The Great Abraka Food Challenge In the Urhobo town of Oria, Abraka a new phenomenon began to trend. Food wagers were common in the communities spreading from the banks of the River Ethiope. The wager was simple – who could eat a large quantity of food? The wager promoter would…
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My Tsunami Part 2
My Tsunami Part 2 2. The Visit My bedroom window is east facing gifting me with great views of sunrise and sunset. The morning sun was bright and turning the weather warm. In my garden outside my bedroom window the sounds of birds chirping had become less distinct than at…
Obẹnẹ: Urhobo Love Sustainably
Obẹnẹ: Urhobo Love Sustainably The Act Urhobo love. Obẹnẹ, is one of the finest approaches to love in the world. But surprisingly younger Urhobo people in present times believe that Urhobos of previous times did not know what love was. Ojahwevwe! Obẹnẹ, the Urhobo version of love is not…
My Tsunami
1. Intro My Tsunami is a tale of blissful experiences of being with a Tsunami, a term for a focused, decent, disciplined, and well-groomed lady. The inexperienced in love and its necessities is something discerning men avoid. If you want to enjoy life, choose your girlfriend, or wife well. Think!…
From A Myth to A Cure: Vaccinations
From Myth to A Cure: Vaccinations Can a universal cure come out of olden African culture, especially one that originates from mythology? “Nothing good comes out of Africa” is a settled statement of the many. Testing the truth of that statement can be difficult or easy, depending on a person’s…
Dino Melaye Adopts the Pyrates Confraternity
Dino Melaye Adopts the Pyrates Confraternity: A PR Coup? [Former] Senator Dino Melaye – SDM – (Twitter handle: @dino_melaye) on the 4th of August 2020 tweeted a cynically edited video clip of members of the Pyrates Confraternity singing his name in elated spirits. The comment that accompanied the clip SDM…
Nsibidi: Pre-Colonial Education in Nigeria
Nsibidi: Pre-Colonial Education in Nigeria It is the simplest thing in the world to assume Sub-Saharan Africans were illiterate and uncivilised before the coming of the White man. Such is well-embraced by the African, more so, those with good education. Empire Day celebrated throughout the Commonwealth colonies reminded Nigerians that…
The Igbe Religion – A Faith
The Igbe Religion – A Faith Igbe is neither my personal nor family religion. Stiil, I lived in Urhoboland, where it originated and people still practise it, long enough to observe the faith with considerable detachment. I have also seen its practice in the United Kingdom. It is an Urhobo…