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BoneBlogger:
Former US president, Barack Obama is set to visit Africa again for some events. The visit is the first time the former leader will be traveling to Africa since he left office last year.

Barack Obama will launch a civic leadership programme by the Obama Foundation after selecting 200 rising leaders from forty-four African countries. The programme will be launched by former US President Barrack Obama on July 14 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Obama took to his social media page to hail late Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe among others ahead of his visit.

Read what he shared below;

This week, I’m traveling to Africa for the first time since I left office – a continent of wonderful diversity, thriving culture, and remarkable stories.

I was proud to visit sub-Saharan Africa more times than any other sitting President, and I’ll return this week to visit Kenya and South Africa. In South Africa, the Obama Foundation will convene 200 extraordinary young leaders from across the continent and I’ll deliver a speech to mark the 100th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s birth. Kenya, of course, is the Obama ancestral home. I visited for the first time when I was in my twenties and I was profoundly influenced by my experiences – a journey I wrote about in my first book, Dreams from My Father.

Over the years since, I've often drawn inspiration from Africa's extraordinary literary tradition. As I prepare for this trip, I wanted to share a list of books that I’d recommend for summer reading, including some from a number of Africa’s best writers and thinkers – each of whom illuminate our world in powerful and unique ways.

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

A true classic of world literature, this novel paints a picture of traditional society wrestling with the arrival of foreign influence, from Christian missionaries to British colonialism. A masterpiece that has inspired generations of writers in Nigeria, across Africa, and around the world.

A Grain of Wheat by Ngugi wa Thiong’o

A chronicle of the events leading up to Kenya’s independence, and a compelling story of how the transformative events of history weigh on individual lives and relationships.

Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela

Mandela’s life was one of the epic stories of the 20th century. This definitive memoir traces the arc of his life from a small village, to his years as a revolutionary, to his long imprisonment, and ultimately his ascension to unifying President, leader, and global icon. Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand history – and then go out and change it.

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

From one of the world’s great contemporary writers comes the story of two Nigerians making their way in the U.S. and the UK, raising universal questions of race and belonging, the overseas experience for the African diaspora, and the search for identity and a home.

Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2018/07/barack-obama-hails-chinua-achebe-ahead-of-his-visit-to-africa.html

DaniDani:
Damage control! But Anambra supremacists in this forum think that Igbo unity is to the detriment to anambra.

Yyeske:
You better mind your business next time before I descend on you

horsepower101:
I would urge you to check the history of the character that you are talking to and the role he has played in the disruption of this forum. I respect you as a person but I expected you to know better.

He went from one of the most anti igbo character on nairaland, Then suddenly he became pro-Anambra towards obiano election campaign last year.

I won’t respond to him if he quotes me. I and others who have been paying attention know his true mission.

Mbeki:
HOW YOURBA SACKED FULANIS IN OSHOGBO WAR


After the Fulanis systematically captured and made Ilorin their territory, they sacked the old Oyo Empire in 1835/1636. They were still not satisfied with their victory; they wished to extend their rule deep into the heart of Yoruba land. Thus in 1840, they set to capture Osogbo, a Yoruba town. The Fulanis, under the command of Ali, the Hausa balogun of Ilorin, laid siege on Osogbo. When the king of Osogbo realized that the Ilorins were too strong for the Osogbo army, he summoned the Ibadans for help. Ibadan immediately sent some auxiliaries to Osogbo under the command of Obele alias Mobitan, and Alade Abimpagun. As this force could not stop the Ilorins, another contingent was sent to Osogbo under a more experienced leader. But still the Ilorins won every battle and gained more ground.
When Ibadan realized that the Ilorins were becoming more threatening to Yoruba land, they sent a large and stronger force under Balogun Oderinlo to crush the intruding forces and Jammas of Ilorin. When Oderinlo and his men arrived at the battlefield, they realized that things had gone worse than they thought. They could not show their faces in the open field for the fear of the Ilorin horses, and for about 20 days after their arrival at Osogbo, they could not fight outside the town thickets. Oderinlo suggested that Elepo, a brave Ibadan warrior was badly needed at the war-front. Elepo had been rejected by the war-chiefs of Ibadan for his actions at the late Agbamaja expedition. As soon as the message from Oderinlo reached Ibadan, the Bashorun wished he could send Elepo to Osogbo but could not go against the wish of other war-chiefs. The Bashorun gave Elepo a cow to worship his god, Ori, and pray for the victory of Ibadan at the war-front.
At the war-front, the Ibadan could not attack the Ilorins during the day because Osogbo was practically in a plain and the Ilorin horses might have advantage of them with disastrous results. They decided to attack at dusk when the Ilorins would no longer be able to use their horses. About 2:pm, the well prepared Ibadan army left the gate of Osogbo for the battlefield. They were to keep a strict watch and arrest anyone suspected to be a spy. About a mile from the Ilorin camp, they halted and arranged the order of the attack. The Osogbo army and the earlier auxiliaries were to handle the center of the battlefield, chiefs Abitiko and Labuju were to command the right wing, Balogun Oderinlo with the rest of the Ibadan war-chiefs were to form the left wing of the army. The Ilorin camp was then attacked at midnight. The watchword was “Elo ni owo odo?” (How much is the ferry fare?). The reason this watchword was chosen was because the river Osun had to be crossed in entering Osogbo from the south, and anyone who could not tell this was likely to be an enemy.
Stampede engulfed the Ilorin camp as the Ibadan army set it on fire. The Ilorins could not offer the slightest resistance; they were smoked with the gunpowder of the Ibadan guns. This attack was a success for the Ibadan. Some Ilorin war-chiefs were captured in the attack. Prominent ones were:

Jimba the head slave of the Emir;
One of the sons of Ali the commander in chief;
Chief Lateju;
Ajikobo the Yoruba Balogun of Ilorin.

iamjavadem:
Title should be "Black men gang up on a white guy at a casino. There were at least 3 black men beating him. It shows that some fools comment without even watching, lazy youths.

hunraywizzy:
Lol... He saw the 1st was too strong for him, he say make him try the other one, him no know say him dey commot from fry pan to fire.

Zoharariel:
I know there are lots of Nigerian girls out there who have similar gold-digging mentality, but please allow me to analyse your situation as a professional baba ijebu & bet9ja investor.

From the standpoint of a business person, it is a bad decision to date you. The answer is very simple, so let me explain.

What you’re trying to do is an exchange of “Breast + Pvssy" and “Range Rover + Lamborghini Gallardo".

A pre-owned 2015 Range Ro - Autobiography costs around $95,000 and a pre-owned 2015 Lamborghini Gallardo goes for around $305,000 excluding shipping & clearing.

However, there’s a deadly problem here, your breast & pvssy will sag, smell & be plagued with yeast infection but I can take my Autobiography & Gallardo to FCMB or GTBank as collaterals to obtain a business loan of 80 Million Naira and invest it on Treasury Bills at the rate of 17% .

My income will increase from year to year, while your pvssy becomes so slippy & keeps losing friction as a result of sleeping with NwaAmaikpe, TonyeBarcanista, Sarrki, Ngeneukwenu & Lucasbalo.

Hence, from the viewpoint of economics, I am an appreciation asset, and you are a depreciation asset. It’s not just normal depreciation, but exponential depreciation.

Any Nigerian man driving a Range Ro - Autobiography & Lamborghini Gallardo is not a fool; we would only date you, and give you 5,000Naira for a night but will never marry you.

My advice to you is to get a confirmed tested otumokpo from Ijebu or ile ife incised on your breast and pvssy, and then travel to Abuja to patronize Dino Melaye, Godswill Akpabio, David Mark, Ben Bruce aka Twitter Bruce Lee & Saraki like all those Nollywood Actresses who are buying houses in Lekki are doing. Thank you.

Sprumbabafather:
No, but they just became very popular heroes , challenging evil. How's your BMC work going sis?

Imustreturn:
If u enter that bus from iyana paja or egbeda to oshodi ehh.. Nah wahala oo.. Now way be say them dey work road chai .


All ur body nah pain go full am before u come down from the bus..


Modified:: I dey go Ikeja along now see the one I enter

OMANBALA1:
They call you IPOBS which has turned into ethnic slur because of the uncouth and unintelligent way Nnamdi Kanu spoke and the shameful way his supporters like those insulting me here carry themselves. You dont buy class with money nor education.

Yyeske:
Keep off my mentions if you can't provide a link to that.
That I hate IPOB doesn't translate to hating Ndigbo, IPOB and Igbo are different entities and I usually attack the Yorubas when they come against Igbos.

Exwizard:
Yes op you are right, especially after your lovely de-dea set the most worst record before leaving


Well Chelsea still have enough players in Russia :
Hazard
Bashuayi
Kante
Willian
Courtouise
Cahill
Lostuf cheek
Thorgan hazard
Giround

So tell me how man u has the most players




Likes for the blues
Share for man u

Throwback:
His very best is a failure under the reality of the circumstances.

The lives of Nigerians are not valued as much as a Nigerian president values the cows of Libyans.

No amount of cattle herd is more valuable than the life of a Nigerian.

By now, anyone found grazing cattle outside a defined space owned or rented, should be arrested and prosecuted for disturbing national peace and economic sabotage, while those found with weapons should be prosecuted for terrorism.

If you cannot acquire land for enterprise, then you have no business with that enterprise. Nigerians will not die if there is no cattle to eat.

For long, Nigeria has tolerated this rubbish, but Buhari's insensitivity and irresponsibility, has ensured that this practice will finally be obliterated, whether Buhari and herdsmen like it or not.

When the herdsmen don't find peace in Nigeria, they will return to Libya.

Throwback:
Buhari is hopelessly irresponsible as regards his leadership when it concerns the terrorism of the Fulani herdsmen.

I begin to wonder if Buhari was not mentally aware to the failure of leadership that made his predecessor to be termed an ineffectual buffoon, for him to be demonstrating same ineffectual buffoonery.

Simply put, Buhari as the nation's chief security officer, is a failure who is also culpable in the deaths that have occurred due to herdsmen terrorism.

Whoever takes over from him next year or 2023 would be best to be from a different political party, so that he can be duly prosecuted for his crimes, even if he failed to prosecute Jonathan for his own crimes.

rahl12:
Please nairalanders,
I need a job. I am a graduate of Mechanical Engineering. I am a serving Corp member in kwara state, will be passing out at first week of July 2018. Please I need your help as I am willing to work in any film within or outside the state.
Please help a brother. I have experienced in operations and maintenance various of machines, with a required knowledge of AutoCAD design.

PLEASE HELP BROTHER HERE.

HERE IS MY EMAIL: abraham20john20@gmail.com

PotatoSalad:
Lies from the pits of hell. You know what is a billion naira? That is 999,999,999 + 1 million.
I'm from nnewi so I know what I'm saying. We're rich but we're not much. There's a higher concentration of millionaires in nnewi then few multimillionaires and a handful of billionaires

vankaid:
Not everyone who doesn't agree with you is "afonja".

Ranchhoddas:
Dollar billionaires I agree but 250 naira billionaires?
E pass by far.

OMANBALA1:
I will not pander to your weakness and ignorance but I have noticed a common denominator about people that challenge me here, they never contributed positively to the upliftment of the Omanbala society. What would I feel insecure about , give me a reason as an Anambra man to feel insecure to anybody. Go through my post history and quote anywhere I drew comparison to Abakiliki people, Imo nor Enugu because your ffoolishness is legendary. You barged in here with your low self esteem of which is not any doing of mine to accuse and belittle my post yet you havent done your home work.

I have listed in my previous post some cultural practices shared among Anambra towns but like the ffool before you whom I have put to sleep you jumped in laden with bruised emotion when you dont know jack about Anambra and our social structure. You are the same guy that claimed Awka people are from Udi before I jumped in and slapped you around with a comprehensive history of Awka people...Many have fought me here and they go home bleeding and your case wont be different. Anambra share a monolithic culture and I have explained that in my previous post. I will continue with you ffools tomorrow.

Cjrane2:
Stop using multiple monikers to respond to yourself.

Some people here grew up and lived in Onitsha for sooooo many years. So don't teach me Onitsha slangs. I should be teaching you. If anything, his Igbo sound more of Anioma, which is how my people would speak. But we write it differently.

Using google translate to write igbo is your undoing for many Yorubas trying to pretend they can speak Igbo. You guys forget that Igbo is a unique language where one word can mean several things depending on the context they are used. That aspect still confuses google.

Malawian:
if you excercise a lot of patience, you might get his talk. It took me a moment to get him myself.

OMANBALA1:
Anambra is a combination of many towns that not only share the same progenitors but also a similar world view and culture. There are cultural practices that are entirely restricted to Anambra and due to this shared culture the people of the Omanbala plain tend to think and behave in a uniform manner. The understanding of these traditional practices shaped and transformed the the way we think and see other Igbos.

Examples, Igba Ofala originated in Anambra.
Nze na Ozo is an Anambra invention.
The Ikenga deity is and Anambra invention.
The Ogwugwu deity is an Anambra deity.
Igba Odu( the prestigious ivory titles) for the female is an Anambra invention.
Igba Akwunechenyi and Abi Ulor is Anambra invention.
The magnificent Ijele masquerade is an Anambra invention.
The Agaba Iduu masquerade is an Anambra invention.
Our style of music, singing and and dance style has this elegance and grace to it...It is very different from the rest of Igbos who their women mostly dance in an immoral way with their butts shaking. In Anambra it cant happen because of Nze na Ozo institution with the higher Ndi ichie present.
Anambra has a beautiful culture that makes every Igbo brag when we display it starting from our style of chants(mmaku), the Ufie gongs(Egwu ndi Nze) and Egwu ota(Egwu Ndi Eze). An average Anambra man is well culturally astute than other Igbos due to our very rich cultural background.

The Omanbala river which I refer to as ALA NA AZU NWA.
The Omanbala river has fed ,nourished ,healed and kept Ndi Anambra alive due to it crucial role in irrigation of the Omanbala farmlands which is the food basket of the state and its after this mystic river the state was named to pay tribute. And any Anambra man that doesnt know this I call a ffool. That river Omanbala is one of the gifts almighty has blessed Anambra with.
So, mister, Anambra is not just a man made space, there is a reason why these people were carved out and that is because the creators saw some,regularity that informed a monolithic society and culture.

OMANBALA1:
His reaction was very embarrassing. I hate people without any sense of history, I look at them as inferiors. I bet he doesnt even know where the name originated from....Sad. I wish we can make Anambra a kingdom and castrate people like him and train them as women guards.

OMANBALA1:
You are ignorant because if you aren't then you should know that Anambra is an European corruption of the word Omanbala....That's why I called you a ffool. Everything must not be taught you learn some on your own.

Fatherofdragons:
u fight ebonyi ppl and also fight ur brother from the same state?
Tufia u disgust me

MXrap:
Stop insulting your brother

OMANBALA1:
Haha ...And here I thought I had a sensible audience in you. You don't belong to Omanbala because you are a ffool. Ofeke, Ofu Ogoli, mkpi na agba ewu... Biko, disappear from this thread. When I see real Umu Anaedo I know them.

Xander85:
Any pics?

OMANBALA1:
Haha ...And here I thought I had a sensible audience in you. You don't belong to Omanbala because you are a ffool. Ofeke, Ofu Ogoli, mkpi na agba ewu... Biko, disappear from this thread. When I see real Umu Anaedo I know them.