"Land of the Rising Sun" was the proclaimed national anthem of the secession

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ist Africa

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n state of Biafra

Biafra

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, in south-eastern Nigeria

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. The tune was adopted from Sibelius

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' "Finlandia"

Finlandia Hymn

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. "Land of the Rising Sun" is also a name of Japan

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, and the Biafran anthem should not be confused with Japan

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's own national anthem, "Kimigayo".

Lyrics

Land of the rising sun, we love and cherish,

Beloved homeland of our brave heroes;

We must defend our lives or we shall perish,

We shall protect our hearts from all our foes;

But if the price is death for all we hold dear,

Then let us die without a shred of fear.

Hail to Biafra, consecrated nation,

Oh fatherland, this be our solemn pledge:

Defending thee shall be a dedication,

Spilling our blood we’ll count a privilege;

The waving standard which emboldens the free

Shall always be our flag of liberty.

We shall emerge triumphant from this ordeal,

And through the crucible unscathed we’ll pass;

When we are poised the wounds of battle to heal,

We shall remember those who died in mass;

Then shall our trumpets peal the glorious song

Of victory we scored o’er might and wrong.

Oh God, protect us from the hidden pitfall,

Guide all our movements lest we go astray;

Give us the strength to heed the humanist call:

"To give and not to count the cost" each day;

Bless those who rule to serve with resoluteness,

To make this clime a land of righteousness.