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Biafra and home-made
The Biafra shoreline was lined with home-made shore batteries and remote controlled weapons systems propelling rockets and bombs.

Biafra and Red
* 1969 – Nigeria bans Red Cross aid to Biafra.
On 30 June 1969, the Nigerian government banned all Red Cross aid to Biafra ; two weeks later it allowed medical supplies through the front line, but restricted food supplies.
However, significant controversy has surrounded the air operations of the Nigerian Forces, as several residents of Biafra, including Red Cross workers, foreign missionaries and journalists, accused the Nigerian Air Force of specifically targeting civilian populations, relief centers and marketplaces.
Bernard Kouchner was one of a number of French doctors who volunteered with the French Red Cross to work in hospitals and feeding centres in besieged Biafra.
Boeing C-97G Stratofreighter: Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter Serial Number: 52-2626 Registration: HB-ILY Markings: International Red Cross, Biafra, 1970.
He worked as a physician for the Red Cross in Biafra in 1968 ( during the Nigerian Civil War ).
What made him co-found Médecins Sans Frontières was his experience as a physician for the Red Cross during the Nigerian Civil War that took place in Biafra, 1968.

Biafra and ,"
Facing deadly air raids from Russian MIG jets piloted by Algerian and Egyptian mercenaries, Ojukwu's Biafra and University scientists created " Ogbunigwe ," what Americans today would call a weapon of mass destruction.
East Bay Ray claims that he has never been consciously influenced by surf music, and attributes the recognizable elements of surf in the Kennedys music to " having grown up in California ," although it could certainly be the influence of Klaus Flouride or Jello Biafra.
Examples of songs from this era are " Ya Little Creep " and " Bad ," two Kerr-era NoMeansNo songs with songwriting credited to the Hanson Brothers ( the former appears on the 1991 compilation Clam Chowder and Ice Vs. Big Macs and Bombers, while the latter appears on The Sky Is Falling and I Want My Mommy, a collaborative LP with Jello Biafra.

Biafra and also
The jury and judges also noted, in their words, that Biafra “ lacked credibility ” on the songwriting issue and found from evidence presented by both sides that the songwriting credits were due to the entire band, using a clause in the band's written partnership giving a small share of every Dead Kennedys song royalty directly to the band partnership.
The band also maintains that the Levi's story was completely fictitious and invented by Biafra to discredit them.
Biafra also accused the releases of the new live material of having poor sound quality.
Some have found difficulty reconciling this claim when Biafra also licensed to major corporations, approving with the other band members use of Dead Kennedys ’ songs in major studio film releases such as Neighbors, Freddy Got Fingered, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
He has also covered songs by hardcore punk bands such as The Exploited, Jello Biafra, and Black Flag.
In recent times, separatist aspirations have been growing again in Nigeria, not only by the indigenous people of Biafra but also by other ethnic groups both in the North and in the South, giving a clear sign that Nigeria may not remain the same, but will either be restructured to guarantee self-governance to the six geopolitical regions similar to the Aburi Accord 1967 or break up, disintegrate and go into oblivion like one of the ancient empires we read in history.
Biafra also received aid from non-state actors, including Joint Church Aid, Holy Ghost Fathers of Ireland, Caritas International, MarkPress and U. S. Catholic Relief Services.
# The original word used by the European travellers was not Biafra but Biafara, Biafar and sometimes also Biafares.
Like Crass, Jello Biafra was influenced by the hippie movement, and cited the yippies as a key influence on his political activism and thinking, though he also wrote songs critical of hippies.
In October 1966, for example, a Royal Air Burundi DC-4M Argonaut, flown by mercenary Heinrich Wartski, also known as Henry Wharton, crashlanded in Cameroon with military supplies destined for Biafra.
In addition to musical acts, Alternative Tentacles also publishes spoken word albums, many by Jello Biafra himself.
The tune of " Finlandia " was also adopted by Biafra for its national anthem " Land of the Rising Sun " during its attempted secession from Nigeria.
Jourgensen and Barker also formed Lard with Dead Kennedys lead singer Jello Biafra, Acid Horse with Cabaret Voltaire, 1000 Homo DJs ( which featured Nine Inch Nails ' Trent Reznor doing vocals on a cover of Black Sabbath's Supernaut ), PTP with Chris Connelly and Pailhead with Ian MacKaye of Minor Threat and Fugazi.
* Bight of Bonny also known as the Bight of Biafra
It also resembles the flag of the now-defunct Republic of Biafra.
The Bight of Bonny ( also known as the Bight of Biafra ) is a bight off the West African coast, in the easternmost part ( beyond the Bight of Benin to the West ) of the Gulf of Guinea.
The Nigerian Civil War, also known as the Nigerian-Biafran War, 6 July 1967 – 15 January 1970, was a political conflict caused by the attempted secession of the southeastern provinces of Nigeria as the self-proclaimed Republic of Biafra.
Gen. Gowon also launched an offensive into Biafra south from the Niger Delta to the riverine area using the bulk of the Lagos Garrison command under Colonel Benjamin Adekunle ( called the Black Scorpion ) to form the 3rd Infantry Division ( which was later renamed as the 3rd Marine Commando ).
Dornan also served as a photographer during the Vietnam War and flew relief flights into Biafra.
Former Dead Kennedys frontman Jello Biafra also guested on the album's opening track, " Ichabod.
In 1999, Thayil formed a punk band, the No WTO Combo, with Jello Biafra ( formerly of Dead Kennedys ), Krist Novoselic ( formerly of Nirvana, at the time a member of Sweet 75 ), and Gina Mainwal ( also of Sweet 75 ).
Philip Efiong ( also spelled Effiong, 18 November 1925 – 6 November 2003 ) was the first Vice President and the second President of the now defunct Republic of Biafra during the Nigerian Civil War of 1967 to 1970.
Andrew is currently the bassist with Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine, while also maintaining his Zion House ' o ' Flesh studio in New Jersey.
People who make appearances in the film include: Mary Crosby, of the nighttime soap opera Dallas ; character actors Clu Gulager and Doug McClure ; footballer Lyle Alzado ; ' 60s icon Connie Stevens ; Soul Train host Don Cornelius ; singer Courtney Love ; original " Human Beat-Box " Doug E. Fresh ; ska-punk band Fishbone ( who also performs the incidental score ) as " Ranchbone "; Lords of the New Church singer Stiv Bators ; Ted Nugent ; Weird Al Yankovic ; and Dead Kennedys singer Jello Biafra, in a cameo as an F. B. I.

Biafra and book
In their book, Smallpox and its Eradication, Fenner and colleagues describe how vaccine supply shortages during the Biafra smallpox campaign led to the development of the focal vaccination technique, later adopted worldwide by the World Health Organization, which led to the early and cost effective interruption of smallpox transmission in west Africa and elsewhere.
Returning to Biafra as a freelance reporter, Forsyth wrote his first book, The Biafra Story, in 1969.
They made an agreement that whoever would first write a book about their ordeal in Biafra could call on the other to write the foreword.

Biafra and by
In addition, Biafra was disdainful of the reunion, and having long expressed his disdain for nostalgia and rock reunion / oldies tours in particular, argued that the whole affair was motivated by greed.
Like Crass, Jello Biafra was influenced by the hippie movement and cited the yippies as a key influence on his political activism and thinking, though he did write songs critical of hippies.
After years of ethnic friction culminating in the massacre of the Ibos in the Northern and Western Nigeria between 1966 and 1967 in which an estimated population of 500, 000 Easterners were killed in a planned pogrom, the Eastern Region headed by Lt Col Odumegwu Ojukwu started a secessionist movement in Nigeria which resulted in the creation of the Republic of Biafra to protect the Easterners from annihilation.
The word " Biafra " appeared for the first time in the ancient map of Africa drawn by the Portuguese from 1492 to 1729 when it was spelt as Biafara, Biafar, and Biafares.
He submitted that what Biafra lost after the war was its sovereignty and not its people and therefore the remnants who were not consumed by the war are still protected under the law to exercise their right to self-determination as indigenous people of Biafra.
Thus, the quest to revive Biafra is gathering momentum both at national and international levels as it is now being championed by legal methods.
In December, the FMG managed to cut Biafra in half, primarily by the efforts of 3 Marine Commando Division of the Nigerian Army, led by then Colonel Benjamin Adekunle-popularly called " The Black Scorpion "-and later by Olusegun Obasanjo.
An early institution created by the Biafran government was the Bank of Biafra, accomplished under ‘ Decree No. 3 of 1967 '.
Early modern maps of Africa from the 15th – 19th centuries, drawn by European cartographers from accounts written by explorers and travellers, reveal some interesting information about Biafra:
It was known as Mid-Western state in Nigeria until August 1967 when it was occupied by Biafra as its forces advanced towards Lagos.
It was not recognised, not even by its " parent " country, Biafra, mainly because of the brevity of its existence.
Dead Kennedys guitarist East Bay Ray and vocalist Jello Biafra formed the original Alternative Tentacles partnership, but the label is now run by Biafra, who became the sole owner in the mid-1980s.

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