With the second highest death-toll of all African conflicts, the Nigerian Civil war (also known as the Biafran war) is perhaps the single most significant event in Nigerian history.
This video is our attempt to shed light on this 3 year conflict, which claimed the lives of over 100,000 soldiers and an estimated 2 million civilians as the Nigerian government led by General Yakubu Gowon fought to prevent the secession of the self-proclaimed Republic of Biafra which was led by General Chuckwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu.
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*The Nigerian civil war is infinitely more complex than can be explained in a 45 minute video. What we’ve tried to do here is to give the “bare bones” of the conflict and also leave viewers with some food for thought about Nigeria’s future. We would have loved to make the video much longer and explain all the intricacies but we were financially constrained. We hope you can all appreciate the effort that has gone into this work and use this as a springboard into further research about the Biafran War.*
I am from the Niger Delta but bear an Igbo middle name because of religious affiliation.
Honestly, this video has opened my eyes 👁️. The 🇳🇬 government MUST reimpose History in our curriculum and formally apologize to the Igbos for the injustice meted to them. The way they rose from the ashes and trauma of the war is like nothing ever happened. They deserve to be free from 🇳🇬 if they choose in a referendum peacefully. It’s obvious, the political class are the one stopping the secession of the Igbos and its totally unfair.