ezeagu:


How can such a document be so hard to procure? It's utter nonsense and you'd be better using this time to research actual Igbo history.

This not about igbo history
This is about Biafra
Biafra ie: Igbo, Ibibio (ibibio/efik), Izon (aka ijaw), Isoko, Isobo (aka urobo), itshekiri, igala, igede and Igbanke (take note of the "I" initials in all of them)

Can't really tell you where exactly you can verify that information now
But like I said
Do some research if you want to really find the truth
Don't just wave this information aside


You have to also note that there are lots of info on Biafra the British has hidden away from the public

ezeagu:
[size=18pt]A load of sh[/size][size=18pt]it. Stop the Jew worship.[/size]

What a useless pile of garbage. This is why I don't like this sourceless, baseless name Biafra. Nobody know the meaning of the nonsense name and you must know nothing or a big liar if you think anyone was calling themselves "Biafara" before 1967. I won't even address the Judeo-Christian nonsense because that can not be cured with an internet post.

Some of you are simply demented, even when slapped with common sense, you still vow to voluntary remain intellectual paraplegics. Forget about the existence or non-existence of 'Jew origin'. Was there a Biafra (as recorded by european explorers) before the word Niggeria came into existence? Yes or No!
Yes! and you call it 'nonsense name'? If You prefer "Nigger area" name given to you by a slut named flora shaw? You are sick in the head ....Sir!

this is it

Beesluv:
I used to think Biafra means war because of that film "biafran war"

Please don't joke with what a man hold sacred, that is a path to the making of war.

Biafra isn't an Igbo word nor coin from Igbo language, it's of Portuguese origin dating back to the 15th century, in fact, in present day Portugal, there's a town named Biafra. The word Biafra was taken from the Bight of Biafra, renamed Bight of Bonny by Federal Government after the Biafran Nigerian War to obliterate Biafra from Nigerians' conscienceness.

ezeagu:
[size=18pt]A load of sh[/size][size=18pt]it. Stop the Jew worship.[/size]

What a useless pile of garbage. This is why I don't like this sourceless, baseless name Biafra. Nobody know the meaning of the nonsense name and you must know nothing or a big liar if you think anyone was calling themselves "Biafara" before 1967. I won't even address the Judeo-Christian nonsense because that can not be cured with an internet post.

Biafra isn't an Igbo word nor
coin from Igbo language, it's of Portuguese origin
dating back to the 15th century, in fact, in present day
Portugal, there's a town named Biafra. The word
Biafra was taken from the Bight of Biafra, renamed
Bight of Bonny by Federal Government after the
Biafran Nigerian War to obliterate Biafra from
Nigerians' conscienceness.

Zinicc:

I used to know you are a whor.e.

Many are mad but few are roaming. zinicc is mad and zinicc is roaming ......

lalasticlala plz do the needy ..

Rukemi291:


Many are mad but few are roaming. zinicc is mad and zinicc is roaming ......

Confirmed, if not he wouldn't be using such words anyhow. Anyway it tells of one's background. Nigerians are peaceful

theDEVILisHERE:


This not about igbo history
This is about Biafra
Biafra ie: Igbo, Ibibio (ibibio/efik), Izon (aka ijaw), Isoko, Isobo (aka urobo), itshekiri, igala, igede and Igbanke (take note of the "I" initials in all of them)

Can't really tell you where exactly you can verify that information now
But like I said
Do some research if you want to really find the truth
Don't just wave this information aside


You have to also note that there are lots of info on Biafra the British has hidden away from the public

So what if they start with I? Ijebu starts with I are they Biafra? There are no documents hidden away by Britain. You do know the Itsekiri language has been classed as Yoruba? Have you ever heard the Igala language?

ArodeTsolaye:


Some of you are simply demented, even when slapped with common sense, you still vow to voluntary remain intellectual paraplegics. Forget about the existence or non-existence of 'Jew origin'. Was there a Biafra (as recorded by european explorers) before the word Niggeria came into existence? Yes or No!
Yes! and you call it 'nonsense name'? If You prefer "Nigger area" name given to you by a slut named flora shaw? You are sick in the head ....Sir!

Guy, Europeans named your area of Africa 'Biafra' to make it easier to find the kind of slaves they were looking for, just like they named a certain part the Windward Coast, another the Ivory Coast, and another the Gold Coast, so you should look for the European who gave you the name you're trying to link to some far fetched biblical origin. Missionaries really messed with Africans heads. Nobody in your family before 1960 was calling themselves Biafran, right or wrong? If there was truly an "Ancient Biafra", then why isn't there any record of Igbo or other so called "Biafrans" calling themselves Biafara citizens or the like before 1900? Do please tell me where the capital of Biafra was and who its leaders/kings and government was before 1900. Also, why do the "Biafrans" speak completely different classes of languages like Yoruboid, Edoid, Igboid and Cross River classed languages and have completely separate cultures like that of the Ibibio and Itsekiri for example?

Anseth:


Biafra isn't an Igbo word nor
coin from Igbo language, it's of Portuguese origin
dating back to the 15th century, in fact, in present day
Portugal, there's a town named Biafra. The word
Biafra was taken from the Bight of Biafra, renamed
Bight of Bonny by Federal Government after the
Biafran Nigerian War to obliterate Biafra from
Nigerians' conscienceness.

Biafra is not a Portuguese words, it's probably a corruption of a town name in Cameroon. There is no Portuguese village named Biafra.

ezeagu:


Biafra is not a Portuguese words, it's probably a corruption of a town name in Cameroon. There is no Portuguese village named Biafra.

It seems you too much of the Igbo/ Biafra history / tradition right? .so tell me what is your anger about the origin of Biafra or the Igbo as a race/tribe? I see you either don't know it or you choose to antagonise anybody that provides Information..saying it might be a corruption of a town in Cameroon confirms you have a deep hatred for the Igbos.
let me burst your bubble bro.. my last comment above is confirmed and authentic.. maybe you read another history journals fabricated from the pit of falsehood ..

Anseth:


It seems you too much of the Igbo/ Biafra history / tradition right? .so tell me what is your anger about the origin of Biafra or the Igbo as a race/tribe? I see you either don't know it or you choose to antagonise anybody that provides Information..saying it might be a corruption of a town in Cameroon confirms you have a deep hatred for the Igbos.
let me burst your bubble bro.. my last comment above is confirmed and authentic.. maybe you read another history journals fabricated from the pit of falsehood ..

Show me the Portuguese village. I'm simply trying to tell you people that the word Biafra is a corruption of town names in Cameroon which the Europeans used to name the coast. There is not Portuguese village known as Biafra. Now people are trying to put a biblical spin on it.

ezeagu:


Show me the Portuguese village. I'm simply trying to tell you people that the word Biafra is a corruption of town names in Cameroon which the Europeans used to name the coast. There is not Portuguese village known as Biafra. Now people are trying to put a biblical spin on it.

Nobody is putting biblical spin on anything.. you choose to see it only from your one way direction.. ask yourself was there a place called " Bight Of Biafra" before 1960 ? now called Bight Of Bonny after the civil war .. where ever the name hails from is not as important as it is name we are known for.. it has been existing before the civil war..
Your ego is just driving you wild bro.. calm down..take a chill pill and watch as the country BIAFRA unfolds its self..

ezeagu:


Biafra is not a Portuguese words, it's probably a corruption of a town name in Cameroon. There is no Portuguese village named Biafra.

it's most likely origin is Portuguese, from Biafara, Biafar or Biafare

.

tpiander:


it's most likely origin is Portuguese, from Biafara, Biafar or Biafare

And what does that mean in Portuguese? Or where in Portugal is that village?

Anseth:


Nobody is putting biblical spin on anything.. you choose to see it only from your one way direction.. ask yourself was there a place called " Bight Of Biafra" before 1960 ? now called Bight Of Bonny after the civil war .. where ever the name hails from is not as important as it is name we are known for.. it has been existing before the civil war..
Your ego is just driving you wild bro.. calm down..take a chill pill and watch as the country BIAFRA unfolds its self..

Please answer this question nobody has answered: Were your great ancestors before 1900 calling themselves Biafrans or something of the like? What was the capital of Biafra in say the year 1700? who was the first king/president/prime minister of Biafra?

ezeagu:


Please answer this question nobody has answered: Were your great ancestors before 1900 calling themselves Biafrans or something of the like? What was the capital of Biafra in say the year 1700? who was the first king/president/prime minister of Biafra?

Stop hating bro... am kinda busy at the moment...will reply your comment later

Anseth:


Stop hating bro... am kinda busy at the moment...will reply your comment later

And what am I hating on?

Someone inbox me this claims below

I will advise you search and Read the Book "Lets Biafra" as your Submission here is Contrary. Literally the Word Biafra was coinned from the Umuahia ibo dialect"Bia Fra' which Means "Come lets Leave"
This Statement spurred when the ibos were been
Killed carelessly in the North in the early Stage of the
disagreement between Col . Ojukwu and Gen.Yakubu
Gowan. Because of this constant barbaric Killings of
the Ibos, this Acronym "Biafra" become a Common
slogan amongst the which literally Translates to
"COME LETS LEAVE FOR HOME" Home here,
Meaning back to the Eastern Region of this Country
since they were No Longer Safe in the Northern and
Southern Regions.

Zinicc:


Are you crazy or you are practising?

U should be ashamed of yourself weakling

Menace2Society:
U should be ashamed of yourself weakling

I wanted to answer you, but your moniker says it all...
I guess by now you are through with your dirty mammy, you sister has squeezed her urgly and dirty, tiger razor bladed face because she knows her faith tonight..Yourbastard!

***God will burn down that tent you call house one day due to your atrocities inside it or one day your family will linch you***

Zinicc:


I wanted to answer you, but your moniker says it all...
I guess by now you are through with your dirty mammy, you sister has squeezed her urgly and dirty, tiger razor bladed face because she knows her faith tonight..Yourbastard!

***God will burn down that tent you call house one day due to your atrocities inside it or one day your family will linch you***

Now you can take your meds and go back to bed

Menace2Society:
Now you can take your meds and go back to bed

thanks for acknowledging that I have a bed....
I like people like you who understand their faith in this world....

Just let your mammy and sister rest tonight...remember its the floor you are on.
They will surely lynch you...you think its funny, the abomination you are committing.

Zinicc:


thanks for acknowledging that I have a bed....
I like people like you who understand their faith in this world....

Just let your mammy and sister rest tonight...remember its the floor you are on.
They will surely lynch you...you think its funny, the abomination you are committing.

LMAO maggot feeling funky.

ezeagu:
[size=18pt]A load of sh[/size][size=18pt]it. Stop the Jew worship.[/size]

What a useless pile of garbage. This is why I don't like this sourceless, baseless name Biafra. Nobody know the meaning of the nonsense name and you must know nothing or a big liar if you think anyone was calling themselves "Biafara" before 1967. I won't even address the Judeo-Christian nonsense because that can not be cured with an internet post.

[color=#000099][quote author=ezeagu post=39186220][size=18pt]A load of sh[/size][size=18pt]it. Stop the Jew worship.[/size]

What a useless pile of garbage. This is why I don't like this sourceless, baseless name Biafra. Nobody know the meaning of the nonsense name and you must know nothing or a big liar if you think anyone was calling themselves "Biafara" before 1967. I WILL NOT HAVE TO INSULT YOU BUT I WANT GLANCE THROUGH THIS http://www.presbyterianchurchng.com/dynamicpage.aspx?pageid=id

[quote author=ezeagu post=39204586]

Guy, Europeans named your area of Africa 'Biafra' to make it easier to find the kind of slaves they were looking for, just like they named a certain part the Windward Coast, another the Ivory Coast, and another the Gold Coast, so you should look for the European who gave you the name you're trying to link to some far fetched biblical origin. Missionaries really messed with Africans heads. Nobody in your family before 1960 was calling themselves Biafran, right or wrong? If there was truly an "Ancient Biafra", then why isn't there any record of Igbo or other so called "Biafrans" calling themselves Biafara citizens or the like before 1900? Do please tell me where the capital of Biafra was and who its leaders/kings and government was before 1900. Also, why do the "Biafrans" speak completely different classes of languages like Yoruboid, Edoid, Igboid and Cross River languages PLEASE MR READ THESE CAREFULLY http://www.presbyterianchurchng.com/dynamicpage.aspx?pageid=21

[quote author=ezeagu post=39186220][size=18pt]A load of sh[/size][size=18pt]it. Stop the Jew worship.[/size]

What a useless pile of garbage. This is why I don't like this sourceless, baseless name Biafra. Nobody know the meaning of the nonsense name and you must know nothing or a big liar if you think anyone was calling themselves "Biafara" before 1967. I won't even address the Judeo-Christian nonsense because that can not be cured with an internet post.[/quoteThe word Biafra most likely derives from the subgroup Biafar or Biafada[46] of the Tenda ethnic group who reside primarily in Guinea-Bissau.[47] Manuel Álvares (1526–1583), a Portuguese Jesuit educator, in his work Ethiopia Minor and a geographical account of the Province of Sierra Leone,[48] writes about the "Biafar heathen" in chapter 13 of the same book.[49] The word Biafar thus appears to have been a common word in the Portuguese language back in the 16th century.

Historical maps Edit
Early modern maps of Africa from the 15th–19th centuries, drawn by European cartographers from accounts written by explorers and travellers, reveal some information about Biafra:

The original word used by the European travellers was not Biafra but Biafara,[50][51] Biafar[52] and sometimes also Biafares.[53]
The exact original region of Biafra is not restricted to Eastern Nigeria alone. According to the maps, the European travellers used the word Biafara to describe the entire region east of River Niger going down to the Mount Cameroon region, thus including Cameroon and a large area around Gabon.The Bight of Biafra lies in the present South-South Region of Nigeria and was renamed to Bight of Bonny by the Nigerian Government. The word Biafara also appears on maps from the 18th century in the area around Gambia.[54]

French map of the Gulf of Guinea from 1849
Maps indicating the word Biafara (sometimes also Biafares or Biafar) with corresponding year:

1584
1644
1660
1662
1707
1729
1737
1805
1858
1871
Maps from the 19th century indicating Biafra as the region around today's Cameroon:

1843
1880
1890
Additional maps from the Michigan State University Map Collection

ezeagu:


Guy, Europeans named your area of Africa 'Biafra' to make it easier to find the kind of slaves they were looking for, just like they named a certain part the Windward Coast, another the Ivory Coast, and another the Gold Coast, so you should look for the European who gave you the name you're trying to link to some far fetched biblical origin. Missionaries really messed with Africans heads. Nobody in your family before 1960 was calling themselves Biafran, right or wrong? If there was truly an "Ancient Biafra", then why isn't there any record of Igbo or other so called "Biafrans" calling themselves Biafara citizens or the like before 1900? Do please tell me where the capital of Biafra was and who its leaders/kings and government was before 1900. Also, why do the "Biafrans" speak completely different classes of languages like Yoruboid, Edoid, Igboid and Cross River classed languages and have completely separate cultures like that of the Ibibio and Itsekiri for example?

you have investigate before you make any quote i am a Cross Riverian so i know much about me and my people i don't have much to say though but I'll like you study these web vary carefully at list you'll get to the know that Calabar was Biafra's capital territory and it was been ruled by its Kings http://www.presbyterianchurchng.com/DynamicPage.aspx?pageid=21