Category: The Black Star Collection
Agency: STERN MAGAZINE
Photographer: TROELLER, Gordian
Event Date: 1967
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 11 x 14 inches; 27.94 x 35.56 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.059952

Inscriptions:
BLOOD BATH IN NIGERIA/ 1967The civilians and the soldiers of Biafra want freedom, equality and peace. / They are fighting for their indepence [sic.]. The people of Biafra are better edu-/cated and more learned than the people in the North of Nigeria. They are/ fighting for their ideals and for their country which is the richest part/ part [sic] among the former confederate states. They have sufficient weapons and/ have even converted tractors into armored cars.Verso: The civilians and the soldiers of Biafra want freedom, equality and peace. / They are fighting for their indepence [sic.]. The people of Biafra are better edu-/cated and more learned than the people in the North of Nigeria. They are/ fighting for their ideals and for their country which is the richest part/ part [sic] among the former confederate states. They have sufficient weapons and/ have even converted tractors into armored cars.

Tagasauris Keywords: Aerial View; Crime, law and justice; Day; Face; Firearm; Full-Length Portrait; Group; Group of people; Group of people; Gun; Hat; Landscape; Male; Military; Military uniform; No Photostyle; Outdoors; Truck; Unrest, conflicts and war; Weapon; Young adult
Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: BIAFRA / NIGERIA CRISIS
Retouching: N