Nigerian singer Kingsley Okonkwo, better known as Kcee, has described himself as a “Biafran,” stressing that the term represents an ethnographical identity rather than a separatist movement.
Speaking during an interview on Yanga 89.9 FM, Lagos, Kcee said the word Biafra historically refers to the Igbo people, just as Arewa and Oduduwa describe northern and Yoruba identities.
“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 said.
He explained that the name Biafra was adopted in 1967 after being suggested by Frank Opigo from Bayelsa. “Before 1967, who were we? Igbos. Being Igbo means you are still a Biafran,” Kcee added.
