The Bight of Biafra is a region identified by Europeans (and subsequent historians) to describe the part of the western African coast between the Niger River and Cape Lopez...
This region encompasses the coasts of several modern African nations, including eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and northern Gabon.
Biafra is not something that started in the 1960s. The English deliberately embarked on a campaign to erase the rich culture of Biafra, an Empire that was lucrative and flourishing before the Cacusoids even left their shores.
Chronology
30 Jun 1849 Bight of Biafra British protectorate.
1 Feb 1852 Bight of Benin British protectorate.
6 Aug 1861 Bights of Biafra and Benin a united protectorate.
6 Aug 1861 Lagos and adjacent area annexed by Britain.
5 Jun 1885 Niger Districts Protectorate (of United African Co)
13 Jan 1886 Lagos a separate colony.
10 Jul 1886 Niger River Delta Protectorate (of Royal Niger Co.)
1891 Oil Rivers Protectorate
13 May 1893 Niger Coast Protectorate
1 Jan 1900 British Nigerian colonies.
1 Jan 1900 Protectorates of Northern and Southern Nigeria.
28 Feb 1906 Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria
1 Jan 1914 Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
1 Oct 1954 Federation of Nigeria (autonomous).
1 Oct 1960 Independence from U.K. (Federationof Nigeria).
1 Oct 1963 Federal Republic of Nigeria
24 May 1966 Republic of Nigeria
1 Sep 1966 Federal Republic of Nigeria
30 May 1967 - 12 Jan 1970 Secession of Biafra (not recognized).
30 May 1967 - 12 Jan 1970 Secession of Biafra (not recognized).
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