In the News...

Biafra Provisional Government Announcement at the Washington DC National Press Club: August 28 2007
"Dream of free Biafra revives in southeast Nigeria" by Estelle Shirbon Reuters July 10 2006 Washington Post
Excerpts: "...the idea of an independent Ibo homeland has regained strength in recent years...A separatist group, the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), formed in 1999 and has drawn increasing support, especially among young people..."We have many graduates in Biafra but many of them are in the market pushing wheelbarrows because they don't have anything else,"..."We should have our own country so everyone can have the opportunity to show what they can do," ...Full Article

ALERT! Emerging Genocide in Nigeria ALERT!  June 29 2006 by CWIS (Center for World Indigenous Studies)
Urgent intervention must be initiated now to prevent massive, government sanctioned killings [of the Igbo and Biafrans by the Nigerian armed forces]...  Full Article

New on Biafraland.com...

See also the "ageless":

Biafra Charter
Biafra on You Tube
International Support for Biafra, 2006
Chronicle of MASSOB Casualties, victims of the Nigeria Police and Nigerian Armed Security Agents.
Human Rights Watch and Human Reports, August 2005--"Nigeria: Obasanjo Confirms Torture, Killing by Police
Requiem for Nigeria: The Last of Africa’s Pseudo-Federations
Marginalization of Igbo-Biafraland by Nigeria: a succint testimony by a non-Igbo
Biafra Currency: Biafra never dies--current money circulation and a history of Biafra threaded through Biafra Currency
Worldwide Demonstrations (WWD) May 27 2005: A report of pro-Biafra worldwide protests
US Intelligence predicts total collapse of Nigeria within 15 years: we could've told them that
Mid-year Evaluation and Update on MASSOB and Case for Biafra: 2005: an email to BAF
Clippings from 2005: Telling the story of failing--with words in slow motion
2005: the diary continues
3 Incredible Years of Biafra--excerpt from one of Dim Ojukwu's speeches.
MASSOB, 2004: Why MASSOB? and MASSOB post-August 26 in the words of MASSOB leader in interviews
August 26: "This changes everything"--Biafrans stunning success at civil disobedience (2004)
Sovereign National Conference  (with Honesty)--a three-part essay.
Human Rights Report--Nigeria, 2003.
Ironsi, 1966--2004 on Aguiyi Ironsi
1968: The American Jewish Report on Biafra, December 1968.
NEWS ANALYSIS: Posted every Saturday--fresh stuff: don't miss!!
April 17, 2004 message following up on Communiqué from the first International Conference on Biafra (Oct 18, 2003) 
New Year Message to the People and Nation of Biafra 2004 from Biafra Foundation (BF)--text
New Year 2004 Message -- the full broadcast--Audio
Biafra Conference 2003: Conference proceedings of the first postwar International Conference on Biafra, Oct 2003, USA
Road to Perdition: General Obasanjo drags, pushes and forces Nigeria along...
2004: A running diary of salient events of the year, 2004
Grim Reminders: Quotes from news accounts of the genocide against Biafra during 1966-1970
June 1967: another look at history

Ibo landings

"..On the surface, the story seems one of simple defiance, as Ibo men, women and children drowned themselves in front of their white captors..."

Suddenly the other implications of the Ibo Landings become quite clear:

• All African American people whose ancestry is traceable to the Georgia Coast "Ibo (Ebo) Landings" of slaves abducted from Igboland and Biafraland during the days of Slave Trade are part of the Igbo race and heritage
  
• All Caribbean people who were plucked from Igboland and Biafraland and sent there as slaves, and their present offspring are part of the Igbo race and heritage
  
• Any persons or groups of persons or people who have Igbo blood and genes in them in any part of the world, no matter under what circumstances they left Igboland / Biafraland, is Igbo and is therefore part and parcel of the Igbo race, Igbo heritage, and Igbo Nation.

The Igbo race has a homeland in Biafraland. But the Igbo race is also dispersed, established and entrenched in so many other countries today that it is more accurate to speak of a "Greater Igbo Nation."

While Nigeria marginalizes and threatens to snuff out and finish off Igbo / Biafrans in Igbo / Biafra natural homeland, it is quite clear that the Igbo / Biafran race is here to stay. This should be a source of consolation, hope, and inspiration for the determined struggle to carve Biafra out of Nigeria. This should constitute a lesson to Nigeria: Biafra is, Biafra shall be; Biafra lives. We will pay any price for our freedom.

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This story is one of many versions of this popular legend. No one is quite sure who these Ibo (also spelled "Ebo" and "Igbo") captives were, where they came from, or if they committed suicide at all. Records from the period are sketchy concerning this incident. But it doesn't really matter whether the incident happened or not, for over time it became a myth that gave pride to thousands of Africans forced into slavery on the vast Sea Island plantations that once controlled the area.

On the surface, the story seems one of simple defiance, as Ibo men, women and children drowned themselves in front of their white captors. As the story spread throughout the islands, however, two popular myths emerged: that the Ibos walked on the water back to Africa, or they flew back. Either way, the metaphor of a cultural link between African-Americans and the Motherland is strong. The Ibo Landing story continues to be used today as an argument for cultural continuity, most notably in Julie Dash's 1991 film about the Gullah people, Daughters of the Dust.

If you're interested in learning more about Gullah culture and the Sea Islands, you may want to check out the following sites:

Georgia Sea Island Singers - For over 20 years, this unique group has toured the world sharing songs and stories set against the history and mystique of the Georgia Sea Islands.

Golden Isles Navigator - A very comprehensive site about the region and its people. Especially helpful if you're planning a trip.

Daughters of the Dust - From the Internet Movie Database. Learn about one of the few films to feature the Gullah people and their unique traditions."

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Site sanctification: 

"...We are now in the final phase of our goal - the peaceful actualization of the world power Biafra. Our African American brethren our now stepping forward, they are now ready to carry our fight to the White House, Congress and beyond. But before this phase is put in place, there is the matter of the sanctification of at least one "Ibo Landing site", - "Thoroughly research, locate and sanctify all “Ibo Landing” sites in the new world, so that the souls of our departed brethren may finally find peace". Umu Biafra, a site has been designated, there are plans being made for this most important ceremony towards the later part of this year. Please keep this in mind. It is important that we show up for this great occasion, for unless we stand by our brethren in the New world, why should they stand by us?...Ekwe Nche. April 2002

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