In 1967, the millionaire's son turned military man broke away from Nigeria with the state of Biafra and, as the new age of televised news covered the resulting civil war, began the stereotype of a bereft and besieged Africa(http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/world/~4/iLtpZzCiDSU)
Attribution: MSNBC, Time & Topix.