There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra

Bello, Mohammed, 28, 53

Bello, Sir Ahmadu, 46–47, 64, 79

Benin City, 71

Benin kingdom, 2

“Benin Road,” 73

Berlin Conference (1885), 1, 2

Beti, Mongo, 53

“Biafra, 1969,” 141–42

“Biafra: A People Betrayed” (Vonnegut), 106

“Biafra Explains Its Case,” 111

Biafra: Fighting a War Without Guns (documentary film), 153–54

Biafran Organization of Freedom Fighters (BOFF), 159–60

Biafran Research and Production, 156

Biafra secession

declaration of, 91–92, 128

new republic formed. See Republic of Biafra

Nigerian position on, 96–97

and Ojukwu (Emeka), 91–92, 128

supporters of, 91, 97–98

war following. See Nigeria-Biafra war

Biko, Steve, 163, 258

Bisalla, Iliya, 217

Blake, Eugene Carson, 166

Blum, Jeffrey D., 212–13

Boko Haram, 250–51

Bongo, Omar, 98

Brevin, Andrew, 231–32

British colonial rule

administrative functions, excellence of, 36, 43–44

African culture, denigration of, 54