Radio Biafra, also known as Voice of Biafra, is a
radio station
Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radio ...
that was founded by the government of the unrecognized
Republic of Biafra(government that is led by
MASSOB in 1999). It is now operated by
Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. It is believed to have its first transmission before the
Nigeria-Biafra war
The Nigerian Civil War (6 July 1967 – 15 January 1970), also known as the Nigerian–Biafran War or the Biafran War, was a civil war fought between Nigeria and the Republic of Biafra, a secessionist state which had declared its independence ...
, the radio station was instrumental in the broadcast of speeches and propaganda by
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu
Chukwuemeka "Emeka" Odumegwu Ojukwu (4 November 1933 – 26 November 2011) was a Nigerian military officer, statesman and politician who served as the military governor of the Eastern Region of Nigeria in 1966 and the president of the s ...
to the people of the Republic of Biafra.
Transmission
Now based in the
United Kingdom
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, Radio Biafra transmits via the internet and shortwave broadcast targeted to the
Eastern Nigeria
The Eastern Region was an administrative region in Nigeria, dating back originally from the division of the colony Southern Nigeria in 1954. Its first capital was Calabar. The capital was later moved to Enugu and the second capital was Umuahia. T ...
, with their contents broadcast in English and Igbo. Radio Biafra claims to be broadcasting the ideology of
Biafra
Biafra, officially the Republic of Biafra, was a partially recognised secessionist state in West Africa that declared independence from Nigeria and existed from 1967 until 1970. Its territory consisted of the predominantly Igbo-populated f ...
–"Freedom of the Biafran people".
Controversy
Radio Biafra has been met with mixed reactions. While some critics have criticized the station for "inciting war" through its programmes and "preaching hate messages" against
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
which it refers to as a “zoo”, an editor for ''
Sahara Reporters
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'' wrote in defence of the radio station after he compared Radio Biafra with the
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...
Hausa service.
On 14 July 2015, it was reported in the media that the radio station had been jammed because it did not have a broadcast licence from the
. However, the radio station in a swift reaction labelled such claims as "lies" and went on to release its new frequency details to the public.