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| New York Times: It Had Been Biafra's Non‐ibo Minority That Suffered Most by spearman(m): 5:24pm On Sep 17, 2022 |
New York Times: The Biafran Minorities It had been Biafra's non‐Ibo minority that suffered most. Several things must not go unnoticed by a world horrified at the Nigerian tragedy and baffled by its complexities. At the showdown, Colonel Effiong, one of the few non‐Ibos in Biafra's top echelon, was left to cope with the collapse and preside over the liquidation of the secessionist effort. Nor should the world overlook that part of Colonel Effiong's surrender broadcast that said: “Our people are disillusioned and those elements of the old regime that made negotiations and reconciliation impossible have removed themselves voluntarily from our midst.” The fact is that some Biafran leaders had long desired to negotiate for some form of Nigerian reunification under Organization of African Unity auspices rather than persevere with a hopeless secessionist struggle at appalling human cost. But these men never prevailed over the Ibo hawks who always had their way with General Ojukwu and now, judging from Colonel Effiong's remark, have presumably fled abroad with him. Another fact which General Ojukwu inadvertently dramatized in leaving the final responsibility on Col nel Effiong is that at least until the last stages of the thirty‐month war it had been Biafra's non‐Ibo minority that suffered most. The attitude of these five million—forty per cent of Biafra's original population —toward secession was always questionable. Many of them never wanted an independent Biafra, having resented Ibo domination in Nigeria's former Eastern Region for many years. Some of the minorities suffered savage reprisals at Ibo hands for refusing to leave their homes and accompany the retreating Biafran troops. They made up the vast majority in Biafra's refugee camps as the secessionist enclave was reduced to the Ibo heartland. It may seem unkind to recall these things at the moment of Biafra's collapse after a tremendous struggle against overwhelming odds. But the record of Biafra's agony must be kept straight even at a time when the world's attention is rightly concentrated on alleviating the suffering and restoring peace. https://www.nytimes.com/1970/01/17/archives/the-biafran-minorities.html 5 Likes 3 Shares
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| Re: New York Times: It Had Been Biafra's Non‐ibo Minority That Suffered Most by LoneWolf212: 5:26pm On Sep 17, 2022 |
It's a pity 1 Like 1 Share |
| Re: New York Times: It Had Been Biafra's Non‐ibo Minority That Suffered Most by Jashub: 5:27pm On Sep 17, 2022 |
True talk . But I am voting for Obi not because he is igbo, but because he has something to unify Nigeria P.S : I am from the Niger Delta 22 Likes 2 Shares |
| Re: New York Times: It Had Been Biafra's Non‐ibo Minority That Suffered Most by Totilopussylick(m): 5:28pm On Sep 17, 2022 |
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| Re: New York Times: It Had Been Biafra's Non‐ibo Minority That Suffered Most by Delacroix6(m): 5:29pm On Sep 17, 2022 |
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| Re: New York Times: It Had Been Biafra's Non‐ibo Minority That Suffered Most by spearman(m): 5:33pm On Sep 17, 2022 |
Biafra was an unqualified evil in minority lands. I am quite interested in your Biafran War story. Up till now, the Igbos have completely dominated that narrative… Yes, they’ve been blessed with powerful writers like Chinua Achebe, Chimamanda Adichie, Chinelo Okparanta, etc., and an army of Biafran War scholars, you know… I think, like you, most Nigerians would be interested in knowing what happened to our minorities in Biafra. I am just happy that after 50 years, I have been able to do it my way. I say my way because I am not the first minority to write about the Biafran War. How do you think the Igbos would react to the Biafran atrocities against our minorities in your book? Most of them think they alone suffered in the war… but, Professor Okey Ndibe, a foremost Igbo intellectual, novelist and essayist, really asked great questions at the Rain Taxi interview a day after the book came out. Okey was really brilliant. That’s an example of someone who is listening, someone who can empathize. I sincerely believe it would be to the benefit of our Igbo brothers and sisters to listen. Knowledge is a good thing. The Igbos themselves are a people who believe in diversity. We cannot say it enough: the Igbo suffered a lot in the war—but they, too, can learn. Biafra was an unqualified evil in minority lands. They just plundered the place, raping men and women. They looked down on us. We were nothing to them. Many of them still look down on us today… otherwise, how do you explain this so-called map of the new Biafra that still includes minority lands? Who told them the Isokos want to be in Biafra? Have they asked your people? I must tell you right away, the Annangs, Efiks, Ibibios, Orons, Ogonis, etc., who’ve read the book are quite happy to see their towns and languages and their war dilemmas and atrocities in the book. Why should we remain fringe characters or nameless “saboteurs” in these narratives? Look, [b]Biafra was no better than Nigeria in raping and torturing and killing [/b]our peoples…We’ve been erased from the war narrative for so long. As long as you keep writing about the war as a fight between the Yorubas and Hausas and Igbos (the three major ethnic groups), the Igbos remain the victims. But as soon as widen this lens to include the minorities, at least in Biafra, then the story becomes complicated. You begin to see that the Igbos might have had their knee on our neck even while being crushed by the horrible Nigeria army. • Ajeluorou is the publisher of online art/culture platform, AnoteArtHub (www.anotearthub.com). https://guardian.ng/art/new-york-my-village-biafra-from-another-minoritys-lens/?fbclid=IwAR2r4PM9OTAp0p_yRFQoYHWHv5-1I2T0eBMVei2F9_0XovL39FoNUamvh8E 2 Likes 1 Share
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| Re: New York Times: It Had Been Biafra's Non‐ibo Minority That Suffered Most by Laggafin: 5:33pm On Sep 17, 2022 |
Dustbin garbage 5 Likes |
| Re: New York Times: It Had Been Biafra's Non‐ibo Minority That Suffered Most by spearman(m): 5:40pm On Sep 17, 2022 |
Laggafin:IPOBI, HOW FAR? 10 Likes 1 Share
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| Re: New York Times: It Had Been Biafra's Non‐ibo Minority That Suffered Most by seunmsg(m): 5:43pm On Sep 17, 2022 |
This is the part of the war they always don’t want to talk about. Minorities in the old eastern region suffered by far more than the Igbo majority during the war. When it became obvious that Uli airstrip would fall, Ojukwu quickly loaded his family and top Igbo friend into the only available plane and ran away leaving Effiong (a minority) to handle the mess. Funny enough, the old eastern region minorities have since moved on. You hardly hear them talk about the civil war anymore. Some people don’t even know they suffered in some instances more than the Igbos during the civil war. Not surprisingly, Jonathan from the minority tribes was elected as president of Nigeria and served for about 6years. 19 Likes 4 Shares |
| Re: New York Times: It Had Been Biafra's Non‐ibo Minority That Suffered Most by Laggafin: 5:44pm On Sep 17, 2022 |
spearman:Be çareful |
| Re: New York Times: It Had Been Biafra's Non‐ibo Minority That Suffered Most by spearman(m): 5:48pm On Sep 17, 2022 |
Laggafin:OK YEEEEEBO 5 Likes
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| Re: New York Times: It Had Been Biafra's Non‐ibo Minority That Suffered Most by Laggafin: 5:53pm On Sep 17, 2022 |
spearman:All this agbado eating BATs looking for relevance by force..when we turn on the heat now.. they start screaming blue murder lule upandan.. make Una warn this one wen de tag me now ooo 1 Like 2 Shares |
| Re: New York Times: It Had Been Biafra's Non‐ibo Minority That Suffered Most by Laggafin: 5:56pm On Sep 17, 2022 |
seunmsg:Mister awon history.. what's your point exactly or ur mission on spilling this fake news !! |
| Re: New York Times: It Had Been Biafra's Non‐ibo Minority That Suffered Most by seunmsg(m): 5:57pm On Sep 17, 2022 |
Laggafin: Go and ask New York Times. 14 Likes 2 Shares |
| Re: New York Times: It Had Been Biafra's Non‐ibo Minority That Suffered Most by Laggafin: 6:00pm On Sep 17, 2022 |
seunmsg:And whoever told u new York times don't carry fake news?? Like are u for real.... It's same you guys who are calling CNN and other western media organizations pathological liers when they report news about Africa.. isn't dis too much of hypocrisy when u guys blow hot and cold on same issues 1 Like |
| Re: New York Times: It Had Been Biafra's Non‐ibo Minority That Suffered Most by spearman(m): 6:00pm On Sep 17, 2022 |
Laggafin: 5 Likes 1 Share
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| Re: New York Times: It Had Been Biafra's Non‐ibo Minority That Suffered Most by Laggafin: 6:04pm On Sep 17, 2022 |
spearman:Go and tell your pee poo lord that you have failed.. try harder next time |
| Re: New York Times: It Had Been Biafra's Non‐ibo Minority That Suffered Most by spearman(m): 6:11pm On Sep 17, 2022 |
Laggafin: Your ancestors just 100 years ago Mr Cannibal till this day. For Niger Delta, Peter Obi is the referendum on South South inclusion in Biafrauud, the country without map: https://www.nairaland.com/7217810/niger-delta-igbo-peter-obi 3 Likes 1 Share
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| Re: New York Times: It Had Been Biafra's Non‐ibo Minority That Suffered Most by Laggafin: 6:15pm On Sep 17, 2022 |
spearman:They are no match to ur SKUll mining Afonjaaa ancestors |
| Re: New York Times: It Had Been Biafra's Non‐ibo Minority That Suffered Most by spearman(m): 6:20pm On Sep 17, 2022 |
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| Re: New York Times: It Had Been Biafra's Non‐ibo Minority That Suffered Most by Laggafin: 6:25pm On Sep 17, 2022 |
spearman:Empty chest beaters.. till the end of ages.. you guys can't match the guys from the great East.. impossible 2 Likes |
| Re: New York Times: It Had Been Biafra's Non‐ibo Minority That Suffered Most by techWriter3: 8:11pm On Sep 17, 2022 |
come and question New York Times 2 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: New York Times: It Had Been Biafra's Non‐ibo Minority That Suffered Most by gidgiddy: 8:15pm On Sep 17, 2022 |
seunmsg: The funny thing about people like the above who say that the minorities of Biafra suffered under Igbos is that when you ask them to give you one example of this, they will have nothing to say 4 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: New York Times: It Had Been Biafra's Non‐ibo Minority That Suffered Most by spearman(m): 9:46pm On Sep 17, 2022 |
gidgiddy:Ibos are history-less. Their ancestors stayed hidden in the evil forest while the whole world moved on without them. Oyinbo arrival gave them identity. While Africa had Songhai, Oyo, Soninke, Benin, Mali, Kanem Bornu Empires, they were not mentioned. Even mere 400 years ago, dem no dey. Go and verify! So today, with the smallest landmass of any major tribe, they are making noise! So they got raised in lies and pain and bigotry. Evidence of their barefaced lies and courage with drugs. We must roll back Ibo lies and hate! 9 Likes 4 Shares |
| Re: New York Times: It Had Been Biafra's Non‐ibo Minority That Suffered Most by M4A1carbine: 10:04pm On Sep 17, 2022 |
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| Re: New York Times: It Had Been Biafra's Non‐ibo Minority That Suffered Most by Nobody: 10:44pm On Sep 17, 2022 |
Jashub:the earlier you know obi is a fraud that has nothing to offer the better for you. Just scrutinize the guy very well 3 Likes 2 Shares |
| Re: New York Times: It Had Been Biafra's Non‐ibo Minority That Suffered Most by Jashub: 10:45pm On Sep 17, 2022 |
michaelandre:And Bola the drug baron is the answer abi? You make me laugh ... |
| Re: New York Times: It Had Been Biafra's Non‐ibo Minority That Suffered Most by gidgiddy: 12:31am On Sep 18, 2022 |
spearman: Kanem Bornu empire, Oyo empire, Sokoto empire, Benin empire............... Igbos dont care about empires and they dont like empires Will any empire pay my children's school fees and feed my family? The Igbo man is about making things happen now or in the near future, not dwelling on past empires that are long gone and cant help anyone today 2 Likes |
| Re: New York Times: It Had Been Biafra's Non‐ibo Minority That Suffered Most by spearman(m): 12:55am On Sep 18, 2022 |
gidgiddy:That your ancestors did could not organize Empires is why Ibos are landlocked nomadic parasitic Unity Beggars. Nobody will let Ibo lead in anything. Ibo will never rule Nigeria till we separate. Obi will be a distant 3rd and Nigeria will end inside 4 years and Ibos will be kicked out of Lagos. 6 Likes 1 Share
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| Re: New York Times: It Had Been Biafra's Non‐ibo Minority That Suffered Most by michelz: 1:06am On Sep 18, 2022 |
spearman:Lol... Which Lagos? The No man's land? Hehehe. |
| Re: New York Times: It Had Been Biafra's Non‐ibo Minority That Suffered Most by spearman(m): 1:16am On Sep 18, 2022 |
michelz: See what happens to nomad and gypsy tribes in 'no man's land'. See weeping and gnashing by 'developers'. "ONE NIGERIA HAS HAPPENED TO US"- IBOS LAMENT IN LAGOS OVER DEMOLITIONS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY_Mu2Ee0Tc 3 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: New York Times: It Had Been Biafra's Non‐ibo Minority That Suffered Most by ImperialYoruba: 1:21am On Sep 18, 2022 |
Jashub: You have no choice. Igbo is already 40% population of SS. Obi himself said this. 1 Like |
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