A Second Holocaust?
In addition, the Igbo tribe of Nigeria was also the victim of Anti-Semitism in my opinion. Tudor Partiff states that the Igbo people were also descendants of Jewish tribes and their language could be traced back to Israel (Partiff, 109). In fact, many Israelis’ would visit the Igbo people and give gifts of traditional Jewish themed books and ritual objects, writes Tudor Partiff (109). Such evidence led to the conclusive belief that the Igbo people were Jews (Partiff, 110).
When the Igbo tribe separated from the Nigerian government to from the Republic of Biafra, the Nigerian government formed a sea blockage that resulted in the death of almost 2 million Igbo people ("Biafra 1966-1970" combatgenocide.org). I believe that this massacre was another form of Anti-Semitism because of the growing notion that the Igbo were Jewish, at that time, as Tudor Partiff explains. In conclusion, Tudor Partiff also claims that the Biafra Genocide could be viewed as a second Holocaust (Partiff, 110).
When the Igbo tribe separated from the Nigerian government to from the Republic of Biafra, the Nigerian government formed a sea blockage that resulted in the death of almost 2 million Igbo people ("Biafra 1966-1970" combatgenocide.org). I believe that this massacre was another form of Anti-Semitism because of the growing notion that the Igbo were Jewish, at that time, as Tudor Partiff explains. In conclusion, Tudor Partiff also claims that the Biafra Genocide could be viewed as a second Holocaust (Partiff, 110).