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17 Apr

War Notes On A Biafran Night

by admin Apr 17, 2022 0

Culled from the West African Pilot The night was dark-blue in the facewith a pale-yellow eye;an occasional passing glow filters througha black smoke blanket coveringlike dusk light through the windowpanesof a dark room,— The curtains are drawn.Not a good day to have conversationswith the night:it can barely see us;not even […]

17 Apr

Mechanizing Akwete fabric makers

by admin Apr 17, 2022 0

Akwete fabric makers must mechanize quickly—the Chinese are coming So, how can local Akwete fabric producers get adequate training to replace antiquated manual labor methods with competitive contemporary machines and mechanisms? Culled from the Texas International Guardian The new governor of Anambra State, Chukwuma Charles Soludo, may have set in […]

15 Apr

Iwa Akwa in Igboland:

by IgboFest Houston Apr 15, 2022 0

Understanding the culture behind the Igbo rites-of-passage ceremony By ADAOBI ONYEAKAGBU In Ethiopia, young boys who want to identify as men must successfully jump over a castrated, male cow four times while naked, symbolizing the childhood they are leaving behind them. In the small island of Vanuatu, young boys come […]