History & Culture
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Macmillan Releases Groundbreaking Study on African Migration by Professor Abiodun Adeniyi
By George Omagbemi Sylvester Global academic publisher Palgrave Macmillan has officially released Professor Abiodun Adeniyi’s seminal work, New Narratives of African Migration: Exploring Media and the Contestation of Space, marking a pivotal…
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The Lost Kingdoms: How Benin Empire Astonished the World Before Colonial Conquest
By George Omagbemi Sylvester Long before Nigeria became a British colony, the Kingdom of Benin (located in present-day Edo State) stood as one of Africa’s most sophisticated and powerful empires. With origins…
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The Women Who Shook the Empire: How Aba Uprising Redefined Colonial Nigeria
By George Omagbemi Sylvester In late 1929, thousands of women across southeastern Nigeria rose in one of the most remarkable anti-colonial protests in African history. What began as a dispute over taxation…
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Africa: Shattering the Backwardness Myth
By Aklahyel Goni Listen up, Men! Let’s set the record straight—Africa is not uncivilized, and anyone perpetuating this lie either lacks knowledge or is intentionally ignoring history. Africa is the cradle of…
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Nigerian children win international cultural dance contest
Five Nigerian children whose ages range from five to 10 years old have won the inaugural African cultural dance contest. The dance contest was staged on Facebook, where contestants submitted five minutes…
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Controversial History of Yoruba and The Story of World Creation From Ile Ife
Just like other ethnic groups in Nigeria, the history of the Yoruba people is still subject to controversy. There are however several versions of the origin of the Yoruba people. The most…
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The Story Of “Ilu Ajẹ”, Town of Witches
There is a small town on your way to Oyo, just behind Fiditi, it’s called Ilu Ajẹ. Literally, it translates to “Town of Witches”. In the late 80s, there used to be…
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Igbo migrated from Ife —Ooni makes fresh revelation
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has challenged academia in Nigerian universities to properly document the history of Yoruba race rather than relying on jaundiced history. He said proper documentation will…
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How Yoruba Lost The Ilorin Throne To Fulani
The rivalry between the Fulani and Afonja descendants over the throne of Ilorin is rooted in history. While the Fulani rest the case of their claim to the kingship of the ancient…
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Controversial History of Yoruba and The Story of World Creation From Ile Ife
Just like other ethnic groups in Nigeria, the history of the Yoruba people is still subject to controversy. There are however several versions of the origin of the Yoruba people. The most…
