Biafra Zionist Movement

Biafra Zionist Movement (BZM) is a group agitating for the restoration of Biafra and its independence from Nigeria. It is led by Benjamin Onwuka, who is currently detained by the Federal Government of Nigeria. The movement's purpose is the actualization of the sovereign state of Biafra along precolonial lines.

Biafra

Biafra was a loose collection of ethnic groups before the arrival of Europeans to colonize Africa. Biafra and the Bight of Biafra were notorious for the transatlantic slave trade. Over two million slaves passed through the slave ports of Calabar and Bonny.[1][2]

See also

References
  1. http://www.whitneyplantation.com/the-atlantic-slave-trade.html
  2. Impressions of Western Africa: With Remarks on the Diseases of the Climate and a Report on the Peculiarities of Trade up the Rivers in the Bight of Biafra. Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts. 1858.
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