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When you say “love and light”, you’re really just describing Anyanwu. She is regarded as the goddess of the sun in Igboland. Have you ever heard of her?

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Have you ever heard the story of Ayelala, the gentle slave woman who became a fearful goddess?

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Seeing a desert and an ocean side by side is not something a lot of people can't imagine, and something that even fewer people actually get to see in their lifetime. And that’s why you have us! We’ll tell you about it, and then you can decide to see it for yourself later!

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Today, we are throwing it back to a post we did a while back about the Nigerian word 'Amebo' which is used to refer to gossips.

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African Blackwood is one of the most expensive trees in the world, have you ever seen one?

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You know how they say that all life emerged from Africa?? Well, this is a post about that. Have you ever heard of the Eve Gene?

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Nigeria is full of churches today. A quick glance in any direction, and you will see at least 2-5 churches. Maybe more, depending on where you are. But which one was the first indigenous church?

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Did you know the British government took a loan of a huge sum of money that was given to slave owners who were being compensated for the loss of their “assets” (as enslaved people were considered personal property and business assets at that time)?

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#1833 #400

In the short years of the Biafran nation existence, the small country minted a number of notes and coins to replace the naira as their officially recognised medium of exchange.

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#1967 #1970

If you got an invitation to see the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, what address would you type into your GPS?

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If we were told that there is a lake in the world that turns living things to stone after swimming in it, we wouldn’t have believed it, but it really does exists! Have you ever heard of Lake Natron in Tanzania?

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Religion is many things. A beacon of hope, or a means of condemnation. A tool for subjugation, and a tool for empowerment. The Slave traders of the Trans-Atlantic Slave trade knew this, so they used it to their advantage…

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