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Biafra, the Niger Delta, and the Long War for Sovereignty
In the heart of southeastern Nigeria lies the Niger Delta, a region rich in oil and memory. It was here, in 1967, that the Republic of Biafra declared independence, igniting a civil war that would claim millions of lives and expose the fault lines of a postcolonial nation still tethered to imperial logic. Today, as foreign powers issue ultimatums and eye the region’s resources, the ghosts of Biafra stir once more.
Ultimatums, Empires, and the Echoes of War
On a sunlit morning in Sarajevo, June 28, 1914, a 19-year-old Bosnian Serb named Gavrilo Princip stepped from a crowd and fired two shots that would fracture the world. His bullets struck down Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife, Sophie, igniting a chain reaction that would engulf continents. The assassination was not merely a murder—it was a match tossed into a powder keg of alliances, grievances, and imperial ambitions.