
Who are the indigenous People?
The United Nations' “working definition” of indigenous peoples states:
"Indigenous communities, peoples and nations are those which, having a historical continuity with pre-invasion and pre-colonial societies that developed on their territories, consider themselves distinct from other sectors of the societies now prevailing on those territories, or parts of them.
They form at present non-dominant sectors of society and are determined to preserve, develop and transmit to future generations their ancestral territories, and their ethnic identity, as the basis of their continued existence as peoples, in accordance with their own cultural patterns, social
institutions and legal system."
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o the folks who don't know, the Indigenous People of Biafra perfectly meets and qualifies 100% with this UN definition and that is why the UN body has already recognized IPOB.
NOTE:
(1). Biafra had a pre-historical continuity dating back even before Nigeria.
(2). Biafra pre-invasion and pre-colonial history and developed on its territories before it was invaded by the British.
(3). Biafra people have always considered themselves distinct from other societies and nations that make up present Nigeria and even before Nigeria was formed in 1914.
(4). Biafra is non-dominant part of the present society called Nigeria.
(5). The Biafran people are determined to preserve, develop and transmit to future generations their ancestral territories, and their ethnic identity, as the basis of their continued existence as peoples.
(6). The Biafran people have cultural patterns, social institutions and legal system that uniquely identify them.
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