in one hand biafra was somewhat of a colonial attempt by europe but nigeria did commit a a bunch of war crimes against the ethnic people of biafra during the war
Biafra engaged in genocide against numerous ethnic minority groups within their territory. Largely because said minority groups either didn't want to be a part of an Igbo dominated ethnostate, or were simply not thought of as being as deserving of supplies as Igbo populations.
I'm not saying this to deny that atrocities were committed against the Igbo during the Nigerian Civil War, they were and the victims should be remembered. However, a lot of Western perceptions of the conflict are that of an evil (Muslim) Nigeria versus an innocent (Christian) Biafra, which is reductive and wrong.
in one hand biafra was somewhat of a colonial attempt by europe but nigeria did commit a a bunch of war crimes against the ethnic people of biafra during the war
Biafra engaged in genocide against numerous ethnic minority groups within their territory. Largely because said minority groups either didn't want to be a part of an Igbo dominated ethnostate, or were simply not thought of as being as deserving of supplies as Igbo populations.
I'm not saying this to deny that atrocities were committed against the Igbo during the Nigerian Civil War, they were and the victims should be remembered. However, a lot of Western perceptions of the conflict are that of an evil (Muslim) Nigeria versus an innocent (Christian) Biafra, which is reductive and wrong.