www.biafraland.com

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A long time ago, on the august continent of Africa, the great Kingdom of Biafra reigned. Covering a vast amount of fertile land, this Kingdom controled much of the ancient world, surpassing all other kingdoms in many fields. The Biafrans were a gentle people, intelligent with a love of education and the arts. They were athletes but artists first: musicians, sculptors, painters, poets. They were practical as well as creative, their technology generations ahead of their neighbors. For centuries the Biafrans thrived peacefully, becoming a grand empire and expanding throughtout Africa. There has never been another kingdom quite like it.
You've never heard of Biafra because let's face it, the Western world has become "the important one" and the only one featured in our textbooks. But imagine a giant kingdom of musicians and artists, farmers and merchants, and you'll have witnessed Biafra.
Like all earthly kingdoms, Biafra faded away, leaving only pieces of its epic history behind. Then, within the past couple centuries, Biafra again became a reality.
The Igbos and others living in the Delta region of Africa knew they were descendants of the ancient Biafrans, but they didn't know if they could ever regain their royal status. By this time, anyone of Biafran descent was being persecuted, oppressed, brutally murdered for their race within the new nations they found themselves living exiled in. The Biafrans, artful and crafty as ever, had been more successful than any other African people and were living educated and wealthy in lovely areas they themselves had established. Others became jealous. The Hausa tribe to the north waged genocide against the Biafrans and the Nigerian government joined in. After a struggle, the Biafrans drew the admiration of the entire globe as they reestablished Biafraland, quickly creating the most advanced society within Africa. Within three short years, the Biafrans organized their own government, schools, towns and industry. Musicians played their native songs and recorded them in top-notch recording studios. Artists were again free to display their talents. The world looked on in awe as the humble but noble people rose up from the muck and mire of oppression, dusted themselves off, and once again revealed themselves to be a notable nation--a people worthy of praise and imitation. Somewhere in the middle of war-torn Africa, a serene oasis was formed.
Then, after three years of victory, the Biafrans were finally unable to repel their foes any longer. Genocide was waged on them in a form more massive than ever before. Though the Biafrans fought bravely, almost all of them were quickly exterminated as the rest of the world looked on in horror. It wasn't long before the enemies of Biafra were bragging that the race had been elimanated altogether. But even as the widows and orphans were grieving their losses, a spark of light remained on the horizon: Biafra was not dead. If even one Biafran remained, the kingdom could become a reality again. And more than one had survived: at least a million had.
The struggle for independence of Biafraland came to a head in the 1960s. More recently, Biafrans have been staging strikes and other peaceful protests to reclaim their independence without blood. They need the support of the entire world, from the East to the West, the North and South, Africans and non-Africans alike. Biafraland would change the entire configuration of the world. Go back to the image of the Kingdom of Biafra you held in your mind. Then remember how much the Biafrans accomplished within just three years of independence in the 1960s. Now dare to think what a society like that would mean for the earth today.