×
Friday, December 6

Category: Erima
ErimaIgbo HeritagePeople

AUGUST is HOMECOMING of the IGBO for the New Yam Festival

Prof Chidi G. Osuagwu
August 26, 2022

August 14th is GRAN IBO DAY, a Global Igbo New Yam Festival Day. This is already being celebrated by many since it was proposed to a number of Igbo Organisations six years ago. A celebration took place in the home of Ezedibia Chidi Osuagwu in Owerri on August 14th 2022, and a good number of Igbo culture enthusiasts partook. Why August? And why 14th? The African Diaspora in the Americas did excellent job in documenting who African peoples, particularly their revered Igbo are (who that understands this will understand why the Whiteman dreads

Read More
ColumnsErimaIgbo Heritage

British misinformation on the stoppage of slave trade in Igboland debunked

Prof Chidi G. Osuagwu
August 13, 2021

Prof. Chidi Osuagwu debunks the long held lies by the British in their purported role in abolishment of Slave trade in Igbo land. n a recent publication on Opera news, with the twisted headline and following content, Prof Osuagwu provided historical evidence to bust century held British lies in his five (5) points rejoinder. [How the British Fought The Aro Confederacy in 1901, To Stop Them From Selling Their People As Slaves] The Aro Confederacy (1690s-1902) was the premier Igbo slave-trading power of the late 18th and 19th century. The Conf

Read More