Articles tagged "Biafra"

Ireland and Biafra Compared: Historical Hatred for Empires and Veneration of Nation-states in the 1900s

By Kingsley C. Ezeuwa

April 14, 2022

The inherent violence, exploitative nature, and unscrupulous expansionism of empires accounted for their remarkable global chastisement in the 20th century. Diplomatic architects of the fall of empires perceived the nation-state …

The devastating cycle: the Impacts of the Indigenous People of Biafra’s Sit-at-Home protests on the informal economy of northern Igboland

By Chima J. Korieh, Uzodimma Samson, Kenneth Chinedu Asogwa

April 14, 2022

This article examines the connection between the Sit-at-Home protest of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the impact on the informal economy of rural dwellers in Enugu State, Nigeria. …

Colonialism and Anioma Strides in Nigeria up to the Nigeria-Biafra War

By Odigwe A. Nwaokocha

November 22, 2021

The story of European colonialism and the forces it let loose in modern Nigeria can never be over-emphasized as they continue to shape and define socio-political developments in many ways. …

The Biafra Army: A Historical and Epistemological Study of the Nexus Between War and Diplomacy in Igboland, 1967 – 1970

By Williams E. Orukpe, Osorgu A. Obiajulu

May 21, 2021

This paper examines the nexus between war and diplomacy from a historical perspective. The Igbo people of Nigeria are one of its three dominant ethnic groups. The 1959 National Council …

Biafran African Runaways in 18th-Century Jamaica and Saint-Domingue: Evidence for an Atlantic African Ecumene

By Douglas B. Chambers

November 21, 2014