- Nigerian singer Kcee, has sparked conversation after openly affirming his Biafran identity.
- According to the music star, every Igbo person naturally belongs to the Biafran cultural heritage.
Nigerian singer Kingsley Okonkwo, popularly known as Kcee, has sparked conversation after openly affirming his Biafran identity.
According to the music star, every Igbo person naturally belongs to the Biafran cultural heritage.
His remarks come shortly after he avoided clarifying his identity during an earlier chat with skit maker Carter Efe. However, Kcee later addressed the topic in detail during an interview on Yanga 89.9 FM, Lagos, where he discussed culture, history, and personal identity in modern-day Nigeria.
Kcee clearly stated his position, insisting that the Igbo people collectively trace their roots to Biafra.
He said:
“As far as I am concerned, every Igbo man under the sun today is a Biafran. I am a Biafran. I am an Igbo man, and Biafra is where we are from. It is just like the Arewas and Oduduwas.”
He explained that his comparison to Arewa and Oduduwa was deliberate, noting that Biafra, in a cultural and historical sense, represents the Igbo homeland and should not be mistaken for current political movements.
Kcee further shared the background of the name “Biafra,” stating that it emerged during the civil war period in 1967 after Frank Opigo from Bayelsa suggested it as a unifying term for the Igbo region.
Watch the interview here:
Read some comments below:
@SolomonTheophi9:”This one say Biafra was created 1914 Kcee Limpopo don’t even know his history”
@pdogged:”He did not name BIAFRA for the Igbos, he named it for we old eastern region. A lot of tribes reside there and Biafra will come one day.”
@OnyeChiMereEze1:”Dr. Frank Opigo(may Okike bless his soul) didn’t suggest the name ‘Biafra’ to the Eastern Consultative Assembly, rather, he reminded the Assembly that the name of that Region is ‘Biafra’. Dont forget that he had a PhD in History, while Ojukwu had a first Degree in History.”
@SolomonTheophi9:”Biafra is not just for the Igbo people but has Igbo majority Biafra has so many tribe it was ijaw man that gave the name Biafra so why saying it an Igbo thing I am Igbo person but Biafra is for us all not just the Igbo”
@Samfizsy:”Funny enough the word Biafra was coined by a Portuguese, before you argue go verify. MNK will be cussing that Nigeria was named by the west yet he want to create another coin named by the west.”
