MY THOUGHTS ON THE BIAFRAN AGITATIONS(Part4)

   

Written by Rev Sunday Adelaja

 

THE HIGH PRICE OF INDEPENDENCE

Apart from these seven people groups that have been mentioned above, too many other people groups in their hundreds are struggling and clamoring on a daily basis for an independent nation even as we speak. If a detailed list were made, such people groups might run into a thousand. Can you imagine a thousand new countries emerging in our world today? It’s just not possible, they will not be recognized. It is going to create chaos and confusion.

Let’s have a quick look at some people groups that are agitating for their recognition or independence in our world today.

1. In Ukraine where I live, the eastern part of the country is agitating for independence with countless thousands of casualties already.

1. In Russia, the Chechen people, have been involved in two wars, yet they can’t get away.

2. In Afghanistan, the Taliban wants to build their own caliphate of Islamic state.

3. In Armenia, the Nagorno-karabakh people want their own recognition.

4. In Cameroon, the English speaking people have been struggling for years to have the same equal rights as the French speaking people. Some of them have been forced into exile, yet it has not been possible.

5. In Kenya, tribes have fought and spilled blood, yet no country has sided with any one of them to become independent.

6. In Great Britain, Northern Ireland has waged guerrilla war for years and still they could not get their full independence.

7. In Congo, part of the nation wanted to control their mineral resources, other foreign governments have only exploited them.

8. In Cyprus, the northern part of the country has been struggling for years, still they are not recognized as an independent nation.

9. In France, Guadeloupe and Basque have been fighting for years to be free and yet it is not easy to get their full independence.

10. In the Philippines, the Filipino guerillas have been living in the jungle for ages and they have not been able to build either their Marxist or Muslim nation.

11. In Sri Lanka, the Tamil Tigers have dreamt about independence but it has not been easy coming.

12. In Turkey, the Kurdish people have dreamt of building Kurdistan. They have fought for it, yet to no avail.

13. In Spain, the Basque nation has fought for their independence for years, still it is not coming.

14. In Mauritania, the minorities have been complaining of oppression, but no help and understanding has come from the bigger nations of the world.

What more can I say? A word is enough for the wise…