God Bless Biafra.

If someone really wants to learn more, there is this site: www.biafraland.com

their navigation scheme is weird, but trust me, all the pages are actually there.  Of course, the site's creators are biased, however, some of their resources are independent (to the point of not being nigerian in orgin).

I don't think at this point, anyone can talk about the relative leaderworthiness of anyone at that time.  There is so much about what went on that we DONT know.  However, there is much that we do.  The climate of nigeria at that time was deadly for Igbos.  It it not too hard to see why things ended up the way they are.

Given the long memories of nigerians, (many of whom were alive during that time), one cannot quite put aside their emotions.  I wouldn't expect a newly freed slave in 1860's USA to have had much trust for whites. . . neither would I expect that person's views to have changed much 30+ years later.

And perhaps, maybe some people love Nigeria soooo much, they want to have two of her.

the biafra flag is soo pretty!! their money is too.  i love the  nigerian money too, especially the one with the farmers on the back....is it N40 or N20? i don't know!

I love the way the Nigerian music come on when you  enter the the site. They even have a National anthem this is so cool, Man I can't wait for my parents to get back from work so I can show this to them.

Anybody who regards Ojukwu as a leader should be checked by a doctor. Anyman who would put the lives of Millions in danger just to pursue a useless cause, should not be let out of a psychiatric ward. Let me ask this question to everybody, when an Igbo man who thinks he has been mistreated by other Nigerians becomes president tomorrow, would he work for the well being of Nigerians, or try to regain lost years of his tribe not being in power?. This is one of the problems of Nigerian politics today, instead of voting for the right man or woman, we indeed vote for incompetent fools, just because they are from our tribes. Hmmmm what a pity

Nonsense.  Why don't you explain it in your own words?  How do we know that you have read all those books and websites you are asking us to waste our time reading?  Go sit down. 

Up Igboland and Ibos, down Biafra.  That is my song.  Ojukwu a hero?  You must be joking.

@ Ababoy1

I believe Seun is simply asking for your summary of the war, its causes and effects. I.e. your analysis based on your interpretation of the links you posted above. Of course your summary may not, in fact will not do complete justice to the war, but the key points and intrigues will be evident.

If more complex events than the Biafran war can be summarised, there is no reason why you cannot provide one.

@ Ababoy and Allonym

Thank you so much for your suggested readings and websites I'll check em' all out. I listen to the Biafran news the have on the Biafranation website, and man these guys are for real. I see why Seun and all his So called Igbo friends are shaking in their boots every time the word Biafra comes up.

I was in Jos Plateau State a few years ago cause I still have some extended family members out there, and I saw for my own naked eyes what the stupid God for saken Hausa goats did the the Igbo business, words can't even distripe the distruction. And  you want me to sit around a camp fire and hold hands with a Hausa man. The can all get hit by lighting and die for all I care. I better stop, all the shit make me just want to.........

               mochafella, Do elections work in Nigeria?

There is usually an attempt to romanticize something like the Biafran war because of the proximity of the populace to valiant attempts made against all odds. some Americans (especially from the deep south) still have fond tales of the american civil war whcih took place over 100yrs ago.
It's only just feelings my brother. It will not happen again by distributing fake biafran pounds or flying biafran flags; no it wont.
It will take an armed struggle of which no winner will emerge.

" Ojukwu did not even go into the war itself!!!!!!!! he only issued orders while his fellow tribal folks were getting killed on the warfront. "


   gbade-------How do you know that Ojukwu did not go into war? Where you in any war theater? Ojukwu was in the theater more times than Gowon. When he is in any theater, he commanded from the front line. I happen to be one of thousands of Biafran soldiers he commanded on two occasions. He is a great Army General.

Great. I can understand where your coming from now when you say you want Biafra.

have you ever considered the fact that if (i doubt) Biafra is created, after a year or maybe not even, the nation might be divided up again tribally. let's say cross river igbos against Enugu igbos. you know what i mean?

my point is: Advocating for Biafra just because you can't stand or hate the other two major tribes doesn't really affect anything because when Biafra is formed, so will new tribes within the new nation be formed and it's going to start over again.

Personal interest/gain is also one of the reasons some people want Biafra even though i might be wrong.

To be honest, I don't see anything wrong with the way it sounds.

I am not going to participate in criticizing either side.  Actually, I feel that both Gowon's and Ojukwu's response was inevitable.  Ojukwu was one of the few surviving Generals after successful and botched coups where most of the survivors happened to be Igbos.  This triggered widespread persecution (involving killings) of Igbo's especially in the north.  Many thus fled to their "fatherland".   What I've just said isn't a matter of opinion.  These are factsunless of course you don't believe itlike the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who is insistent that the holocaust is a fabrication of zionists.  (He also claims that Zionists, Israel and the USA were significantly involved in creating the Danish cartoons which have sparked such contreversy - but he is another topic unto itself).

So, this is a very partial description of the situation that both men where thrown into.  I don't think other than people who were close to or the men themselves, noone can really say why they continued to polarize away from each other.  Certainly the domestic situation each faced was different enough that it would already create problems in terms of what each would individually see as the next step for Nigeria.  Also, both had their primary obligation to separate (and agitating) parts of Nigeria.

. . .

There is more I want to say, but I need to goto sleep.  Basically, I'm saying that I don't think anyone can really make critical statements about either men, at least not without some token disclaimer acknowledging that both sides did somethings right and wrong, and the possibility that both men (at some point) were motivated by altruistic sentiments.

Do I see a Frontpage Wizard website? Guess yes.

No true web designer in Biafra? Hire 1 from Nigeria. Please pay him in Naira!

@Africanboy


How funny, Ever considered a vocation as a comedian?

Ojukwu will always be  a hero in my eyes, I don't care what Seun or anyone else here has to say about this great warrior.I really don't know anyone today at Ojukwu's age before the war  can stand up to the Government of Nigeria for his people.

Please People let's not drag this man's name in the mud for he is one of the greatest heroes Nigerians(Igbos) ever had.

What do u think that heavily armed Olusengun Obasanjo and Murtala Muhammed should have done to Ojukwu if they caught him in 1969. These people have been bombing villages without asking questions killing millions of women and children for nothing. What do u think they will do to Ojukwu.
The greatest fighter is the man who lived to fight another day. He came back to Nigeria and perticipated in politics because the yorubas and hausas have promised to return Nigeria to what it was before the war. The kind of Nigeria that he liked but the hausas chose the type of Nigeria where the Igbos will be slaughtered daily without questions.
We can not also say that his going toi Ivory Coast would have lasted for ever if the war continued. He has to retreat and possibly look for help elsewhere. He can't do it in Nigeria then because he would have been dead along with more of millions of Igbos. His subbordinates (Effiong) decided to stop the war instead. If not somebody like Alexander Madiebo and others have planned Guerilla warfare which im sure the heavy handed Nigerian Troops could not have handled.
So, bro. Ojukwu is a hero.