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Tolexander: this achebe wan win nobel prize in literature by all means like Wole soyinka before he died!
SMH for the crippled senile octogenerian!

[size=18pt]Achebe's most famous book, Things Fall Apart, has sold some 11 million copies around the world.[/size]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3752216.stm

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Tolexander: this achebe wan win nobel prize in literature by all means like Wole soyinka before he died!
SMH for the crippled senile octogenerian!

[size=18pt]All-TIME 100 Novels[/size]

"Critics Lev Grossman and Richard Lacayo pick the 100 best English-language novels published since 1923—the beginning of TIME."

"Things Fall Apart" "91 of 104"

http://entertainment.time.com/2005/10/16/all-time-100-novels/slide/things-fall-apart-1959-by-chinua-achebe/

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Aigbofa: Achebe 1

Fallen Biafrans 0

For true!?

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What happened after: Burning of Arochukwu

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Living national treasure (for Africa, for Nigeria, and for the Igbo people).

Ika is an ethnic group, Agbor is an ethnic group, Owa is an ethnic group, the tiniest village in Igboland is an ethnic group, Igbo is an ethnic group, Anioma is not an ethnic group.

I agree. The eastern states are already like this anyway, but I can't see what would unite them. Anyway, even if they were under a blanket party I believe there would still be strong competition even within the party which would be very good.

He is a Hausa pagan. He worships God through the medium of his Maguzawa ancestors: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maguzawa_Hausa_people

Pagan simply means a religion that is other than the main religions of the world which would be Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and maybe Hinduism. Pagans believe in a higher power, but interact with it in a primordial (beginning of history) way, away from organised and constrictive religion.

The problem in Nigeria, and no offense, is that everyone believes that you are either a devil worshipper or an atheist when you aren't a Christian, Muslim, or Jew, and that's not true. The Igbo, and Yoruba (and Edo) religions, for example, are monotheistic. There is only one eternal supreme energy that everything is tied to. The agbara, orisha, and arushi (or as people in Nigeria know them "idols" ) are not worshipped, they are venerated as a passage through to the higher being. In the Igbo religion for example, the highest being Chineke cannot be directly contacted and does not interfere with human activity. Agbara/Orisha are the saints and patrons in the Catholic church.

Over 70% of these words already exist.

401kk: That's not a FACT.

What do you mean?

Rossikk: As for their food, the less said about that the better.

Why?

Even though he rejected it, when it comes to influence in Igboland (when people pay attention to them anyway), it's the Eze Nri that's the most influential, but is not as outspoken as others like the Obi of Onitsha.

401kk: His influence ends in Anambra and perhaps, some part of enugu. He has no influence over Ndi Imo, Abia na Ebonyi. His kingdom being the oldest in Igbo land doesn't give him influence over other Igbo .

Imo has ozo and nze title, Northern Delta has ozo and nze title. Some cultural practices were influenced or came from Nri a long time ago, most especially religion.

I don't understand why it isn't everywhere, like general information.

[size=18pt]Once, Nigeria had 450 unique priceless stones; today, only 119 found[/size] Ugh!

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Hundreds may have been lost and the ones not yet missing remain almost completely neglected
Despite the festivities that attended the return of two Ikom Monoliths recovered in France and formally handed over to authorities of the National Commission of Museums and Monuments (NCMM) on 26 January, 2010 at Reiz Hotel, Abuja by the French Embassy; one can authoritatively reveal that this particular aspect of Nigeria’s classical antiquity has been looted beyond imagination.

[the rest: http://www.cultureindevelopment.nl/News/Heritage_Africa/526/Once,_Nigeria_had_450_unique_priceless_stones;_today,_only_119_found]

[size=18pt]IKOM MONOLITHS OF CROSS RIVER STATE[/size]

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"The Ikom monoliths are a series of volcanic-stone monoliths of unknown age ( based on two C14 datings, somewhere between 200 and 1850 AD). They are between 0.3 and 1.8 metres (1 and 6 feet) high, and are laid out in some 30 circles located around Alok in the Ikom area of Cross River State. The monoliths are phallic and some feature stylized faces as well as decorative patterns and inscriptions. Exposure to extreme weather conditions have put these monoliths at risk of erosion and deterioration. They were recently added to the World Monuments Fund's list of sites in danger and is being considered for inclusion onto UNESCO's World Heritage Site list."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikom_monoliths

[size=18pt]Africa's Oldest Known Boat[/size]

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"8000 years ago, Nigeria. "Africa's oldest known boat" the Dufuna Canoe was discovered near the region of the River Yobe. The Canoe was discovered by a Fulani herdsman in May 1987, in Dufuna Village while digging a well. The canoe’s “almost black wood”, said to be African mahogany, as “entirely an organic material”. Various Radio-Carbon tests conducted in laboratories of reputable Universities in Europe and America indicate that the Canoe is over 8000 years old, thus making it the oldest in Africa and 3rd oldest in the World. Little is known of the period to which the boat belongs, in archaeological terms it is described as an early phase of the Later Stone Age, which began rather more than 12,000 years ago and ended with the appearance of pottery.

The lab results redefined the pre-history of African water transport, ranking the Dufuna canoe as the world’s third oldest known dugout. Older than it are the dugouts from Pesse, Netherlands, and Noyen-sur-Seine, France. But evidence of an 8,000-year-old tradition of boat building in Africa throws cold water on the assumption that maritime transport developed much later there in comparison with Europe. Peter Breunig of the University of Frankfurt, Germany, an archaeologist involved in the project, says the canoe’s age “forces a reconsideration of Africa’s role in the history of water transport”. It shows, he adds, “that the cultural history of Africa was not determined by Near Eastern and European influences but took its own, in many cases parallel, course”. Breunig, adding that it even outranks in style European finds of similar age. According to him, “The bow and stern are both carefully worked to points, giving the boat a notably more elegant form”, compared to “the dugout made of conifer wood from Pesse in the Netherlands, whose blunt ends and thick sides seem crude”. To go by its stylistic sophistication, he reasons, “It is highly probable that the Dufuna boat does not represent the beginning of a tradition, but had already undergone a long development, and that the origins of water transport in Africa lie even further back in time.”

Egypt's oldest known boat is 5000 years old.

P. Breunig, The 8000-year-old dugout canoe from Dufuna (NE Nigeria), G. Pwiti and R. Soper (eds.), Aspects of African Archaeology. Papers from the 10th Congress of the PanAfrican Association for Prehistory and related Studies. University of Zimbabwe Publications (Harare 1996) 461-468.
ISBN: 0908307551"

http://wysinger.homestead.com/canoe.html

401kk: Igbo amaghi eze - Igbo doesn't know kingship. No Igbo king deserves to be called influential, the Obi of Onitsha, Asagba of Asaba, Eze Gbakagbaka of Ikwerre et al are not as influentual as their western and northern counterparts. The history and age of the throne can't be over three hundred years old in comparison with their western and northern counterparts. The size of their kingdom is not as large as that of their western and northern counterparts.

I know a lot of posters here will like to get angry, but the Eze Nri is actually quite influential since he was the one that gave Col. Ojukwu a title. Around 2/5 of Igboland is influenced by him and the kingdom is the oldest in Nigeria, and most of eastern Nigeria has felt dome impact in the past by the kingdom.

[quote author=geez*]Abuja has been the capital for over 20yrs and why isn't its economy half the size of Lagos'? Calabar was also once Nigeria's capital and how come your people don't troop there half as much as they invade Lagos? And tell me what your people are doing in Abeokuta, Ibadan and a host of other Yoruba cities? Were they also Nigeria's capital? Too many questions. No answers[/quote]Oil was discovered in 1950s and Nigeria boomed during Lagos time as the capital. Abuja is a haven for the rich which was created specifically not to be like Lagos. Calabar is too old to even be considered here.

[quote author=geez*]Even if its incorrect just leave us to be deluded. I don't know why any post on any positive news or development in Yorubaland generates so much bitterness from you Biafrans. If it pains you that much, you can work hard enough to make those things happen in your region or you consider it impossible ni?[/quote]You brought up southeastern Nigeria and compared it to your regions GDP and I simply explained why there seems to be a gap: because the GDP doesn't prove anything other than there are more salary jobs in the south west like we all knew.

[quote author=geez*]Even if you check the NBS, you will discover that poverty and unemployment in the SE is far higher than what obtains in the SW and human development without capital development isn't development [/quote]You can believe that if you want, but for me I've never seen a beggar from eastern Nigeria. The guys selling gala on the motorway, or even spare part dealers aren't listed in the GDP along with people who may be millionaires, and I don't even know if they (along with farmers) are listed as employed since these 50% figures are making question whether 50% of Anambara and the rest of the population of south east states are sitting at home starving (even when thousands start hustling at 10 years of age). But we all have our own beliefs.

[quote author=geez*]Even if you check the NBS, you will discover that poverty and unemployment in the SE is far higher than what obtains in the SW and human development without capital development isn't development. What I've realized about this forum is that people come here and say whatever they like but no matter what you say or refuse to acknowledge, it doesn't change how much I have in the bank, neither does it make the states, tribes or institution you come here to rubbish any less than they really are. So keep ranting, Ibadan will continue to be an investment haven as well as the SW. Your posts can't change that. They can only make you feel good about your illusions [/quote]I wasn't ranting against Ibadan, I was correcting incorrect evidence.

The python seems to have spiritual value in many cultures, since this snake is believed to be the boys husband or wife in the past life and they have a shrine for it.

Using GDP to asses human development means little in a country dominated by the black market.

It can't be the Oba of Benin. If the Sultan of Sokoto orders (really orders) Boko Haram to disband then they will disband not today, but yesterday. Anyway, there's only one true king on this earth, and that is King Elizabeth II.

Bank

Bank - Aza
Banking - Oru aza
Safe - Aza
Cheque -
Cashier -
Credit -
Credit card -
Holdings -
Investment -
Money transfer -
Account -
Accountant -
Bond -
Insurance -
Mortgage -
Debt -
Loan -
Deposit -
Interest -
Assets -
Income -
Bankrupt -
Bill -
Debit -
Tax -
Annual -
Quarterly -
Biannual -
Balance -
ATM -
(Cash) Register -

and so on... http://www.helpwithmybank.gov/dictionary/index-dictionary.html

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Shitty architecture for an even shittier government.

1930-1950

The inevitable rise of Western missionaries in Aro country had hit the already demoralised population and had added to the pressures brought on by the British and the West. By now, around 1/5 of Arochukwu had become Christian which brought up tension between the traditionalists and the newly converted. Aro had already lost all it's economic advantage because of the blockade that happened decades ago, and now there was a new elite which was mostly filled with Westerners and the Christian educated. Even though there were many indigenous Aro who had made innovative technologies, it was no match to what was coming from the West, including cinema, modern cars, radios, and so on. The elite, however had not overshadowed the gangs who had since moved on from intimidation using oracles, but had now formed into large and highly effective criminal organisations.

The gangs that had formed in Aro had predictably spilled into the very prosperous Biafra whose borders with Aro had become blurrier and blurrier as the years went past and as Aro's power steadily deflated. Biafra's links with Britain meant that it could develop with a model and with help from the British which insured that many citizens were living with a high standard of living, with a national health service, and with other froms of help and support for citizens. Again, Biafra had had some kind of allegiance to the British empire, but by now the war and the rebuilding effort that followed in Britain had increased the indigenous power of Biafra since British interest in the area had dropped. The powerful Aro gangs, known as ndi ndo, or singular onyendo, which literally means 'shade givers' or 'givers of the shade' had shifted most of their operations to Port Victoria, which had grown to be the biggest city in the whole of the Igbo cultural area, and also the most prosperous. The gangs had included many non-Aro members by now and had adapted to other cultures in and out of Biafra, but the main recognised families were still of Aro descent.

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Picture of some 'onyendo's' taken in Port Victoria after a trial at the high court. Onyendo were publicly known as 'high traders', but they were never publicly labelled as criminals

Ohazuru, or the Iboe state had already lost any advantage it had through technology trade in Onicha in the early parts of the century. The capital had since been moved to Enuguwu where the coal trade was booming. With migrations from all over West Africa, Enugwu became city number two in the whole region after Port Victoria. In addition, the Iboe state had become a major point for the export of traditional West African art, much of this business was handled by Europeans. The blurring of the border had also impacted the Iboe state, but instead of receiving gangsters, the Iboe state had received even more westerners and missionaries due to the safer climate. Although there was much Western influence on Ohazuru, much of the traditional titled noblemen had retained their status, but had found ways to integrate into the modernised state through forming powerful cliques and oligarchies. This created a class ridden state with many extremes of wealthy and suffering masses, who were concentrated out of the Enugwu region. Mumbles of a revolution started arising in Ohazuru, this was influenced primarily by a major event on the global scene: the rise of communism.

The rest after.

Maybe others have something to contribute.

Ashanti hall of justice, after Anglo-Ashanti wars, after 1901.

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tpia1: I think you can read.

Thread title says african culture, you're mentioning church and skirt.

Is everything ok with you today, or are you distracted?

Do you see how you turned s.tupid in your bid to rubbish people for their christian beliefs?

I think you should stop before you revert to an ape. Stick to igbo matters- thats where you can shine.

Oh, sorry, are you one of the donators to the jet setting pulpit pimps that I mentioned? I have a right to my opinion, and if I see cultures (whether old or new) that I think should be abolished because they're outright fetish, ignorant, and fanatical I will suggest it. By the way, I didn't attack Christians, I mentioned the Pentecostal church and the other human worshipping mindless cults that have plagued Nigeria. Nigerians always want to hear criticism about what they condemn but can never take back the criticism on their own self.