Generational perspectives on the biafra emancipation movement: analyzing attitudes, beliefs, and activism across political generations in Nigeria

This qualitative study explores the perspectives of the Biafran Emancipation Movement across political generational cohorts in Nigeria. Employing a qualitative phenomenological research design, the research utilized semi-structured interviews and Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis to examine the attitudes, beliefs, and activism within the political generational cohorts—MASSOB, IPOB, and BRGIE/USB—drawing on Whittier (Citation1997) framework of political generations. The findings revealed both similarities and differences in the attitudes, beliefs, and activism among these cohorts, indicating cohort replacement and turnover thereby enhancing continuity within the movement. Additionally, the data reveals a continued involvement of minority ethnic groups in the South-East/South-South besides the Igbos, as they did during the Nigeria/Biafra war, although the extent of their participations are yet to be fully determined.