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HISTORICAL ACCIDENTS

HISTORICAL ACCIDENTS

If Igboland were colonised by China, I would probably be writing today in Chinese and bearing a Chinese name.I would have possibly been a Buddhist and maybe a Buddhist monk. If no one had colonised us, I would possibly have…

BREAK THE SHELL

BREAK THE SHELL

His name is Elon Musk. He is not the only or the greatest living inventor but has contributed a lot to making human life easier. But do you know that many reading this, including maybe you, are more gifted or…

SURNAMES

SURNAMES

Who taught you that your children should answer your own first name as their surname rather than the one you bear? This is very dangerous and misleading because your surname, also known as your last name, is a “hereditary name…

THE JUKUN

the jukun

Nigeria has over 300 ethnic groups. The Jukun is one of them. They are located in Taraba, Benue, Nasarawa, Plateau, Adamawa, Bauchi, and Gombe States. They are also found in parts of northwestern Cameroon. There is hardly any ethnic group…

IGBO BU OFU

IGBO BU OFU

Have you heard of the 30-year wār fought in Germäny and other countries in Central Europe from 1618 to 1648? About 8 million people dìed. In Germäny, it redüced the population almost up to 50 percent. It was mostly between…

WHAT IS A DELTA?

WHAT IS A DELTA?

“A delta is an area of low, flat land shaped like a triangle where a river splits and spreads out into several branches before entering the sea.” There are over 50 countries in the world that have deltas. “The Niger…

MORE THAN A FÄILED STĂTE

MORE THAN A FÄILED STĂTE

1) weāk g0vernance, 2) limited administrative capacity, 3) chr0nic humanitarian crìses, 4) persistent social tenşions, and 5) often, vi0lence or the legacy of armèd c0nflict; 6) high rate of j0blessness, especially among the youth; 7) inability to solve the problem…

ISICHEI ON IGBO RESISTANCE

ISICHEI ON IGBO RESISTANCE

According to Elizabeth Isichei, “no Nigerian people resisted coĺonialism more tenaciously than the Igbo. The great Emirates of the north, once conquered, supported the Britìsh, with the minor exception of the Satiru rising.” “The conquest of Igboland took over twenty…