The Nigerian Civil War, also known as theBiafranWar, Nigeria-BiafraWar, or BiafraWar, was an armed conflict fought between Nigeria and the Republic of Biafra, a secessionist state that had declared its independence from Nigeria in 1967. The Nigerian Civil War was fought from 1967 to 1970 between Nigeria’s federal government and the Republic of Biafra, a secessionist state. Ethnic conflict, economic inequality, and educational disparities were among the factors contributing to the outbreak of war. The Nigerian Civil War, also known as theBiafranWar, July 6, 1967 – January 13, 1970, was a political conflict caused by the attempted secession ofthe southeastern provinces of Nigeria as the self-proclaimed Republic of Biafra. TheBiafran/Nigerian Civil War (1967-1970) was primarily caused by ethnic tensions and colonial legacies. The British colonial amalgamation of diverse ethnic groups into Nigeria led to conflicts, especially between the Hausa and Igbo groups. Until recently, the Nigeria-Biafrawar was rarely analyzed by either scholars or artists. “The world was silent when we died,” wrote Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in her extraordinary war novel, Half of a Yellow Sun. But the world was less silent during the war than it became afterward. TheBiafrancause was marginal in Nigerian politics after the war’s end, especially given the other, more potent threats to Nigeria’s unity that emerged in the 1980s and 1990s, like the crisis in the oil-producing Niger Delta region. Biafran conflict: A grandmother's perspective on the war. Mr Oragwu wishes that the Igbo had paid less attention to the scramble for power at the centre, and instead distinguished their region by advancing the technological gains ofthewar. The Nigerian Civil war, which lasted from July 1966 to January 1970, remains the most significant event in the country’s post-independence history in ways reminiscent ofthe American Civil War.
