The Nigerian Civil War (Biafran War) by WST https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot A timeline including a reference to the novel "There Was a country" and additional material en-us 2020-03-09 10:37:13 UTC 2025-10-30 11:41:13 UTC hello@padlet.com There was a country - Chinua Achebe J_Wst https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/456775890 2020-03-09 10:38:46 UTC https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/456775890 pre-Biafra War Era J_Wst https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/456776045 1961 - 1966]]> 2020-03-09 10:39:07 UTC https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/456776045 while-Biafra War Era J_Wst https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/456776097  6 July 1967 – 15 January 1970 ]]> 2020-03-09 10:39:13 UTC https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/456776097 post-Biafra War Era J_Wst https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/456776149 1970 - 1975]]> 2020-03-09 10:39:20 UTC https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/456776149 Assignments J_Wst https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/456776214 2020-03-09 10:39:29 UTC https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/456776214 Nigerian Civil War documentary J_Wst https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/456776262 2020-03-09 10:39:36 UTC https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/456776262 J_Wst https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/456776685 As they approached the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation they saw the soldiers around but did not know what was happening. They were not scared, even though they found the commotion a bit peculiar.]]> 2020-03-09 10:40:29 UTC https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/456776685 J_Wst https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/456776782 The story of the coup and how it happened started leaking out, first from the military barracks and then from the international media.]]> 2020-03-09 10:40:42 UTC https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/456776782 ORIGINS + IMPACTS J_Wst https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/456783869
  •  political, economic, ethnic, cultural and religious tensions between Christian Igbo and the Muslim north 
    •        —> wanted the dominant position 
           —> the “oil problem“ —>   
           Igbos felt they were  
           deprived by the British  
           when Nigeria gained  
           independence 
    • Igbo were persecuted in northern regions of Nigeria -> fled to home territory in southeast
    • Founded independent state of Biafra in May 1967 
    • 1966: Muslim Hausas began massacring the Christian Igbos: 80.000 - 100.000 Igbo killed in pogroms
    • Nigerian soldiers led by Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu started a coup and killed 22 people including the Prime Minister of Nigeria
    • few month later: Hausa-Fulani staged a counter-Coup—> murder of Nigeria‘s military Head of State and lots of Igbo

    —> that was the beginning of the civil war
    ]]>     2020-03-09 10:56:43 UTC https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/456783869     POST-WAR EFFECTS (short-term and long-term) J_Wst https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/456783903 - 3 million people dead
    -corruption of the ruling class
    -thousands die of hunger every week
    -economic deprivation
    -homeless, helpless children
    -government is accused of missing investments in the southeast
    -propaganda opened world‘s eyes to problems in developing countries]]>     2020-03-09 10:56:50 UTC https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/456783903     https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/458155080 2020-03-11 08:16:36 UTC https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/458155080 J_Wst https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/458201627 2020-03-11 09:46:22 UTC https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/458201627 https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/459025870 2020-03-12 10:47:43 UTC https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/459025870 https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/459026626 2020-03-12 10:49:02 UTC https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/459026626 https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/459027251 2020-03-12 10:50:06 UTC https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/459027251 https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/459029371 2020-03-12 10:53:50 UTC https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/459029371 https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/459029587 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https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/459036989 2020-03-12 11:06:49 UTC https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/459036989 Children suffering from starvation https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/459037288 2020-03-12 11:07:21 UTC https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/459037288 https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/459038776 2020-03-12 11:09:52 UTC https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/459038776 https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/459038838 2020-03-12 11:09:59 UTC https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/459038838 https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/459039622 2020-03-12 11:11:23 UTC https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/459039622 J_Wst https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/459469214 2020-03-12 19:04:46 UTC https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/459469214 J_Wst https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/459764402 2020-03-13 08:55:58 UTC https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/459764402 https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/459767954 2020-03-13 09:02:34 UTC https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/459767954 https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/459768088 2020-03-13 09:02:51 UTC https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/459768088 Belligerents https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/459769279 2020-03-13 09:05:12 UTC https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/459769279 Secessionist movements https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/459770040 2020-03-13 09:06:33 UTC https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/459770040 Today still Protests from IPOB People https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/459770335 2020-03-13 09:07:01 UTC https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/459770335 Founder 2015 arrested https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/459771733 2020-03-13 09:09:37 UTC https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/459771733 https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/459774224 2020-03-13 09:13:51 UTC https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/459774224 https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/459775261 2020-03-13 09:15:43 UTC https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/459775261 Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/459777124 2020-03-13 09:18:47 UTC https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/459777124 First and second generation impacts https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/459778540 Women exposed to the war in their growing years exhibit reduced adult stature, increased likelihood of being overweight, earlier age at first birth, and lower educational achievement.]]> 2020-03-13 09:21:03 UTC https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/459778540 https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/459781220 Counter-Coup]]> 2020-03-13 09:25:20 UTC https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/459781220 Biafran military https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/459792128 2020-03-13 09:42:52 UTC https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/459792128 Nnamdi Kanu (activist) https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/459792430 2020-03-13 09:43:21 UTC https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/459792430 https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/459792476 flag of Biafra]]> 2020-03-13 09:43:26 UTC https://padlet.com/J_Wst/a53afkqej9ot/wish/459792476