Imu Ahia /Ímù Ólú/Oru How the Igbo Apprenticeship helped heal the wounds of Biafra. In 1967 Nigeria declared war on the secessionist state of Biafra (formally Eastern Nigeria predominantly of the Igbo ethnic group, alongside many of their neighbours like the Ibibio, Efik and Ekoi). What followed was one of Africa’s most brutal and genocidal […]
Read More Imu ahia/ (Ímù Ólú/Oru) – The Igbo Apprenticeship System5 THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT THE BIAFRA-NIGERIA WAR 60s Rock-Legend Jimi Hendrix at the height of his career in 1968 performed at a Biafra war benefit show in Manhattan along with 60s folk singer Joan Baez. Both artists performed free of charge in order to raise money for refugees of the Biafra-Nigeria Civil […]
Read More 5 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE BIAFRA-NIGERIA WARWHERE TO LEARN AFRICAN LANGUAGES IN LONDON It’s often said that “Language is the road map of a culture”. When you learn a language, you learn the essence of a people. Tonal languages in particular (which many African languages are) require you to have a nuanced and astute approach to receiving and sharing sounds. As […]
Read More Where to Learn Igbo, Twi, Yoruba and Swahili In LondonDec 2017 – Okwu ID hosted the 1st Young Igbo Forum (London UK) the question elaborated in this video: Was Nigeria designed by the British to fail? Is it a model that needs to be scrapped?
Read More Young Igbo Forum: “Was Nigeria Designed to Fail?” pt.4
