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Mar. 7, 1974

Ejike Aghanya, via his company NICON, patents an indigenously designed traffic light

Ejike Ebenezer Obumneme Aghanya (27 November 1932 – 3 July 2020) served as a Major in the Nigerian Army and a Colonel Biafran Army. He was an electrical engineer responsible for producing ordinances, ammunition, and vehicles. He was also a founder of the Nigerian Society …

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San

The San are a blanket group of any indigenous hunter-gatherer peoples in Southern Africa. Numbering about 170,000, they currently live in South Africa, Namibia, Bostwana, Angola, and Zimbabwe. 

They are often refered to as "Bushmen." Their name, the San, comes from the Khoekhoe word for …

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Proverb

ebe onye dara ka chi ya kwaturu ya.

a person falls, where his god/spirit has placed him

fate and your personal god has a role in how your life unfolds

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