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Afar

The origins of the Afar trace back to a mix of indigenous Somali groups, the Saho, and Arab traders who settled in the region around the 10th century.

The Afar consist of about 2 million people in southern Eritrea, Djibouti, and northern Ethiopia. Their society …

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History

Jun. 24, 2019

Death of Gerald "Sunny" Okafor in Japanese Immigration Detention Center

On Jun 24th 2019, Gerald "Sunny" Okafor, an Igbo man, starved himself to death after a four week hunger strike. He was married to a Japanese woman with whom he had a daughter. Details around the case remain unclear and Japanese officials were cleared of …

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Proverb

okwu mba na-atụ n’olu n’olu

each community sings with it's own voice

each community has their own flavor of customs

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