historicalforte: The british west african conquests
historicalforte: The british west african conquests : At the beginning of the 19th century, Britain's main interest was in trade with India, which it had come to dominate by the end of the ...
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The Nigerian civil war: a tale of massive bloodbath
The Nigerian Civil War broke out on 6 July 1967.The war was the culmination of an uneasy peace and stability that had plagued the Nation from independence in 1960.This situation had its genesis in the geography, history, culture and demography of Nigeria.The immediate cause of the civil war itself may be identified as the coup and the counter coup of 1966 which altered the political equation and destroyed the fragile trust existing among the major ethnic groups.As a means of holding the country together in the last result, the country was divided into twelve states from the original four regions in May 1967.The former Eastern Region under Lt. Col. Ojukwu saw the act of the creation of states by decree "without consultation" as the last straw, and declared the Region an independent state of "Biafra".The Federal