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Phillip Emeagwali wins the 1989 Gordon Bell Prize For Supercomputing Research
Phillip Emeagwali (Aug 23rd, 1954) was born in Akure to Igbo parents. The Biafran War made his family into internal refugees. He ended up in London for part of his education. The Gordon Bell Prize is similar to the Nobel Prize in terms of prestige. As a doctoral student, he won it for the use of supercomputers to solve practical …
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heavy rain during June (rainy season) is not a surprise
some things are expected and should not be a surprise
View ProverbsIbibio (Ibibio Ikpa Isong)
The Ibibio (or the Ibom) live in modern day states of Akwa Ibom and Cross River. There are about 10 million Ibibio, with the smaller groups in Ghana, Cameroon, and Equitorial Guinea.
The Igbo-Ibibio history is rich. Historically, there is evidence of Ibibio settling in …
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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