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Onuora Nzekwu occupies an important place in the history of modern Nigerian literature as a novelist, educator, broadcaster, and cultural thinker. Emerging during the formative years of Nigerian literary nationalism, Nzekwu was among the first generation of writers who used fiction to interpret African society from an African perspective. His works focused on culture, colonial…
Among the many indigenous deities of Southern Nigeria, few are as central to the identity of a people as Onishe, the revered mother spirit of the Asaba (Ahaba) people. Nestled by the banks of the River Niger, her sacred shrine stands as a spiritual and cultural landmark, symbolizing the bond between the Asaba community and…
In April 2010, within the historic halls of Howard University in Washington, D.C., a quiet renaissance unfolded. The annual Igbo Studies Association (ISA) Conference had drawn together some of the finest minds of the Igbo world; historians, artists, linguists, and philosophers, each carrying the weight of a people’s story on their shoulders. Far from…
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