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Mar. 20, 1931

Birth of Entrepreneur and Pan-Igbo Activist, Sunny Odogwu

Chief Sunny Iwedike Odogwu (Mar 20, 1925 - Nov 5th, 2018) was born in Asaba, Delta State. He would rise to work in the British dominated insurance industry. The developed the SIO Group of companies which included indigenous businesses. He was a staunch supported of …

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Geography

Land of the Hausa (Kasar Hausa)

Kasar Hausa (Land of the Hausa) holds historical significance not only to the Hausa people but also in the context of Igbo history, particularly due to the region's trade and diplomatic ties with the Igbo people.

There are approximately 86 million Hausa, with the majority,  …

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Wider Context

Dinka

The Dinka, numbering around 4.5 milliion, live in South Sudan. They trace their origins to the Nile Valley, where they have lived for centuries, developing a close relationship with the region's rivers and plains.

Challenges due to colonization and later, the civil wars in Sudan …

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