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Known as Uche Okeke, Christopher Uchefuna Okeke, was born 4/30/1933 in Anambra State and died on 1/5/2016 in his hometown of Nimo. He was a gifted artist, a founder of the Zaria Art Society. Among his many accolades was a UNESCO award for his illustration in his 1971 work "Tales of Land of Death: Igbo Folktales."
On Oct 19th 2021, Nduka Otiono (Apr 8th, 1964) publishes the anthology "DisPlace." Widely seen as a vanguard of contemporary Nigerian poetry, Otiono was born in Kano from an Igbo family from Oguwashi-Ukwu, Delta State. …
ihe onye ofụ ọpị fụtara, ya na imi ya.
mind your own business / someone’s affairs are their own responsibility.
The Itsekiri number 1.5 million and primarily live in Edo, Ondo, and the Warri areas of Delta State. Typically, their language has aspects of Yoruba and Igala due to thier proximity and history with those …
The Kongo people are as important in history as they are numerous. Today, they number 20 million in the countries of DRC, Repulic of Congo, Angola, and Gabon. In the 14th century, the Kongo Kingdom …