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...Nigeria is dead...
...dawn's early light, the chant echoed through the streets of Enugu, the capital of Eastern Nigeria. Because Nigeria has been a troubled land of late, the word of its demise was not a total surprise-although perhaps premature. But who were the Biafrans...
Taking its name from the Bight of Biafra, a coastal inlet, Eastern Nigeria had finally carried out its threat to secede from Nigeria and become an independent state. Lieut. Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu, 33, the East's regional governor, announced the step and unfurled the banner of his new republic at a 3 a.m. conference, then threw a morning champagne party...
Helping Hand in Nigeria...
Before going to the University of Wales, he was Professor of Modern History at the University of the West Indies (until 1954) and a Principal (until 1960) of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, which he helped found. After 1960, he was also Principal of University College of Swansea...