together. Enjoy.
I was thère God help us left to Gabon stayed in the refugee camp for 7 days...came out in Caritas light aircraft that was reeking of stockfish..with 2 babiès...we flew over Lagos and the said .."anyone to go down here"irony of the Brits....i went later to Barbados....
Quite an experience. Thanks for sharing.
My mom was a little girl during the war. She told me stories about the war. There was no food. They dug bunkers to hide.
I must be the age of your mother. Yes she told you the truth.
War is no picnic.
Hi
@@nnamdiumunnabuike3831 hi
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What still baffles me is how they were able to hold off the well equipped and well funded Nigerian army for 3years...
Survival was their only option, in such a scenario you have no choice but to give all you got. That was Biafra's motivation.
Biafran is an ideology and determination so they gave all their strength to the last that was why their lasted that long but their strength was not enough then unlike today and now
Biafran fighting spirit and Incompetent Nigerian military officers like Murtala Muhammed made the war last longer than it needed to be
...amidst the shortage of weapons on the BIAFRAN ARMY side, those High Spirited gallant soldiers were very sharp at the war fronts, and the surviving nigerian soldiers still attest to the bravery of BIAFRAN SOLDIERS. Their engineers were really smart in designing weapons to add to what they literally possessed... SHAME on Britain, Russia including others that fought on nigeria side. Interestingly, Russia is paying the price with Ukraine today with other republics of then USSR blossoming in political and economic progress.
For nigeria, what can one interpret??..a COMPLETELY FAILED SYSTEM with no defined political focus where citizens are in anguish and poverty while politicians parade in corruption with wealth stashed from public funds...
well they werent as underequipped as many say. They were heavily supported by France Portugal and Apartheid era South Africa all of whom wanted Nigeria to fail to further keep blacks in bondage. Even before the war Ojukwu had began to stockpile arms using his own funds and the money given by the federal government following the heinous pogroms commited against the igbos. Other factors for success include initiative of the rebels in terms of agressive tactics and in improvising materiel to make weapons. this ranged from land mines to tanks and aircraft. Also the knowledge of ground they fought on was employed. And the passion was there. The rebel leaders said they would all die if they lost so they were literally fighting for their lives. In the end they lost and many former rebels served later in the Nigerian Armed Forces which is a good thing because real warriors are worth their weight in gold.
Nigeria would have collapsed without Biafra and thats why they fought tooth and nail to keep them. They needed their brain power
If that makes you feel better about it then enjoy..
Then support their agitation to see them leave! God damn.
Consolation is the opium of the vanquished😂😂😂
What brain power are you talking about or you must be a child of something ,the area of Biafra as natural resources that the world powers require to fuel their industries and also land is the greatest natural resource on the planet .. nobody kills another group of people for their brain power ,lol that's just Ignorant
And thats why the you are living in Lagos as if its anambra or any igbo land. Ode, You better go and build the east and live there
Interviewer: How old are you?
Young Biafran: I am 10 yrs.
Interviewer: Doou know why Biafra is fighting?
Young Biafran: Biafra is fighting for survival.
I hope the young chap survived the war.
I hope so too. He is my hero!
Heres a man who fought for equality , he inspire until this day so in that sense he succeeded Even if he died while fighting , his blessed gallant soul shall never be among those useless and timid who knows neither victory nor defeat
Heres a man who fought for equality , he inspire until this day so in that sense he succeeded Even if he died while fighting , his blessed gallant soul shall never be among those useless and timid who knows neither victory nor defeat
THE BIAFRA SPIRIT IS ALIVE!..
Nigerian will never be at peace for this type of suffering which biafran suffered in their hands
@Wash Harry u r a f00l
Thanks Man/Woman for this video... These are my People... Biafran is here to stay...
All hail Biafra...
Iseee
Bro you deh shout biafra na una corse these the hungry for una self and I although I know that Nigeria Government is bad but e nor mean say una go separate each other and if you guys don't stop you guys will never get your freedom and know this Nigeria and Biafra are all one deh play for there
@@godfreyatewe A group of people shouldn't be forced to join the contraption called Nigeria, Nigeria is a mistake that shouldn't have been
God bless Bịafra! We must get Biafra in this generation.
You can go ahead I wish you best of luck
Then ready for death
Then ready for death
Isee
The Biafrans really suffered, and still the same today.
Using hunger and starvation as a means of bringing your adversaries to their knees is just plain evil. Its wickedness of the highest order.
Also the oldest form of warfare.
it probably saved lives by shortening the war
@@gerald1495 no it didn't
The Igbos stood a very great chance of winning if Ojukwu had planned very well. Food is very important, never rely on your enemy for food during war. You should even be afraid of poisoning. Ojukwu should have cleared thousands of hectares of land and plant different kinds of food. These farmlands must not be at the border and must be secured by soldiers.
Also, Ojukwu didn't sell the Biafra vision properly to the minority groups.
@@seuna.8438 your suggestion makes sense for someone that has time Ojukwu had no time and was pressured to declare the republic
It is very dangrous to fight war but to avoid war all we ask is referendum to determine our faith
God will restore back Biafra Amen
God save and bless Biafra
Many heads has gone down for this course of freedom
I was born in the 1970s, a time when the United States frequently broadcasted scenes of the Biafra/Nigeria civil war. Despite being unfamiliar with the people or reasons behind the conflict during that time, we were constantly exposed to distressing images of malnourished African individuals and children with bloated stomachs, emaciated frames, and flies covering their mouths. Unfortunately, this contributed to a mistaken belief among some of the so-called American Negroes, that the entire African continent faced these issues. Learning in 2017 that many of our ancestors were actually of the Igbo nation was intriguing, and prompted me to delve deeper into my heritage. It breaks my heart to now learn that the Nigeria/Biafra civil war was our people and America never told us. It's ok because the truth is coming out. We know who we are and they are moving fast to past all types of legislation to censor us.
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Thanks for your comment, the TRUTH REMAINS that issues behind the causes of Biafra/Nigeria civil war still linger. The fact is that the country 'Nigeria' has not proven to the world any atom of willingness to forge ahead with a proper vision void of religious and ethnic bigotry ravaging its economy and socio-political progress.
It is very sad and unfolding to observe that regional conflicts still exist in Nigeria to this day WITH NO LESSONS LEARNT.
Am a yuroba man this is why nigeria should be divided...the northerners are very heartless they think they own nigeria is just too sad.
Oh really so finally you come to the realization of the Northerners. Yall finally woke up
😁🤣Joker of the week
I’m from the north and I take offense because you southwestern have been killing us
Hippocrates, now want to make conspiracy
We must win all hail biafra
What a documentary on Biafra war. The best so far. What a war too self determination nd bravery nd foolishness on part of we Nigerians cos it was an unnecessary war If only we swallow our pride nd love each other genuinely. Shalom
Nigeria is yet to pick up her pieces but BIAFRANS ARE ALREADY MENDING THEIR NETS
Please I have a question for anyone who can answer me correctly here: did any of Ojukwu sons or nephews serve in the Biafran army at that time???
Co asking please?
Yes sir. Ojukwu's half brother, Tom Bigger died along side with Chukwuma Nzeogwu. His first son, Sylvester Debe Ojukwu who was 12 years in 1967,was a member of the Biafran boys company and fought alongside with Major Timothy Onwuatuegwu. Non of Ojukwu's children stayed abroad throughout those trying periods. Ojukwu closed one of his father's UK account worth 4m British pounds in order to prosecute the war. Reason why he is loved so much by ndigbo despite Gowon's government attempts to paint him as a devil after the war.
Having said this: am not an advocate of war or any break up of Nigeria through violent means. I am an advocate of principle of Federalism and a just society.
YES!
@@kingsleyoffor6752 His kids were abroad, and his family like much of the rebel high command received preferential treatment during the war. It was common place in the army to have ones brothers and cousins as orderlies ADCs close escort etc, to share the small resources available while the proverbial sons of no man bore the brunt. Theres a tendency to romanticise that terrible struggle but even on the rebel side there were those who acted selfishly and wickedly. In the end Ojukwu fled to comfort and abandoned his people who had sacrificed EVERYTHING for a lost cause
I can't stop 😭 crying while watching what the Zoo so called Nigeria did to my own people Biafra and I swear to my God that I must chase them away from my own land of Biafra
😂😂😂😂😂
Biafran must stand by God grace lseeeeeeeeeee
Iseee
@@chiomafranciscachioma3457😂😂😂😂
thought you forgot about us with all your great interviews as of late! 😉
The bitter truth is, in as much as the Igbo's want Biafra, they aren't strong enough to do that even over 50yrs after the war... I feel the hatred for Nigeria has made them not plan effectively. During that 50years, they could have planned there ways into the army and top position by pretending to like the north just like yorubas do. Benefit from your enemy, gain strength and plan effectively for getting Biafra. The truth is, the east will still suffer if the north starves them which was one of the reasons of losing the war. All I see is emotional cry for Biafra, no strategies. Any war now will result in the same result as the first;this time, it won't even last a week. Planning is key
This has nothing to do with a war that happened 50 years ago, the things that caused that war, and the lessons learned from it. Do you think that the majority of the Igbo and the other Easterners clamoring for Biafra or whatever separate nation want that? Do you think that any group in Nigeria wants war? Most Nigerians, then and now, want to remain one. Your comment is the problem about Nigeria on both sides but particularly the non-"Biafrans", whether you are right or wrong, you misunderstand the issue. Listen to why they're so angry
The Yorubas did that and what has come of that? Are the Yorubas any more or less developed overall than the Igbos? Is Western Nigeria (apart from Lagos) any better in terms of quality of life compared to Eastern Nigeria. What has being subservient to the Northerners done for you? In the 60+ years since Nigeria's independence, have the Yoruba people benefitted from the "enemy", gained strength, and planned effectively for the growth and success of their people? Do you think Nnamdi Kanu represents the majority of Igbos? He doesn't. MASSOB and IPOB don't represent what Easterners really want. When you hear Nigerians complain about Oodua Republic or Biafra Republic or revolution or reconstruction, there's a reason why?
"Plan ways into the army and the top positions"? Lmao please. Do you think after the Civil War, that the Northerners would even allow the Igbos to sniff the top positions in the military and government? Yorubas make that sound as easy as some of these Igbos think achieving Biafra is. No wonder Nigeria is messed up. The British gave the least capable ones (the Hausa/Fulani) all the power, and the ones that are left are either too idealistic/delusional (the Igbos) or too nonchalant/subservient (the Yorubas) to do anything
The war wasn’t planned at all, the secession was an impromptu response to the pogroms in the north. You can see there was no premeditation at all, if there was, it would have been well thought out, and more likely successful. But now, nothing stops eastern Nigeria from forging its own destiny even within the Nigerian state. With the right political leadership, eastern Nigeria can realise its true potential, without a war, which was d original quest prior to Biafra.
And the suffisticated yorubas are having their lands invaded daily and maybe now advanced like China after the 50 years.
In 1945 , 53, 66 etc these people are massively killed in their numbers up north because of perhaps igbophobia.
Ahmadu Bello brought northernization policy , was that the time they would have started the romance?
Do you mean they should have folded their hands to self development to be good boys so you don't loot their shops in lagos or kano?
Was it an igbo that reneged on the Aburi accord?
Was it Ojukwu that shot the first bullet?
Did Ojukwu declare war?
When he declared a state of Biafra he asserted that he has the option for negotiations on the table and if Nigeria cared about oneness why didn't they explore it?
The children, and women including those in Asaba who danced to welcome the federal troops and at the end got massacred was that how wars are fought?
There's no emotions about truth.
Today both you or the other willing tools used for the genocides are as affected as the supposed vanquished.
Biafrans didn't call for war and the propaganda of using the past event to cow the igbos is unfounded, how has the middle Belt fared in their silence and romance, today their lands are taken and renamed. Same way Kwara state is now an Emirate of the caliphate
The north is too busy starving its own people.
They could not have sufferd for too long and so much without having a purpose
17:28
Starting from the beginning we put God at the fore front, I don't know why God has abandoned us tears rolling down my cheeks
That belief in god, a falsehood created by the white man, is why people are suffering. Wake up if there ever was a god he left this place long ago and is never coming back
Did you not hear what the humble brother at 26:11 said? Go listen if not because its as true today as it was back then.
And YHWH has not abandoned us
" we know that all things work together for good to them that love Elohim/God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” Romans 8:28
But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with YHWH as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
YHWH is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
2 peter ch 3
Watch from 26:11
and pray for the unbelieving scoffers.
Britain and Nigeria must pay for evil perpetrated on the biafrans
How convenient, they skipped the aburi accord and the fact that the british, russia, Egypt, chad and niger supported the Nigerian government to commit genocide. Till date no one is explaining why a military coup should be tribalised? Even this reporter said and i quote "The igbos showed a new found arrogance" as his own way to justify the killing of civilians. I conclude that he is from one of the afore-mentioned countries. Either we restructure this insanely corrupt geographical expression or we all move on. The global economy has no patience for dead wood/sh*t hole countries
Please can someone explain to me?
I'm not saying the actions of federal Nigeria during the Civil War are justifiable, but the 1966 coup d’etat was primarily led by the Igbo military commanders which killed the Nigerian PM, the Northern Premier and many other key political figures.
This coup laid the precedence for the marginalization of the Igbos and the pogroms that ensued in Northern Nigeria right?
Going by this, the Igbos inadvertently caused their marginalization and also the Civil war by declaring an independent Biafra, or is there something else I'm missing?
You're missing the 6months between the coup the and the pogroms. What was Nigeria like during that period? Don't forget Nigerians were joyful about the coup. Start from there.
Just go and do your homework, stop asking stupid questions without doing any research.
Juxtaposing both comments I can see one is a man/woman and one is just a mere child, a simple and harmless question doesn’t warrant an insult.
You can do better
In the first place,the 1966 coup weren't Igbo coup. Major Adewale Ademoyega who was among the first three officers that Initiated the coup was a Yoruba man. How can a coup that was intended to make Awolowo the prime minister be called an Igbo coup?
In those days Igbo officers dominated the elite corps of the army therefore, there no are way you can plan a coup without the preponderance of Igbo soldiers.
I recommend "Why we struck" by Major Adewale Ademoyega for understanding.
You are evil, what caused the coup? The coup happened because of the crisis in the west. Awolowo was the one jailed for planinin the coup and the coup plotters revealed they wanted to make him President, Before Biarfra over 70 thousand Igbos were killed in the north. All these you neglected because of your evil soul
New Subscriber🍉Oh Biafra your spirit is very much ALive.❤
When I was young I read a novel entitled "Shameful Sacrifice" and it was about Biafra war. Hard to forget, though more than 20 years ago.
Biafra meant everything to them they will kill for it and they will as happily die for it
yet they surrendered at a point when they had more arms an ammo than they ever had. War is stupid
@@oompaloompa3188 Biafra was supported by France, Israel, South Africa and Portugal to mention the main ones. why call names brah? There are a lot of reasons the rebels lost, the minorities in the south east/southsouth didn't fully support them, their own high command bickered among themselves, several Biafran officials stole the money meant to buy arms and food, dont forget their leader took off abandoning everybody at the end too.
You must understand that foreign support for belligerents in wars is not a new thing it is actually as old as time itself so it is a poor excuse. The bottom line 2 sides fought one side lost and the country got back together. Now I challenge you to nam one major country where after their civil ended and under 10 years got a vice president from that area.
The only post ibo man hasnt held in naij is president but chief of army , air, defence, naval , minister of defence sef, senate president Ibos have held it. Dont sel yur self short Nigeria is for all of us and to say ibo man is the only one suffereing you know its a lie. relax your mind it is well with all of us. One love
@@MegaJohny56 pls stop those your lies, where you parade yourself to be Igbo. You and I know DAT you are not.
@@nwankwonwachukwu5277 you must be like 8years old judging by the comments I made and your utterly irrelevant response. LOL
jazeelius 1 I like history and the Nigerian Civil War is considered the first modern war in sub Saharan Africa
We can never forget even when comes
It is very difficult to absorb the impunity or crime against humanity perpetrated against the igbo people between 1967 to 1970. The war may have ended but marginalization, injustice and the things that led to war still persisted in Nigeria. One group believe they are more Nigerian than the other, and infact they believe they own Nigeria. Fulani has hijacked everything, and have resorted to killing innocent igbo people for no apparent reasons. They want to incite war again. God will save his people!
When the boy said... I am ten years old...i felt so sad...wow
I stand for Biafra
Your dead grandfathers did too.
Go and sit down.
@@tlig ewu
Wow!?? I am from Trinidad. They look just like Afro- Caribbeans, or rather we look like them. Much love.
Ur right there are ur blood these tribe is called Igbo they were sold into slavery to America hope u have ones had of Igbo land in the show of Virginia? Is not to to UA-cam and type it then watch ok
A lot of carribeans are of igbo ancestry...
10:30, Biafra is fighting for survival.
That part got me.
from a 10years old soldier.....tears dropped from my eyes
Igbos we shall arise, Biafrans our voices will never go silent… Igbo Amaka, Isee
62 years later, and Nigeria hasn't got better. We are on course to being the poorest nation in the world, insecurity is at an all time high. The same people that were oppressing the Igbos are now oppressing every person in Nigeria. The Igbos saw the oppression way before now and wanted out but they didnt let us. Go to Nigeria right now and ask anyone citizen there if they really want Nigeria
Yours truly @16:45. Time flies without memory fading at equally fast pace.
is that you Sir???
@@franixbw3593 Yes, young fellow. Thanks for caring enough to inquire. We saw hell in Biafra as children, that's why I am always opposed to going to another war unprepared -- your generation must not witness the hardship and misfortune that ours witnessed. By the time we were done with that meal that afternoon, over 10 kids had dropped dead in that shack, it so continued everyday and at all hours until mid January 1970.
Nothing do you my brother’s
It shall be well with you all , wherever you people may be at this time.
Your sacrifice for Biafra shall never be in vain.
The almighty God shall grant us Biafra at his appointed time.
May the soul of all the Biafran soldiers who paid the supreme price Rest In Peace ✌️. In the name of Jesus Christ.
The Igbos were truly your friends and that's why you.Gowon.allowed the Igbos to be slaughtered 😢.
You will never be our friend Gowon.
May the gentle souls of all the Biafran soldiers who died rest in perfect peace 😢.
My brothers died too 😢❤😢
I will never forget this in my mind 😢
I bleed when I watch the suffering of my people
Am still shocked till today that Gowon still walks around freely, he's supposed to be in prison.. because he carried out genocide during this time
God we need your help to get on what we wanted, we pray O Lord.
"war or not, business continues"
What a line.
Says alot
It was oil war.
@@ugobenokwu oil war for who? Not for the biafrans
That's the spirit of igbo which still causes Nigeria govt to not allow igbo man to be free. Igbo man can build an empire just in few days, that's God's blessings.
I hate that this war happened. It shouldn't have happened in the first place. It breaks my heart.
I must be sincere with you, I am highly impressed with this video. the reason for the war is still on and the British with their evil system never stop killing the people through the Hausa killing squad recently the world witness it as oppression Python dance .thanks
Pop Poppop you forgot the time that aguiyi Ironsi and top Igbos Army killed Hausa and Yoruba leaders, now you have a mouth to talk 🤔
@@muhammadibrahimsulaiman4262 tell both sides..
Michael Heery why didn’t you tell pop polio to tell both sides.
Yep. I see it in their country how they treat the ones who went there somehow.
@@muhammadibrahimsulaiman4262 this time the war will get to your village stupid animal
We have suffered and is enough... We need be free
The marginalization which caused the war STILL CONTINUES, that's my greatest pain. Biafra must be free.
From Gowan speach he is my brother for calling Ibo his brother and he didn't terms war but rebel
Without weapon no matter how good your experience your army will only be in uniform until defeated.
Biafra will rise, God is with the Land if Biafra
Omo na only know that 1
Are you among those that are full of wickedness and hate for a certain section of the country, but allow them to be on their own, you won't. God kept gowon alive so that he will use the opportunity to tell the world what happened in Aburi Ghana, and how the housa Fulani has been following and executing their destructive plans against Nigerians. Rather he gowon choose to be fooling himself, always calling for prayers for a country that is already dead.
He MUST confess on what happened in Aburi...even the wicked world leaders knows.
I love my country Biafra 🥰 I pray we gain our freedom soonest
Biafra kwenu
Thanks to the Catholic priest who sacrificed his time and safety to remain to help the starving Biafra refugees. Thanks to this journalists who against all odds recorded some of these events with unbiased narratives. Thanks to everyone who in one way or the other stood for what was just … God bless your souls ❤
Biafra must restore this time in Jesus name Amen
2024-2025 we Igbo biafrans are here standing strong while Nigeria and it citizen suffer and economy crippled
Whenever I hear old Nigerian politicians and army officers I wonder what went wrong with their accents currently. Lol
Nothing! they are just speaking in their natural accent influenced by their own language. Last person i would expect to make fun of an accent is a Ghanaian who pronounce doctor as dacta.
I think back then they were influenced by the colonialists who were numerous. Now they are surrounded by their own people.
@@antnam4406 but the way we pronounce doctor is the same way, the custodian of the English language, Americans, Australians, Canadians all pronounce it so why are you the only country in the world who speak English with that pronunciation, make it make sense
@@antnam4406 who pronounce docta as docto except you so obviuosly something is wrong with ur english
@@worldformatics wtf is docta?
We shall NEVER GIVE UP on a conference table that which our ancestors are not willing to give up on the BATTLE FIELD. We are God own choosing people and by any means necessary WE SHALL CONQUER!!
God bless Biafrans.
Gowon will never go unpunish.iseeee🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💪is not a threat but a promise.and Biafra must come 🇲🇼.iseeeee
YA GAZIE...
This brought tears to my eyes....the lives lost cannot be recovered, why allow them die just like that, when you’re still going to surrender and run away, while the did is done. I pray for the souls of the departed to Rest In Peace. More importantly, the families that lost ppl, why I hate war. I pray God’s divine strength, courage and protection upon their children’s grandchildren in Jesus mighty name
Ojukwu doesn't get enough condemnation for the role he played in the conflict. He essentially took them into a needless war - all the time knowing they stood no chance of winning - then bailed when it was his time to face the same death he'd brought upon many of his own people.
@@tlig BROTHER BEFORE YOU CHAT SHIT YOU THINK
EVERY BODY WAS AGAINST IGBOS AND NO AMMUNITION WAS GIVEN TO THEM AS THEY MADE THIERS WITH SCRAPPS THE COLLOCTED
SINCE YOU ARE STUPID JUST SHUT UP
SECONDLY A GROUP OF PEOPLE ARE FED UP WITH A PARTICULAR PLACE AND WANTS TO LEAVE
IS IT HARD TO GRANT THEM
FOOOOLL
@@geenonar it is not. It's a statement of fact. Ambitions over reality
@@tlig then Gowon who desperately wanted to unite people who didn't want to get involved becomes what? A saint??
Thunder fire you and your fake pity
But why was ojukwu not soliciting for foreign aids in terms of arms and foods? This is what i always talk about planning ,the recent resurgent must be properly planned . Foreign alliances , establishment of plantations meechanised farming etc
What time do you want him to use to plan , what you need to understand is that both Nigerians and Biafra never had in mind to fight war , because they are brothers, this war was created by the British to defend there selfish interests, when they noticed that ojuku was intelligent enough to think of good governance for the country, what ojuku was fighting for how many years ago , is what everyone is discussing today . Which is restructuring.
This video made me cry
Biafra don suffer too much
Nigeria 😠😠😡
Biafra we never give up ♥️♥️
I am crying in my heart looking at human beings destroying themselves because of greed. As a Yoruba, my heart is troubled, I pray we shall not witness another war in Nigeria or any other country. In war, there is no victor and vanquish, all are victims. Please, Nigeria let unite and if forced to fight, let us fight with our mouth, yabbing shiit at each other, fighting and spilling blood, misery, diseases and especially killing our children who are our future.
United Nigeria is our only hope and it must be.
I thank that fulani herdsmen jihadists terrorists are today kill you fools.
Fuck your family there idiot
@@uchemediatv9113 YOu igbos wont just learn, one idiot came from Uk and lied to u that he was fighting for u, ur grandfathers have killed themselves and you guy still want to follow their step. Even if you have the land the igbo greed will never let u grow
Nigeria will never be one bcos oil and water don't mixed together. Biafra will surely rise and be counted among the league of leading nations.
Well wether you fight or not you ill still dies so why not stand up for your people and fight for your freedom and liberty if it’s necessary
I can't stop crying...... Our people suffered.
WE are still thinking or what ?
I just wish nothing is rushed.
My Grandfather fought in the war
Mine too.
Nice video to remember our fallen father
The spirit of Biafra emancipation is much alive.
🙏🏾
@@CA-zf5kk THEN WHY NOT LET THEM GO BIAFRA HAD THEY PWN MONEY SO LET THEM GO STOP CONTROLING THIS IS NOT NICE THE IGBOS ARE THE REAL ONCE HOLDING NIGERIA
They say if you want to fix Africa, you have to fix Nigeria first.
Thank you CBC news. This seems like a genuine effort to tell the truth about BIAFRA.
This message is for the various Igbo and Yoruba groups in the Diaspora, it seems like we are in a better position to help those back home. Ibadan Descendants Union, Eze Ndigbo, etc., USA, UK, France, etc., need to join forces and take Britain to the International Court of Justice, Hague. They must admit what they did to our people and also be part of the Solution ("Great Solution" especially to quell any agitation from the North). We are not asking for reparations (even though we could as well ask for damages to cover the big loans and indebtedness of the current country). Then "We The People" can truly decide our own destiny. The Southern people have the right to determine their self-government and the right to a more stable union. Our people need us, what can we do for our "Country"?
Yup. Exactly. Should be tried there at the Hague.
They owe us in America you think they care
Gowon was 35years then, oh boy! that man speaks wisdom.
Benson Bibi he was very hypocritical the hausas were only fighting to protect the investment of thier british masters, they killed 5 million igbos and stripped them of all thier resources he is a devil, now look at nigeria and tell me the biafran were not right to want to leave that evil union
@@seanokezie5968 yes
He speaks wisdom by declaring war on those wants to exit a union. I never knew it is wisdom to force a union. It very obvious that he was manipulated by the Brits because of discovered oil resources in the South. Mind you the various regions were doing fairly well in terms of economy before then. So whoever was telling him he needed to go to way to force a union wasn't really interested in unity but the newly discovered oil fields.
Gowon was nothing else but a dangling puppet on Termite infested strings. LET GOWON take his wisdom grammar to boko haram and fulani herdsmen ravaging his communities in plateau regions and other states. HAS HE EVER ADDRESSED THE CORRUPT NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS OF ANY REGIME?!. .OR HAVE YOU EVER HEARD HIS ADVICE ON PROFERING SOLUTIONS TO FIX NIGERIA'S BATTERED ECONOMY OR HARDSHIPS FACED BY NGERIA CITIZENS?? G-D has mercifully kept him breathing to witness his atrocity and the whirling cries of innocent babies and all the women they abused...KINDLY CLICK ON THE END OF PONTIUS PILATE AND LEARN an educating account of what befalls power drunk people in authority...
Never war again bcox my father is 63 na is among the Nigerian army he tell me so many stories about capturing Enugu onisha umuahia kudos for my dadi that you fought well but now days Igbos want the war to happened again you never see anything ask father's
Nigeria is never and cannot be one...nothing unites the country apart from the English language
Like do you think you can fight the IGBOS one on one without the help of anyone?