Cluster of naked, starving children with distended bellies during the Biafra War, Nigeria, late 1960s.
The 30-month-old Nigerian civil war, the end of which now seems certain, brought untold misery and deprivation to hundreds of thousands of Nigerians:...
Bath-Time for the Biafran Innocents. Port Harcourt, Nigeria: Relief workers perform a task that seems endless. Thousands of emaciated Biafran babies...
Umahia, BIAFRA- By all military odds, Biafra should have lost its war with federal Nigeria long ago. It has not lost, but in the next few months it...
Owerri, Nigeria- Holding his pan, a young refugee waits for food at a distribution center. Nigerian authorities in Port Harcourt held incommunicado...
Lt. Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu, leader of secessionist Biafra, announces introduction of new currency and postage stamps, officially issued on January...
English model and actress Jean Shrimpton joins a group of anti-war protestors campaigning to end the killing of civilians in Biafra and the Nigerian...
Soldier of Biafra. Okwala Junction, Biafra: A Biafran soldier stands in a road at Okwala Junction, recently, just after Biafran troops seized that...
Villagers watch a group of Nigerian federal troops in a Biafran town. Biafra was a region of eastern Nigeria that seceded from 1967 to 1970.
An Ibo tribesman inspects a rifle during young soldiers' training at the camp at Owerri. After their initial training, the soldiers go to join the...
Folk singer Joan Baez and rock singer Jimi Hendrix chat between acts at a Biafran Relief Benefit show at a place in Manhattan called Steve Paul's...
Biafra, Africa- This is military training Biafran style. These recruits go through the paces somewhere in Biafra. Nigerian spokesmen have been...
Dead Nigerian soldier found in his trench after the liberation of Ikot Ekpene in Biafra, clutching relief ration. 7/6/1968
Group of emaciated children from the Biafra region standing together in the Calabar-Uyo region during the Nigerian - Biafran civil war in Nigeria,...
Guitarist and singer Barry Melton of American band Country Joe and the Fish performs at a Biafra relief concert, 1970.
Biafran soldiers seen here crossing the river ina canoe with Daily Herald staff photographer Ron Burton during the Biafra conflict, 11th June 1968.
Biafran officer seen here with Daily Herald staff photographer Ron Burton during the Biafra conflict, 11th June 1968.
Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu, the Military Governor of Biafra in Nigeria inspecting some of his troops, 11th June 1968. The Nigerian Civil War, also known...
Child, victim of famine in March 1969, during the Biafra War. Following the Nigerian government's blockade against the secessionists of Biafra,...
African heads of state salute a guard of honour of the Algerian Army at the airport in Algiers, Algeria, where they have met to discuss the situation...
Biafran soldier seen here with Daily Herald staff photographer Ron Burton during the Biafra conflict, 11th June 1968.
Swedish aviator Count Carl Gustaf von Rosen wages a private war on the Nigerian Air Force in Biafra, who are preventing foreign aid from reaching the...
Group managing director of Royal Dutch Shell, Frank McFadzean, arriving at London Airport after travelling to Biafra to secure the release of the...
Biafran mother and her starving baby during the famine resulting from the Biafran War in the Republic of Biafra.
View of Igbo refugees pictured in trucks lined up on a road just outside the city of Owerri, one of the former capitals of the Republic of Biafra,...
Man prays in front of a banner displayed on May 30, 2018 at the Biafra district in Abidjan during a ceremony commemorating the Biafran War from 1967...
Banners and candles are displayed on May 30, 2018 at the Biafra district in Abidjan during a ceremony commemorating the Biafran War from 1967 to 1970.
Banners and candles are displayed on May 30, 2018 at the Biafra district in Abidjan during a ceremony commemorating the Biafran War from 1967 to 1970.
Biafran soldiers and helpers seen here carrying an injured comrade onto a canoe to cross the river during the Biafra conflict, 11th June 1968.
Biafran soldiers and helpers seen here carrying an injured comrade onto a stretcher during the Biafra conflict, 11th June 1968.
In this handout photo provided by the Israeli Government Press Office , Israeli peace activist Abie Nathan watches as local youth help load food and...
May 1965, Nigerian born boxer Dick Tiger, the former Middleweight Champion of the World, stands over Rubin "Hurricane" Carter after knocking him to...
An emaciated child stands in front of a drawing of Goofy in Biafra, a secessionist state in southern Nigeria, circa 1970.
Photo shows a view of an empty highway running past the Ogbaru Market in Onitsha on May 30 during a shutdown in commemoration of the 50th anniversary...
Security guard poses for a photo in an empty ally way in Ogbaru Market on May 30 during a shutdown in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the...
Supporters of the Indigenous People of Biafra gather at the Old Market Road in Onitsha, on May 30 during a shutdown in commemoration of the 50th...