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Is the Igbo language extra-terrestrial?

Posted by Uzoma on June 14, 2013 at 7:00pm

The Igbo people are a major ethnic group in Nigeria. Igbo (the language) is verb based.

One unique aspect of the language is that each word has an identifiable meaning.

For instance the word for sun is anwu. It is derived from the verb ‘nwu’ which is to die.

The sound ‘a’ is used to reverse the notion of death making anwu (sun)-that which does not die.

One of the major titles of an Igbo King is ‘Igwe’ which means sky.

Eri, the supposed founder of the Igbo race is also descri

An Open Letter to Martin Luther King

Posted by TheBlackList on January 17, 2009 at 10:17pm

by Philip Emeagwali emeagwali.com Walk with me down memory lane. The time: 1968. In 30 months, one million dead. The setting: a dusty camp in Biafra where survivors waited and hoped for peace. The survivors: Refugees fleeing from the “Dance of Death.” My mentor: One of the refugee camp directors, whom I called “Teacher” out of respect. “Martin Luther King has been killed,” Teacher said, with a pained voice and vacant eyes. I looked towards Teacher, wondering: “Who is Martin Luther King?” I was

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