THE HISTORY OF THE DAFFÉ SURNAME THE HISTORY OF THE DAFFÉ SURNAME From the Ancient Wagadou Traditions to Mali, Guinea, Senegal, The Gambia and Sierra Leone. Every West African surname carries a story. For the Daffé family, oral traditions connect their history to the ancient movements of peoples across the Western Sahel, Soninké and theContinue reading “THE HISTORY OF THE DAFFÉ SURNAME”
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HOW DID THE BRITISH SEPARATE WESTERN IGBO FROM THEIR KIN EAST OF THE NIGER?
HOW DID THE BRITISH SEPARATE WESTERN IGBO FROM THEIR KIN EAST OF THE NIGER? 🇳🇬 HOW DID THE BRITISH SEPARATE WESTERN IGBO FROM THEIR KIN EAST OF THE NIGER? Did you know that Asaba, Agbor, Ibusa, Aboh, Ogwashi-Uku, Ika, Aniocha, Ndokwa and Ukwuani are home to Igbo-speaking communities west of the Niger? 👀 During colonialContinue reading “HOW DID THE BRITISH SEPARATE WESTERN IGBO FROM THEIR KIN EAST OF THE NIGER?”
GUINEA SAID NO. GHANA ANSWERED YES.
GUINEA SAID NO. GHANA ANSWERED YES. GUINEA SAID NO. GHANA ANSWERED YES. There are a thousand ways to punish a country for saying no. France chose the light bulbs. No speech. No declaration. Just light bulbs coming out of the walls. Because a few weeks earlier, Guinea had done something no other French African territoryContinue reading “GUINEA SAID NO. GHANA ANSWERED YES.”
THE BIG LIE IS DEAD:THAT THE MINORITIES WERE OPPRESSED BY IGBOS IN OLD EASTERN REGION
THE BIG LIE IS DEAD:THAT THE MINORITIES WERE OPPRESSED BY IGBOS IN OLD EASTERN REGION THE BIG LIE IS DEAD:THAT THE MINORITIES WERE OPPRESSED BY IGBOS IN OLD EASTERN REGION They keep telling this lie to divide us. To keep lying against the Igbos, they removed history from schools because they know if history isContinue reading “THE BIG LIE IS DEAD:THAT THE MINORITIES WERE OPPRESSED BY IGBOS IN OLD EASTERN REGION”
THEY KILLED HIM OVER A COIN.
THEY KILLED HIM OVER A COIN. THEY KILLED HIM OVER A COIN. There are a thousand ways to stop a currency. France chose a soldier. No trial.No warning.A president dead three feet from an embassy gate. Sylvanus Olympio had said no. Twice. The first no was to the army. Olympio kept Togo’s military tiny. TwoContinue reading “THEY KILLED HIM OVER A COIN.”
BREAKING!! : IT HAS HAPPENED AGAIN.
BREAKING!! : IT HAS HAPPENED AGAIN. BREAKING!! : IT HAS HAPPENED AGAIN. President bola amed Tinubu has been allegedly Forging US Embassy Letter to Appreciate Him for Security Efforts. OSUBIRILE. The allegation followed the circulation of a letter said to have been issued through the US Embassy in Nigeria and referenced by Tinubu’s associate, RenoContinue reading “BREAKING!! : IT HAS HAPPENED AGAIN.”
THE GLOBAL SOUTH WAS NOT BORN POOR… SO STOP LYING ABOUT WHY IT IS STRUGGLING.
THE GLOBAL SOUTH WAS NOT BORN POOR… SO STOP LYING ABOUT WHY IT IS STRUGGLING. THE GLOBAL SOUTH WAS NOT BORN POOR… SO STOP LYING ABOUT WHY IT IS STRUGGLING. I’m about to say something that will offend colonialism apologists, African politicians, Western governments, and even some people in the Global South. GOOD. Because maybeContinue reading “THE GLOBAL SOUTH WAS NOT BORN POOR… SO STOP LYING ABOUT WHY IT IS STRUGGLING.”
GERMANY CALLED IT A COLONIAL WAR. HISTORY CALLS IT GENOCIDE. SO WHY ARE WE STILL AFRAID TO TALK ABOUT IT?
GERMANY CALLED IT A COLONIAL WAR. HISTORY CALLS IT GENOCIDE. SO WHY ARE WE STILL AFRAID TO TALK ABOUT IT? GERMANY CALLED IT A COLONIAL WAR. HISTORY CALLS IT GENOCIDE. SO WHY ARE WE STILL AFRAID TO TALK ABOUT IT? Let me say something that might make some people uncomfortable. When Africans fought to defendContinue reading “GERMANY CALLED IT A COLONIAL WAR. HISTORY CALLS IT GENOCIDE. SO WHY ARE WE STILL AFRAID TO TALK ABOUT IT?”
NOVEMBER 12, 1994: BIANCA ONOH MARRIED EMEKA OJUKWU
NOVEMBER 12, 1994: BIANCA ONOH MARRIED EMEKA OJUKWU NOVEMBER 12, 1994: BIANCA ONOH MARRIED EMEKA OJUKWU On November 12, 1994, Bianca Onoh married the former Biafran leader, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, in Abuja. Bianca was 27 years old, while Ojukwu was 61, making their age difference about 34 years.Their rel@tionship had actually begun several years earlier.Continue reading “NOVEMBER 12, 1994: BIANCA ONOH MARRIED EMEKA OJUKWU”
THE TRAGIC FALL OF KWAME NKRUMAH — FROM GHANA’S HERO TO EXILE
THE TRAGIC FALL OF KWAME NKRUMAH — FROM GHANA’S HERO TO EXILE 💔 THE TRAGIC FALL OF KWAME NKRUMAH — FROM GHANA’S HERO TO EXILE Imagine giving your entire life to the freedom of your people… only to one day be told that you can no longer return home. 💔 Kwame Nkrumah was one ofContinue reading “THE TRAGIC FALL OF KWAME NKRUMAH — FROM GHANA’S HERO TO EXILE”
