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THE IGBO MAP NIGERIA NEVER TELLS YOU ABOUT: FIVE STATES ARE NOT THE WHOLE STORY THE IGBO MAP NIGERIA NEVER TELLS YOU ABOUT: FIVE STATES ARE NOT THE WHOLE STORYFor decades, Nigerians have been taught to look at a political map and mistake it for a historical map. That is where the controversy begins.Igbo identityContinue reading “THE IGBO MAP NIGERIA NEVER TELLS YOU ABOUT: FIVE STATES ARE NOT THE WHOLE STORY”

Niger’s military junta has thwarted an attempted coup following intense overnight gunfire and explosions across the capital city of Niamey. Niger’s military junta has thwarted an attempted coup following intense overnight gunfire and explosions across the capital city of Niamey. The ruling military junta, the National Council for the Safeguarding of the Homeland (CNSP) ledContinue reading “Niger’s military junta has thwarted an attempted coup following intense overnight gunfire and explosions across the capital city of Niamey.”

NELSON MANDELA: THE MAN WHO SACRIFICED HIS FREEDOM FOR A FREE NATION NELSON MANDELA: THE MAN WHO SACRIFICED HIS FREEDOM FOR A FREE NATION On 18 July 1918, in the small village of Mvezo, South Africa, a boy was born who would one day change the history of his country. His name was Nelson RolihlahlaContinue reading “NELSON MANDELA: THE MAN WHO SACRIFICED HIS FREEDOM FOR A FREE NATION”

SO MANY THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING ON UNDERGROUND… AND NOW SOME OF THEM ARE COMING TO LIGHT. 🇳🇬 SO MANY THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING ON UNDERGROUND… AND NOW SOME OF THEM ARE COMING TO LIGHT. While many Nigerians have been busy with their daily lives, important conversations about the future structure of Nigeria have beenContinue reading “SO MANY THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING ON UNDERGROUND… AND NOW SOME OF THEM ARE COMING TO LIGHT.”

The Thirteen States of Igbo Land: Why “South East” Was Never the Whole Story The Thirteen States of Igbo Land: Why “South East” Was Never the Whole Story Some Nigerians have convinced themselves that the Igbo nation begins and ends inside five states of Nigeria. That belief is not just wrong, it is the productContinue reading “The Thirteen States of Igbo Land: Why “South East” Was Never the Whole Story”

THEY THOUGHT THEY KNEW WHERE HUMANITY BEGAN… THEN TOUMAÏ APPEARED. 🔥 THEY THOUGHT THEY KNEW WHERE HUMANITY BEGAN… THEN TOUMAÏ APPEARED. For generations, we were given a simple picture of human evolution. Africa was the birthplace of humanity. But when the story was told, attention often centered on the great fossil discoveries of East Africa.Continue reading “THEY THOUGHT THEY KNEW WHERE HUMANITY BEGAN… THEN TOUMAÏ APPEARED.”

THE DAY NELSON MANDELA WENT TO JAIL THE DAY NELSON MANDELA WENT TO JAIL 😢🇿🇦 On 5 August 1962, Nelson Mandela was arrested near Howick, South Africa. He was fighting against apartheid—a system that denied millions of Black South Africans their basic rights. But Mandela’s arrest was only the beginning. After his trial, he wasContinue reading “THE DAY NELSON MANDELA WENT TO JAIL”

SOWETO 1976: THE DAY CHILDREN ROSE AGAINST APARTHEID SOWETO 1976: THE DAY CHILDREN ROSE AGAINST APARTHEID June 16, 1976. On this day, the streets of Soweto filled with thousands of Black schoolchildren. Many were teenagers. They came together to protest an apartheid education policy that required Afrikaans to be used as a medium of instructionContinue reading “SOWETO 1976: THE DAY CHILDREN ROSE AGAINST APARTHEID”

IN HISTORY: ON THIS DAY, AUGUST 28, 1993 — NIGERIAN WORKERS STR1K€ FOR DEMO#CRACY. IN HISTORY: ON THIS DAY, AUGUST 28, 1993 — NIGERIAN WORKERS STR1K€ FOR DEMO#CRACY. On this day, August 28, 1993, Nigerian workers began a major str1ke demanding an end to milit@ry rule and the restoration of d€mocr@cy, deepening the politic@l cr1sisContinue reading “IN HISTORY: ON THIS DAY, AUGUST 28, 1993 — NIGERIAN WORKERS STR1K€ FOR DEMO#CRACY.”