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The history of the Igbo people starts from the migrations that have brought the Igbo to their present homeland.
Bronzes found at the town of Igbo-Ukwu are created, among them iron swords, bronze and copper vases and ornaments and terracotta sculptures are made.[1]
Olaudah Equiano is born in Essaka, but later kidnapped and shipped to Barbados and sold as a slave in 1765.
1797
Olaudah Equiano dies in England a freed slave.
1807
The Slave Trade Act 1807 is passed (on 25 March) helping in stopping the transportation of enslaved Africans, including Igbo people, to the Americas. Atlantic slave trade exports an estimated total of 1.4 million[citation needed] Igbo people across the Middle Passage
1830
European explorers explore the course of the Lower Niger and meet the Northern Igbo.
A coup by Igbo military officers takes over government and assassinate the Northern leaders. The Federal Military Government is formed, with General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi as the Head of State and Supreme Commander of the Federal Republic.
Ethnoreligious violence between Igbo Christians, and Hausa/Fulani Muslims in Eastern and Northern Nigeria, triggers a migration of the Igbo back to the East.
General Emeka Ojukwu flees into exile; His deputy Philip Effiong becomes acting President of Biafra.
1970
January 15
Acting President of Biafra Philip Effiong surrenders to Nigerian forces through future President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, and Biafra is reintegrated into Nigeria.
References[]
^ Jump up to: abcUnderstanding 'Things Fall Apart' by Kalu Ogbaa
Further reading[]
Understanding 'Things Fall Apart' by Kalu Ogbaa ISBN0-313-30294-4