All posts tagged "History"
Nnewi News
Igwe Nnewi Celebrates 1st Day Ofala 2024
December 30, 2024Ofala festival is a very big and significance event in Nnewi City. It is the event...
Africans
Why Ụrịọm (Baby chick) are hung on Igbo Altars.
December 25, 2024An outsider may wonder why Uriom(baby chick) are hung on Igbo altars? Some may even go...
Africans
The Powerful Igbo Slave Trader That Worshipped Women.
December 22, 2024Dim Ohachi was a popular slave trader. He was feared, respected and equally avoided. He was...
Africans
Significance of The 4 Market Days in Igboland.
December 16, 2024The Igbo calendar (Ọ̀gụ́àfọ̀ Ị̀gbò) is the traditional calendar system of the Igbo people from present-day Nigeria. The calendar has 13 months...
Africans
Igboland Is Bleeding!
December 8, 2024Ala Igbo is bleeding! She has been disappointed summarily by my father’s generation and my own...
Ancestry
NNEWI HISTORIES: WHY NNEWI PEOPLE DO NOT EAT EWI (BUSH MEAT).
June 26, 2024According to Nnewi tradition, the avoidance of bush meat (ewi) is attributed to oral story that...
Ancestry
Do Nnewi Kingdom Have Traditional Rulers Before The White People Came?
June 22, 2024Those who are vehement in their claim that Ala Igbo did not have rulers or monarchs...
Ancestry
NNEWI HISTORIES: TALKING ABOUT EZE UGBONYAMBA
June 16, 2024Nnewi is the second-largest city in Anambra State, southeast Nigeria, encompassing two local government areas: Nnewi...
Ancestry
PRESEVING IGBO HISTORIES AND HERITAGE: THE NNEWI MUSEUM
June 11, 2024A museum is an institution devoted to the procurement, care, study, and display of objects of...
Culture and Tradition
The Mystical Trees of Igboland: A Summary
May 12, 2024In the heart of Igboland, four mystical trees stand as guardians of tradition and spirituality, each...