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ENOUGH OF THIS IGBO UNITY BEGGING. ENOUGH OF THIS IGBO UNITY BEGGING.Let me tell you small history. Before Nigeria, we were Ndigbo. One people. One language with dialects. One market spirit. From Aro to Nnewi, from Onitsha to Agbor, from Afikpo to Bonny, from Okija to Opobo — our ancestors traded, married, fought wars together,Continue reading “ENOUGH OF THIS IGBO UNITY BEGGING.”

THE ARMY THREW A 77-YEAR-OLD WOMAN FROM A SECOND-FLOOR WINDOW — HER SON LATER CARRIED HER COFFIN TO THE MILITARY HEADQUARTERS THE ARMY THREW A 77-YEAR-OLD WOMAN FROM A SECOND-FLOOR WINDOW — HER SON LATER CARRIED HER COFFIN TO THE MILITARY HEADQUARTERS By 1977, Fela Kuti had stopped behaving like an ordinary Nigerian musician. HisContinue reading “THE ARMY THREW A 77-YEAR-OLD WOMAN FROM A SECOND-FLOOR WINDOW — HER SON LATER CARRIED HER COFFIN TO THE MILITARY HEADQUARTERS”

THE SOSSO KINGDOM THE SOSSO KINGDOM The Forgotten Power Between Ghana and Mali When people hear the name Sosso, many immediately think of Soumaoro Kanté, Sundiata Keita and the Battle of Kirina. But the history of Sosso is much bigger than one battle. Before Mali became one of the great empires of West Africa, anotherContinue reading “THE SOSSO KINGDOM”

EZOCHA UGWUOJI EBIA: Ancestor, Not Deity – The History of Ogrute’s Founding Father in #Enugu_Ezike EZOCHA UGWUOJI EBIA: Ancestor, Not Deity – The History of Ogrute’s Founding Father in #Enugu_Ezike There is a persistent historical misconception in Ogrute and indeed among many church-goers today that Ezocha is a deity to be bound and cast outContinue reading “EZOCHA UGWUOJI EBIA: Ancestor, Not Deity – The History of Ogrute’s Founding Father in #Enugu_Ezike”