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Thoh:


Stop this.

Fraud.

RevDesm0ndJuju:
The word Biafra owes its origins from old Portogese maps detailing the now Bight of Guinea.

The original name of the Bight of Guinea was Bight of Mafra.

Mafra being a Portogese slaving port in present day Cameron that was named after the Portogese port city of Mafra which was a major rallying port for Portogese slavers.

Along the coastal areas of west Africa starting at present day Togo, the Portogese named their ports of calling after cities in Portugal.

So we have Porto Novo in Togo, Lagos in Eko , Escravos and Forcados in present day Delta, Marfra in Cameron, Malabu and Fernando Po in Equatorial Guinea

The original redention in Portogese maps was Bight of Mafra and written in short hand as "Bi. Mafra" just as you will see "Isle" in place of Island.

Over the years it came to be known as Biafra . This may be as a result of other European sailing expeditions mistaken the area as Biafra since the maps may have degraded and difficult to read.

The word Biafra had nothing to do with the Igbo language as postulated by that great ignorance peddling swill known as Radio Biafra.

The irony here is how Igbos named their nation after a major Slaving port in Portugal .

Ijoh:


It does not have a thing to do with Igbo.

RevDesm0ndJuju:
The word Biafra owes its origins from old Portogese maps detailing the now Bight of Guinea.

The original name of the Bight of Guinea was Bight of Mafra.

Mafra being a Portogese slaving port in present day Cameron that was named after the Portogese port city of Mafra which was a major rallying port for Portogese slavers.

Along the coastal areas of west Africa starting at present day Togo, the Portogese named their ports of calling after cities in Portugal.

So we have Porto Novo in Togo, Lagos in Eko , Escravos and Forcados in present day Delta, Marfra in Cameron, Malabu and Fernando Po in Equatorial Guinea

The original rendition n Portogese maps was Bight of Mafra and written in short hand as "Bi. Mafra" just as you will see "Isle" in place of Island.

Over the years it came to be known as Biafra . This may be as a result of other European sailing expeditions mistaken the area as Biafra since the maps may have degraded over the years and difficult to read and new reproductions based on the original Portogese maps rendered it as "Biafra" instead of "Bight of Mafra".

We could also explain this as not a mistake but a deliberate renaming by the British from the original Portogese rendition so as to deny any future claims of the area by Portugal. The scramble for Africa was going on at this time and so competiting European powers would rename areas that fell into their control.

The word Biafra had nothing to do with the Igbo language as postulated by that great ignorance peddling swill known as Radio Biafra. According to Radio Biafra , the word came from two Igbo words : " Bia" and "Fra" meaning come and go in the Igbo tongue. This is highly unlikely as the first use of the word was to designate the adjourning waters close to the Portogese port of Mafra in Cameron and for the obvious fact that the igbos were not known as a sea fearing people and their enclaves were far into the hinterland and never by the coastal areas.


The irony here is how Igbos named their nation after a major Slaving port in Portugal .

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