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SWAHILI ORIGINS. SWAHILI ORIGINS. We were taught in school that Kiswahili came about by mixing Arabic with various Bantu languages. However, that was not true. When the Arabs and Europeans arrived at the East African coast they found the Swahili ie Wangozi people speaking Kimvita/Kiamu/Kitangana/Kiunguja etc . Kiswahili is an old language of an establishedContinue reading “SWAHILI ORIGINS.”

HISTORY BEHIND NAMES BEEN CALLED RIVER NIGER BEFORE COL0NIZÄTION. HISTORY BEHIND NAMES BEEN CALLED RIVER NIGER BEFORE COL0NIZÄTION. Before colonization, the River Niger did not have a single, unified name across Nigeria. Because it flows through multiple regions and diverse ethnic groups, the people living along its banks had their own distinct, localized names forContinue reading “HISTORY BEHIND NAMES BEEN CALLED RIVER NIGER BEFORE COL0NIZÄTION.”

Chief (Dr.) Mathias Nwafor Ugochukwu (1926–1990): The Visionary Industrialist Who Helped Shape Eastern Nigeria’s Manufacturing Sector Chief (Dr.) Mathias Nwafor Ugochukwu (1926–1990): The Visionary Industrialist Who Helped Shape Eastern Nigeria’s Manufacturing Sector Late Chief (Dr.) Mathias Nwafor Ugochukwu (1926–1990) was one of Nigeria’s most accomplished businessmen, industrialists, and philanthropists. Widely respected across the country, heContinue reading “Chief (Dr.) Mathias Nwafor Ugochukwu (1926–1990): The Visionary Industrialist Who Helped Shape Eastern Nigeria’s Manufacturing Sector”

Dodan Barracks in the 1970s: Power, Protest and a Defining Symbol of Military Rule Dodan Barracks in the 1970s: Power, Protest and a Defining Symbol of Military Rule This historic photograph shows a large crowd gathered outside Dodan Barracks in Ikoyi, Lagos, during the 1970s, a period when Nigeria was under military rule. At theContinue reading “Dodan Barracks in the 1970s: Power, Protest and a Defining Symbol of Military Rule”

FEBRUARY 13 1976: THE DAY MURTALA WAS K1LL£D AND GOWON’S NAME WAS DRAGG£D IN… FEBRUARY 13 1976: THE DAY MURTALA WAS K1LL£D AND GOWON’S NAME WAS DRAGG£D IN… On the morning of February 13, 1976, Nigeria’s Head of State, Gen. Murtala Mohammed, was ass@ssinated in a f@iled CØ”ŪP in Lagos. His car was @mbushed atContinue reading “FEBRUARY 13 1976: THE DAY MURTALA WAS K1LL£D AND GOWON’S NAME WAS DRAGG£D IN…”