Who can recall the gospel hip-hop song “NO LELE (Mo Like Jesu Gaan)” by Dekunle Fuji, which featured Femi Jacobs, Ikechukwu, Cobhams, and Daddy Freeze, seventeen years ago, in 2007? Many of us probably relished this gridlock back in 2007.
Thirteen years had passed since the Nigerian Civil War ended. Ojukwu, the former military governor of Nigeria’s Eastern Region, proclaimed the secession of the area and the creation of the independent state of Biafra on May 30, 1967. As the Head of State of Biafra, the former Lieutenant Colonel of the Nigerian Army oversaw the war against Federal Nigeria from July1967 to January 1970. He fled to the Ivory Coast for exile just before Biafra fell. On June 18, 1982, Ojukwu returned to Nigeria following his pardon from President Shehu Shagari’s civilian regime.
“White people are really intelligent. He arrived silently and brought his faith. We let him stay because we found his folly amusing. Our clan can no longer function as a unit since he has now won our brothers. We have disintegrated because he cut the things that kept us together.”
Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe’s first book, Things Fall Apart, was originally released in 1958. It tells the story of what happened in pre-colonial Igboland, a cultural region in southeast Nigeria today, and how European missionaries and colonial armies arrived there in the late 1800s. It is regarded as the quintessential English-language modern African novel and one of the first to be widely praised by critics worldwide. It is a required text in classrooms all across Africa and is studied extensively in nations where English is the primary language. The book was the first of William Heinemann Ltd.’s African Writers Series to be published when it was originally released in the United Kingdom in 1958. The story revolves around Okonkwo, a powerful chief of the fictional Umuofia Igbo clan (referred to as “Ibo” in the book). He is a local wrestling champion and a feared warrior, among other things. The book is divided into three sections. The first portion covers his background, family, violent outward appearance, tormented inner self, and Igbo customs and society. The impact of Christian missionaries and European colonization on Okonkwo, his family, and the larger Igbo community is discussed in the second and third portions. No Longer at Ease (1960), the sequel to Things Fall Apart, was initially intended as the second half of a greater piece alongside Arrow of God (1964). Even though they do not include Okonkwo’s descendants, Achebe claims that his two later novels, A Man of the People (1966) and Anthills of the Savannah (1987), are spiritual successors to the earlier works that chronicle African history.
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It tells the tale of three young women’s entwined lives that come together when Amuda travels from Ibadan to Lagos in order to pursue a university education. Her visit with Omoyele, Mojoyin’s roommate and her former school mother, Mojoyin, unfolds a week of unexpected occurrences that will mold their lives in ways they never could have predicted. Our parents used to look stunning with their natural hair and sense of style. How many more faces are there that you recognize? How gorgeous and youthful these performers looked in those days!
A look back at the early 2000s Nollywood classic film “IZAGA,” which starred Liz Benson, Omotel Jalade Ekehinde, and other stars. How many of you find this trailer nostalgic? If you watched this movie back then or remember it, sum up Liz Benson in one phrase.
footage of Major General Charles Ndiomu declaring that military officers implicated in a purported plot to topple General Ibrahim Babangida’s administration would be executed by a special military tribunal. Initially, thirteen officers were charged. Lieutenant Colonels Musa Bitiyong, Chris Oche, Mike Iyorshe, Moses Effiong, Navy Commander Andrew Ogwuji, Wing Commander Ben Ekele, Wing Commander Adamu Sakaba, Squadron Leader Martin Luther, Squadron Leader Asen Ahura, Major Tobias Akwashiki, and Major Daniel Bamidele were among them. Major General Mamman Vatsa was the Federal Minister for the Federal Capital Territory. Brigadier Malami Nasarawa was the Commandant of the Nigerian School of Infantry, Jaji. The Babangida regime claimed that the presence of a large number of Nigerian Air Force members in the alleged coup plot, which included bombing multiple strategic installations with recently acquired British Jaguar fighter jets, was indicative of the plot’s primary strategy. The alleged coup plotters were drawn from all branches of the service. It was also reported that a navy frigate had been designated for deployment during the “large scale” bombardment. Babangida’s childhood friend Vatsa had also served on the Federal Executive Council, the Armed Forces Ruling Council, and on occasion the National Council of States. He was a well-known poet and writer. Major Bamidele was convicted of Treason by Misprision. He had revealed preparations to carry out a coup against President Shehu Shagari’s civilian government a few years prior, and he was imprisoned until the coup was effectively carried out. Later on, the military took control, led by Major General Muhammadu Buhari On March 5, 1986, Vatsa and nine other people were put to death by firing squad. In the inquiry that followed the arrests, Group Captains Salaudin Latinwo and Michael Ikpeme were found not guilty.
A picture from 1963 shows Wole Soyinka at an early age with his daughter. Can you guess the name of the young beauty? Drop your guess in the comments.