This morning I wanted to beat my younger brother and my father said I should calm down and stop behaving like Kiliwi. Then I remembered that name from pictures in my Abidi Igbo text book from primary school. I've searched google and Wikipedia to see if I could get relevant info about him but I've got none. I like the tales of him and his superman prowess. I'd like to know if he was indeed real?

I think it's some sort of folklore or something.

Just asked my Granny and she said it's actually true, that he was popular in the early 50's but she can't remember much at the moment.

He was real. I don't really remember any details, but i did see a black and white picture of him back when i was little. He was carrying one dude like that above his head; he looked quite huge... or maybe it was the dude he was carrying that was really small.

But he was real.

kay9: He was real. I don't really remember any details, but i did see a black and white picture of him back when i was little. He was carrying one dude like that above his head; he looked quite huge... or maybe it was the dude he was carrying that was really small.

But he was real.

I've virtually searched the whole of google yet no goo information or his bio. Man, I want to know more about hime he was one of my childhood heroes. stumbled on this pic of him performing in one of his superman shows,

Its not a folklore, its real. I remember the story of him coming to my primary school then to display his power.
Check this out too. Found it on Senator Uche Merije's page.
http://www.senatorchukwumerije.net/id56.html

obicentlis: Its not a folklore, its real. I remember the story of him coming to my primary school then to display his power.
Check this out too. Found it on Senator Uche Merije's page.
http://www.senatorchukwumerije.net/id56.html

can't find it, thanks by the way.

He is real.
He once came to my school and performed LIVE.

It's real. He was a superman who was going from place to place to perform. People paid to watch him. I saw him perform at our primary school in those days. I think his real name was Nwozuzu Nwachukwu (or something like that). I heard that "Killi We" was a nickname he got after a fight with a certain man.

Story has it that the man refused to pay him for his services as a truck pusher. Nwachukwu carried the man's goods from either the market or bus stop (I can't really say) to the man's house. After dropping off the goods, the man refused to pay claiming the charge was too high. He tried to walk away and Nwachukwu grabbed him by the hand insisting he must pay. A fight ensued and he pinned the man to the ground. The man's wife came with a wooden pestle to assist her husband. Nwachukwu snatched it from her, lifted the woman up and pinned her on top of her husband on the floor. Powerless, she started screaming, "Killi We Nwachukwu, Killi we Nwachukwu" meaning, 'Nwachukwu, Kill us'

Dikachiii:
can't find it, thanks by the way.

Where the page made mention on how some body from Umunneochi LGA was able to defeat the superb man, kill-we Nwachukwu.

ifyalways: He is real.
He once came to my school and performed LIVE.

In the early 90's, we were asked to pay some money so that he will come and display his power. We gladly paid the money. On the D day od his assuMed coming, we waited, we couldn't see him, so, we left. The following day in school, some students that were patient enough narrated how he came, how he carried four students on each of his hand and some many power acrobat . Menn..... It was like a hell to me that I didn't wait to see this man.
He is real.

Panshow: I think it's some sort of folklore or something.

Why not find your parents?

Panshow: I think it's some sort of folklore or something.

Why not find out from your parents?

He existed. Back in eighties, he came to our school, we paid 50 Kobo to watch him. He carried 10 bags of cement on his stomach and toyed a 504 peugeot SR with a rope on his teeth. Story had it that when he died, his body was deposited in Aladinma mourtuary, he in the night, will carry don all other corpeses and strech himself on them. He continued this till he was rejected by the morgue. He was real.

Dikachiii: This morning I wanted to beat my younger brother and my father said I should calm down and stop behaving like Kiliwi. Then I remembered that name from pictures in my Abidi Igbo text book from primary school. I've searched google and Wikipedia to see if I could get relevant info about him but I've got none. I like the tales of him and his superman prowess. I'd like to know if he was indeed real?

Lol. Someone liked my post of 1800

Is kiliwi still alive though?

In the 80s?

Kiliwe died during the War.

A very good entertainer with his God given power. Children loved him.

googi:
In the 80s?

Kiliwe died during the War.

A very good entertainer with his God given power. Children loved him.

He lived well into the 80s if not 90s.

AskProf:


He lived well into the 80s if not 90s.

I stand corrected.

Please provide proof that Kiliwe lived in the 90s or after the War.

That could be great that he survived the war because he was in the Biafran Army.

eespunge:
It's real. He was a superman who was going from place to place to perform. People paid to watch him. I saw him perform at our primary school in those days. I think his real name was Nwozuzu Nwachukwu (or something like that). I heard that "Killi We" was a nickname he got after a fight with a certain man.

Story has it that the man refused to pay him for his services as a truck pusher. Nwachukwu carried the man's goods from either the market or bus stop (I can't really say) to the man's house. After dropping off the goods, the man refused to pay claiming the charge was too high. He tried to walk away and Nwachukwu grabbed him by the hand insisting he must pay. A fight ensued and he pinned the man to the ground. The man's wife came with a wooden pestle to assist her husband. Nwachukwu snatched it from her, lifted the woman up and pinned her on top of her husband on the floor. Powerless, she started screaming, "Killi We Nwachukwu, Killi we Nwachukwu" meaning, 'Nwachukwu, Kill us'

What a story....lol

OMG..... what a nostalgic feeling.
Back then in St. Paul's primary school, Douglas road we paid 50kobo to watch kiliwi perform.
A huge fellow. At par then with Hulk Hogan, Andrew the Giant, Ultimate warrior then lol.
Childhood experience...always memorable and exhilarating.
Take me back to those days.
Don't even know how I wandered into thread.

eespunge:
It's real. He was a superman who was going from place to place to perform. People paid to watch him. I saw him perform at our primary school in those days. I think his real name was Nwozuzu Nwachukwu (or something like that). I heard that "Killi We" was a nickname he got after a fight with a certain man.

Story has it that the man refused to pay him for his services as a truck pusher. Nwachukwu carried the man's goods from either the market or bus stop (I can't really say) to the man's house. After dropping off the goods, the man refused to pay claiming the charge was too high. He tried to walk away and Nwachukwu grabbed him by the hand insisting he must pay. A fight ensued and he pinned the man to the ground. The man's wife came with a wooden pestle to assist her husband. Nwachukwu snatched it from her, lifted the woman up and pinned her on top of her husband on the floor. Powerless, she started screaming, "Killi We Nwachukwu, Killi we Nwachukwu" meaning, 'Nwachukwu, Kill us'

hahahaha so funny

obicentlis:

In the early 90's, we were asked to pay some money so that he will come and display his power. We gladly paid the money. On the D day od his assuMed coming, we waited, we couldn't see him, so, we left. The following day in school, some students that were patient enough narrated how he came, how he carried four students on each of his hand and some many power acrobat . Menn..... It was like a hell to me that I didn't wait to see this man.
He is real.

patience is a virtue

Killiwe Nwachukwu! Came to my school in primary 2 and we paid to see him perform. Extraordinarily strong man.

googi:


I stand corrected.

Please provide proof that Kiliwe lived in the 90s or after the War.

That could be great that he survived the war because he was in the Biafran Army.

Sir no need for all that. His fame and popularity in the east was still deafening well into the 80s. Many school children paid to see his shows. It will not be hard to confirm this at all. Just ask around.

Watch this link. It will require translation for those who can't hear Igbo.

https://www.facebook.com/BBCnewsIgbo/videos/2214244215349461/

My broda, thanks for providing the video. Though I did not understand the language, I enjoy it. It seems they were talking about the many physical prowess he performed.

Again, if he lived longer than I thought, I missed him.

He was just loved by all of us. As kids, we we celebrated him.

DeeMain:


Sir no need for all that. His fame and popularity in the east was still deafening well into the 80s. Many school children paid to see his shows. It will not be hard to confirm this at all. Just ask around.

Watch this link. It will require translation for those who can't hear Igbo.

https://www.facebook.com/BBCnewsIgbo/videos/2214244215349461/