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ezeagu (m)
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And from your same quote lets pick out some points: Amaros in Lagos [edit] Amaros in Lagos
The Amaros, who were sometimes called Nago in Brazil (Nago, indicates Yoruba ethnicity) were liberated slaves from Brazil and Cuba. Returnees from Brazil and their current day descendants were and are more commonly called "Agudas". They went to the New World as slaves from different sub-ethnic and ethnic backgrounds but approached relationships among themselves as equals. They came back to Nigeria, principally to re-connect with their fatherland. It should be remembered that some of the Agudas were Muslims.
The ex-slaves were notably technically skilled artisans and were known for the distinctive Brazilian architecture built in their settlements and later in the Lagos environs. During the time, modern European architecture was not only meant to be a nice abode but also a dominating advertisement to show Africans of a different style and culture.[8] However, in due time, the Brazilian style emerged as a viable alternative and modern style used by African contractors working on public and large private jobs such as the Holy Cross Cathedral in Lagos and the Mohammed Shitta Bey Mosque. The Brazilians introduced to Nigeria elaborate architectural designs, two story buildings and bungalows with stucco facades. Unless Oduduwa invented it, it isn't traditional Yoruba architecture otherwise Calabar people can claim cement as a traditional material for their buildings. Adding to that you should note the difference betwerrn influence and invention. The Nago were influenced by their white masters |
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sjeezy8
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And from your same quote lets pick out some points:
Unless Oduduwa invented it, it isn't traditional Yoruba architecture otherwise Calabar people can claim cement as a traditional material for their buildings. Adding to that you should note the difference betwerrn influence and invention. The Nago were influenced by their white masters
Ok Great all of Nigeria was influnced by whites I dont know sha but some folks know Nigerian history but not Lagos or abeokuta history. Yoruba history (esp Lagos and Abeokuta) in terms of education and development differs from the rest of Nigeria. Calabar can create what ever they like congrats, there is no competition and never has been. |
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OPCman
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" Before asking the Easterners to move from Lagos, why don't you first come back from the US and the UK and convince them to move, you will continue fantasizing about a superior Yoruba race while you stay in another mans country and stay the victim of discrimination! After you tell them to move, cut off all the income you get from the Niger Delta and all other Eastern states and see what Lagos will be. One of the problems we have or having in that country is our inability to stand on our beliefs, therefore cowardicely gave the reign of power to those bloody illiterate politicians who cannot manage animals to be managing our lives. Joke apart, immigration (inner or international) anywhere in the world put enormous political, economical and social pressure on the host nation/people, it's a fact and it has got nothing to do with hate or hatred. Or who doesn't know that WE Yoruba acccomodate (without any extra concession from the federal government) more Nigerians than any other tribe in Nigeria. This to me, is very very unfair on Yoruba people/nation. Although we are ONE or meant to be ONE with free movement, but federal government (of unitary system) is suppose to give more attention/allocation to regions where there are more concentration of Nigerians in other to cushion the increase in population. Otherwise, we would be postponing the time bomb of US and THEM in the near future. why don't you first come back from the US and the UK and convince them to move This hasn't got anything to do with coming back home from abroad, being abroad doesn't preclude anyone from making comment on the issue at hand, and being abroad doesn't make me less a Yorubaman. I therefore don't need to come back home before I say what is a reality of life. cut off all the income you get from the Niger Delta and all other Eastern states and see what Lagos will be In case you haven't heard it before, please hear it from today that before the discovery of oil in Nigeria, Yoruba had : Free education for all Yoruba (the first black people / nation in the world to receive western education Free Health Care for all Yoruba (again first of it's kind in Africa) Yoruba built first tallest building in Africa (cocoa house) Yoruba had the first stadium in Africa We Yoruba had first television station in Africa (even before Spain in Europe) Before oil, Yoruba had Leventies and Kingsway in Ibadan and Lagos- with escalators and lifts, that were not run on generators. We had stable electricity with Western Nigeria Electricity Board. So, imagine where WE Yoruba would had been if other tribes in Nigeria do not hold us down with the cursed oil money. |
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sjeezy8
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The fact remains the same the west had its own development, without Oil money and migration of outsiders.
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ezeagu (m)
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Ok Great all of Nigeria was influnced by whites
I dont know sha but some folks know Nigerian history but not Lagos or abeokuta history.
Yoruba history (esp Lagos and Abeokuta) in terms of education and development differs from the rest of Nigeria.
Calabar can create what ever they like congrats, there is no competition and never has been.
How does the history of education in yorubaland differ from the rest of Nigeria, please explain, because I don't know how. This hasn't got anything to do with coming back home from abroad, being abroad doesn't preclude anyone from making comment on the issue at hand, and being abroad doesn't make me less a Yorubaman. I therefore don't need to come back home before I say what is a reality of life.
Could you please explain to me how Lagos is so developed yet you're in another mans country? .
In case you haven't heard it before, please hear it from today that before the discovery of oil in Nigeria, Yoruba had :
Free education for all Yoruba (the first black people / nation in the world to receive western education
Free Health Care for all Yoruba (again first of it's kind in Africa)
Yoruba built first tallest building in Africa (cocoa house)
Yoruba had the first stadium in Africa
We Yoruba had first television station in Africa (even before Spain in Europe)
Before oil, Yoruba had Leventies and Kingsway in Ibadan and Lagos- with escalators and lifts, that were not run on generators.
We had stable electricity with Western Nigeria Electricity Board.
So, imagine where WE Yoruba would had been if other tribes in Nigeria do not hold us down with the cursed oil money.
I don't care f the Yoruba built the tower of Babylon, the fact of the matter remains that if you had never met the British you would have never had any of those things because they are not unique Yoruba inventions, so now tell me how the Yoruba are better than the rest of Nigeria again? Is it a stadium people use to eat, why has 70% of Lagos become a slum? |
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OPCman
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How does the history of education in yorubaland differ from the rest of Nigeria, please explain, because I don't know how. Could you please explain to me how Lagos is so developed yet you're in another mans country? I don't care f the Yoruba built the tower of Babylon, the fact of the matter remains that if you had never met the British you would have never had any of those things because they are not unique Yoruba inventions, so now tell me how the Yoruba are better than the rest of Nigeria again? Is it a stadium people use to eat, why has 70% of Lagos become a slum?  1. So, you don't know that Yoruba have highest number of educated people in Nigeria? You are either not a Nigeria or jealousy has clouded your eyes from fact. 2. I am in another man's country by choice. If I like, I can pack my load and relocate to Lagos tomorrow nothing to worry about. I love it here, therefore staying put. kajiko? 3. Yoruba is NOT better than other part of Nigeria now compared with Yoruba in 60s, 70, and early 80s because other tribes hold down Yoruba progress. I said this in my earlier comment and I wonder why you still asking me thesame question, are you ok? |
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Abagworo (m)
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men abuja is da place to be.lagos is a village.i'm negotiating a cool house in maitama.i'm happy for naija.
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Kanto
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@Opcman:
As i said earlier you are getting more and more stupid by the day. Which tribe is holding down the yoruba in nigeria when your people fought and died for one nigeria?
Why didnt you go and form own nation when the East broke away from nigeria? instead you choose to fight and die for one nigeria.
Uptill today, the yoruba are the only major ethnic group in the South that is still prepared to die for one nigeria.
For your information the yoruba are the ones holding other tribes down. Criminals from Yoruba-Hausa tribes who have been ruling nigeria since independence have looted over $600 billion dollars and destroyed the nation totally.
Yorubas have destroyed the future of millions and generations of nigerians with their criminal looting of the nation.
Stop making mouth and act. Its never too late for you guys to quit nigeria and create your own nation. Nobody will miss you, certainly not with your destruction of nigeria.It will be good riddance to bad rubbish.
yeye hypocrites
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tpia.
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Sunny-bobo change your name!!!  bobo is a Yoruba word so drop it since you hate Yorubas!!! idioto |
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Abagworo (m)
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of what use is degrees and certificates in nigeria other than pride and arrogance as displayed by our dear opcman and sunnybobo? |
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OPCman
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of what use is degrees and certificates in nigeria other than pride and arrogance as displayed by our dear opcman and sunnybobo?
lol, You guys just don't want to accept that Oga be master, do you? Let me tell you or help you with what education means. Education means civilization or self development. To acquire this you need wisdom, you need strong will and determination. And to get all these attributes your BACKGROUND counts a lot The reasons many Nigerians graduated are unemployable (Soludo said it, the president of Nigeria manufacturers association said it, European employers said it that, most Nigerian graduates are educated illiterates- so it's a fact) is because most Nigerian graduates haven't got the attribute of being educated, only try to get paper qualifications. Compare disgraceful Professor Soludo with Sanusi who is not a professors, who would you say is more educated. Compare Chief Awolowo with Dr. Nnamadi Azikwe- who is more intelligent? Look out Wole Soyinka a Yorubaman, being the first black man and the first Africa to win world honour. Professor Lambowas the first African to be World Health Organisation Secretary General. Yoruba has more Senior Advocates of Nigeria than any other tribe-(abi that na lie?) The nonsense information you posted here is part of the conspiracy to hold Yoruba down…because it’s a fake. It’s obvious that Yoruba will do anything, absolutely everything to make sure they educate their siblings. It’s obvious, because it’s the standard, the background, the foundation that had been set by our forefathers. Those giving you people (other tribes) the opportunity to talk are the stupid, foolish and bastard Yoruba with inferiority complex. And I mean those traitors political jobbers…if not WE Yoruba is the apple of black people in the whole world. |
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Sunny_bobo (m)
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The nonsense information you posted here is part of the conspiracy to hold Yoruba down…because it’s a fake . It’s obvious that Yoruba will do anything, absolutely everything to make sure they educate their siblings. It’s obvious, because it’s the standard, the background, the foundation that had been set by our forefathers. Those giving you people (other tribes) the opportunity to talk are the stupid, foolish and bastard Yoruba with inferiority complex. And I mean those traitors political jobbers…if not WE Yoruba is the apple of black people in the whole world.
I never knew that JAMB is now a fake organisation. OPCMan pls tell me more . It's like the data gave you the shock of your life. I know you must have just like many of your ignorant brothers been having the illussion that yorubas are more educated than the igbos untill now. Thanks to the internet, these things have become easily accessible. Who told you that yorubas have the highest number of SANs? If you say largest number of loud mouthed , noise making SANS, I may agree with you cos that is one of your traits. Just like i always do in arguments like this, could you please post a link to a site where I can verify your assertion above. LOL @ Awolowo being more intelligent than Zik. Between someone that became president and someone who fought all his life to become president but couldn't, who is more intelligent? ever heard of political arithmetic? |
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WilyWily
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@OPCman
I believed You are a Useless YorubaMan. You are Useless.
i will tell you why.
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cheaphost
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"
Free education for all Yoruba (the first black people / nation in the world to receive western education
Free Health Care for all Yoruba (again first of it's kind in Africa)
Yoruba built first tallest building in Africa (cocoa house)
Yoruba had the first stadium in Africa
We Yoruba had first television station in Africa (even before Spain in Europe)
Before oil, Yoruba had Leventies and Kingsway in Ibadan and Lagos- with escalators and lifts, that were not run on generators.
We had stable electricity with Western Nigeria Electricity Board.
So, imagine where WE Yoruba would had been if other tribes in Nigeria do not hold us down with the cursed oil money.
You no get shame? All the things you listed are above were built over 20 years ago and none of them still exist. Other nigerians are moving forward bro. |
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OPCman
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I never knew that JAMB is now a fake organisation. OPCMan pls tell me more . It's like the data gave you the shock of your life. I know you must have just like many of your ignorant brothers been having the illussion that yorubas are more educated than the igbos untill now. Thanks to the internet, these things have become easily accessible. Who told you that yorubas have the highest number of SANs? If you say largest number of loud mouthed , noise making SANS, I may agree with you cos that is one of your traits. Just like i always do in arguments like this, could you please post a link to a site where I can verify your assertion above. LOL @ Awolowo being more intelligent than Zik. Between someone that became president and someone who fought all his life to become president but couldn't, who is more intelligent? ever heard of political arithmetic? For your information, I did not even look at the rubbish data, therefore didn't get any shock in my life. But I will tell you why I don't believe in that fake/authored data. 1. Who is the minister for education now? Ibo man? 2. Who was the minister during Igbochukwu Obasanjo (the one Obasanjo caught and sacked for sharing educational funds for Yoruba, I mean the Professor??.) 3. Who are the people in charge of JAMB ? Hausa and Ibos 4. Who posted the data on the web? 100% not a Yorubaman, and my guess is he/she is Ibo. If not how did you Ibo come acroos this yeye data? You see, as I said earlier "The people giving you guys the mouth to talk are the traitors in our midst. I mean those hypocrites barawo, ole, onyishi with inferiority complex. Those who because of what they are going to eat, don't understand that, Yoruba is different from Ibo, from Hausa, from Ibibio, from Urohbo, from Tiv, from Ijaw. and so on Yes we are all Nigerians but, we are different nations and different people for christ sake. What concerns Ibo in my educational life, to ask him to administer me a Yorubaman educational life? Why not my Yorubaman? Look at that useless Soludo, who conSoludo banks and kill other tribes economy power and promoted his kinsmen trading in import and export of pure water and tokunbos including some of you coming here (NL) to defend him, uselessman |
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yarodin
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While the two dumbest tribes are fighting for who go school pass, the Mallam di Mallam is still running the show in Nigeria. If both tribes are so smart why do we still have high unemployment rates, why is armed robbery so rampant, why don't we have steady electricity, and why are the Hausa/Fulanis still ruling Nigeria?
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OPCman
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You no get shame? All the things you listed are above were built over 20 years ago and none of them still exist. Other nigerians are moving forward bro.
Shame sha? What shame? Shame for being proud of who I am. Shame for being a PROUD Yorubaman. Shame for defending my people and my Yoruba nation? Bro, na you no get shame for not being able to proud of who you are. And if you pride say it loud I am Iboman and proud of it. Say it to everybody reading your comment that : I love my Nigerian brothers and sisters but I love my Ibo people more, then you have pride. Ode! |
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ezeagu (m)
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While the two dumbest tribes are fighting for who go school pass, the Mallam di Mallam is still running the show in Nigeria. If both tribes are so smart why do we still have high unemployment rates, why is armed robbery so rampant, why don't we have steady electricity, and why are the Hausa/Fulanis still ruling Nigeria?
Perhaps you have forgotten about the move for liberation executed by one of these "dumb tribes" in the 60's that was severely smashed. |
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ezeagu (m)
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Look out Wole Soyinka a Yorubaman, being the first black man and the first Africa to win world honour. Professor Lambowas the first African to be World Health Organisation Secretary General. Yoruba has more Senior Advocates of Nigeria than any other tribe-(abi that na lie?)
No disrespect to Wole Soyinka and his achievements, but pick out Wole Soyinka's highest book then pic out Things fall apart, after you do that go and ask an average US student which book they know more about or know period. |
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yarodin
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Perhaps you have forgotten about the move for liberation executed by one of these "dumb tribes" in the 60's that was severely smashed.
I have not forgotten, but all I am saying is what is this back and forth fighting achieved? Yes, sometimes it can be funny, but if we really look at things it just seems like what Awo and Zik were doing back in the 60's. Both groups were bragging about how educated and advanced they were, yet it was an ordinary nursery school teacher and Emir that outwitted both of them to take control of Nigeria. |
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tpia.
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No disrespect to Wole Soyinka and his achievements, but pick out Wole Soyinka's highest book then pic out Things fall apart, after you do that go and ask an average US student which book they know more about or know period.
US is not paradise, you know. You seem to swear by America. |
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sjeezy8
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I dont know why folks like to compete Wole Soyinka is on his own level, so is the other guy. But interms of who has done things unselfishly Wole Soyinka by far.
Folks should stop comparin tribes and what not, its getting old. I cant tell you about igbo history cause i dont know shit about it. So why should a non yoruba person, try to tell a yoruba person about yoruba history? dem no be the same level.
I have no problem with igbos but all this bigger chest nonsense is ridiculous. Yorubas are on their own and always have been, cant compare their history to others because before "Nigeria" Yorubas were not thinking of any other tribe or region(MANY feel the same way).
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mekuslogan
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Professor Dibu Ojerinde is the head of JAMB. Before him it was an Hausa. Igbos have not headed Jamb before. So the data in the website is not an Igbo-doctored data. Yoruba froth and sweat in their anuses when the truth hits home hard. They live in perpetual denial. BTW, Soyinka is not known outside of Nigeria and the elites globally, whereas Achebe is known by all, big and small great and not great globally.
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mekuslogan
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Cocoa House Ibadan is dead. It is rat-infested with the elevators falling apart and killing people. This is as at today.
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sjeezy8
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Hes not known outside Nigeria but he happend to win a nobel prize ok? lol you should be thanking your stars the guy even looked at the biafran cause(and was jailed). Your ignorance is crazy, one cant be angry toward a person like you, cause if FEELS 1 million times better having the satisfaction of being the bigger person. continue on with your hating as usual |
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0sisi
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Adeyelu recalled that since governor Chime came on board, he had written about five letters seeking for audience with him, to let his government know the problems of the Yoruba community but unfortunately none of the letters was replied.
He also expressed disappointment that Chime does not care and had not asked leaders of non-indigenes in his state the problems their various groups are facing in the state, just as he regretted that the immediate past administration cancelled the allocation of land given to the Yoruba community to build its secretariat by the former military governor of the state, Navy Captain Mike Agbaje.The secretariat, he said, would have served as a centre where the Yoruba cultural heritage would have been sold to the people, adding that all the promises of re-allocation of another land to the community made by the past administration, did not yield fruitful dividend until its tenure expired in 2007. Boo hoo!! A Yoruba military governor in Enugu state ,stole land and gave to his Yoruba community ,fast forward many years after,the land perhaps reverted to the rightful owners so what is the problem? Is there free land in Lagos and Ibadan? what right has Agbaje to give any land to any communities in Igbo land especially. They should be glad governor Chime is not charging them with accepting stolen property. If they want a piece of land to build a secretariat, let them work hard, save up money and purchase a piece of land like everyone else and stop crying marginalisation. Are there restaurants in Ikorodu serving free amala and here they are looking for free land ? Nonsense! |
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0sisi
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“ We have passed through series of military governors and military administrators down the line to the civilian governors.
“Over these years, we have enjoyed some sort of patronage from the government, patronage in the sense that some Yorubas then were given the opportunity to be members of the Muslim Welfare Board. As a result of that they were given one or two slots to participate in Hajj Operations in Medina. From that 1990, down to when Chimaroke became governor, we still enjoyed the slots that were given to the Yoruba community in Enugu.
“There is no doubt we are facing a lot of problems in this state. We have not benefited anything from the present administration in Enugu State. We as a community we have participated in almost all the activities of the state. The last straw that broke the camel’s back was the present Hajj operation, which we recommended people to participate. But up till now, there is no single Yoruba man that belongs to the Yoruba community that was given any slot to participate in the Hajj operation If you told me someone took their land or the indigenes refused to sell them a piece of land,I will be the first to side with them. They should be given slots in hajj and audience with Chime,I agree with that part but free land? absolutely not! |
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mekuslogan
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Hes not known outside Nigeria but he happend to win a nobel prize ok? lol you should be thanking your stars the guy even looked at the biafran cause(and was jailed). Your ignorance is crazy, one cant be angry toward a person like you, cause if FEELS 1 million times better having the satisfaction of being the bigger person. continue on with your hating as usual Okponu (very big fool in Yoruba lingo). Read my post again. I did say that Soyinka is known in Nigeria and outside but only by the elite (e.g., the Nobel prize committe). How many ordinary folks outside Nigeria know him? Achebe is known by primary and secondary school students even in Mongolia and Iraq. His book is published in 50 different languages. That is the greatest of such globally. |
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sjeezy8
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ok Nice for Achebe i enjoyed is book aswell.
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