Wooow! I could not put this book down. It was filled with twists and turns to the effect that I stayed all night flipping page after page. The suspense was weaved masterfully within the chapters and pages to the effect that my mood also kept oscillating between the pages: I smiled; I frowned; I almost […]
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Awara-Awara was believed to be the oldest man in the village of Eziama-Aruke. Some elderly men in the village put his age around a hundred and twenty years. Some claimed that he could be more than that. The fact remained that no one could certainly say how old he was. Awara-Awara happened to be a
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All the masquerades were present at Achi – Odogwu, oji-onu, Agaba, Okorosha, Udene, nwa-bekee – all, who considered themselves worthy of honor at such ‘power displaying’ competition, had assembled. They all came from far and near – Odogwu from Ibusa, Agaba from Ndegwu, Okorosha from Okija, Udene from Nembe, nwa-bekee from Okigwe, and other uncountable
Wonders walking on two legs – Ito-Ebule Competition Read More »
In Igbo (an ethnic group in Nigeria) language, it is said that: ilu bu mmanu eji eri okwu (proverb is the palm oil with which words are eaten). One can literarily understand this to mean that African proverbs are what makes words palatable. But it has a deeper meaning. African Proverbs are not merely what
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The seven strokes of the gods by Lancelot Ukaigwe is a must read book. It piques the interest of those who love to be informed of the ancient African culture and worldview. Though the story is a fictional book on folklores, it gives a ‘mimesis’ or a proximate similitude of what happened in ancient times
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