BiafraS War 1967-1970 - A Tribal Conflict in Nigeria That Left a Million DeadPaperback
BiafraS War 1967-1970 - A Tribal Conflict in Nigeria That Left a Million DeadPaperback Almost half a century has passed since the Nigerian Civil War ended. Biafra's war was modern Africa's first…
Specifikacia BiafraS War 1967-1970 - A Tribal Conflict in Nigeria That Left a Million DeadPaperback
BiafraS War 1967-1970 - A Tribal Conflict in Nigeria That Left a Million DeadPaperback
Almost half a century has passed since the Nigerian Civil War ended. Biafra's war was modern Africa's first extended conflict. But memories die hard, because a million or more people perished in that internecine struggle, the majority women and children, who were starved to death.
It involved, on the one side, a largely Christian or animist southeastern quadrant of Nigeria which called itself Biafra, pitted militarily against the country's more populous and preponderant Islamic north. It lasted almost three years and was based largely on ethnic, by inference, tribal grounds. These divisions - almost always brutal - persist.
Not a week goes by without reports coming in of Christian communities or individuals persecuted by Islamic zealots. It was also a conflict that saw significant Cold War involvement: the Soviets (and Britain) siding and supplying Federal Nigeria with weapons, aircraft
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