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Biafra: The Unfinished Autonomy Argument

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Prelude to War: Politics, Fear and the Mass Exodus THE Biafra conflict remains one of Nigeria’s most contested political ruptures. Historical records show that after the 1966 counter-coup, over 1 million Easterners fled northern Nigeria, returning to a region ill-prepared for mass resettlement. Camps sprang up in school halls, church compounds, civic centres, and forest […]

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Beyond The Igbo Narrative: Untangling The Forgotten History & Politics Of ‘Biafra’

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FOR decades, public conversations about Biafra have been framed through a narrow lens—one that equates the idea almost exclusively with the Igbo ethnic group. The South-South, in particular, has remained sharply divided, with many communities dismissing Biafra as an Igbo-centric agenda. But a closer look at history, cartography, colonial records, and political evolution reveals a […]

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