BIAFRA HISTORY THEY DON’T TEACH IN NIGERIA — PART 1

BIAFRA HISTORY THEY DON’T TEACH IN NIGERIA — PART 1

BIAFRA HISTORY THEY DON’T TEACH IN NIGERIA — PART 1

The Lie of “One Nigeria” Before 1914

Nigeria did not exist before 1914.
This is not an opinion. It is a documented colonial fact.

Before British amalgamation, the peoples forced into what is today called Nigeria did not share a common history, culture, religion, political system, or identity. There was no Nigerian nation waiting to be “united.” There were nations conquered and stitched together for British convenience.
For the Igbo and the Biafran peoples, this truth is deliberately buried.

Igbo Society Before Britain

Contrary to colonial propaganda, the Igbo were not primitive, lawless, or disorganized.

They practiced decentralized republican governance

Power was shared among councils of elders, age grades, women’s assemblies, and titled men

No king ruled by force; leadership was earned and accountable

Justice was communal, not imposed by decree

The British could not control this system easily, so they called it chaos.

In the North, Britain ruled through emirs.
In the West, through kings.

In Igboland, there were no kings to control.

So Britain created warrant chiefs, installed strangers as rulers, and gave them guns and courts. This was not governance, it was colonial sabotage.

When Igbo people resisted, Britain labeled them “difficult,” “rebellious,” and “ungovernable.” That label still follows us today.

The Amalgamation Was About Money, Not Unity

The North was bankrupt.
The South was economically productive.

Britain merged them so Southern resources would subsidize Northern administration. This financial arrangement is the foundation of Nigerian politics till today.

No referendum.
No consent.
No consultation.
Just force.

The Nigerian state did not grow organically.
It was imposed. And when people like the Biafrans later questioned this forced arrangement, the response was not dialogue, it was war.

This history matters because you cannot understand Biafra without understanding this:

👉 Nigeria was never a voluntary union
👉 Igbo resistance did not begin in 1967
👉 The conflict is structural, not emotional

What is forced can be questioned.
What is questioned can collapse.

In Part 2, we will talk about;
👉 How Britain and Nigeria Criminalized Igbo Self-Determination Long Before Biafra