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Encyclopedia > Republic of Biafra
Biafra

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Encyclopedia4U - Biafra - Encyclopedia Article (335 words)
The Republic of Biafra was a short-lived secessionist state in south-eastern Nigeria.
The country was named after the Bight of Biafra, the bay of the Atlantic to its south.
By 1970, Biafra had been ravaged by war and was in great need of food supplies.
AllRefer.com - Biafra, Republic of, Africa History (African History) - Encyclopedia (434 words)
Biafra, Republic of, secessionist state of W Africa, in existence from May 30, 1967, to Jan. 15, 1970.
At the outset Biafra comprised, roughly, the East-Central, South-Eastern, and Rivers states of the Federation of Nigeria, where the Igbo people predominated.
Biafra's original capital was Enugu; Aba, Umuahia, and Owerri served successively as provisional capitals after Enugu was captured (Oct., 1967) by Nigerian forces.
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