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Stories of the Igbo.
36 stories
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People · Imo
Mbonu Ojike, the boycott king who gave us "Mazi"
Mbonu Ojike of Arondizuogu →
26
Lost history · Enugu
Ogbunigwe, the weapon Biafra built from scratch
Ogbunigwe, the "Ojukwu bucket" →
27
People · Anambra
Christopher Okigbo, the poet who died defending Nsukka
Christopher Okigbo of Ojoto →
28
Lost history · Anambra
Nri, the Igbo kingdom that ruled without an army
The kingdom of Nri →
29
People · Enugu
Ahebi Ugbabe, the runaway girl who came home a king
Ahebi Ugbabe of Enugu-Ezike →
30
Place name · Anambra
Ogbunike Cave, where a Senate President hid the mace
Ogbunike Cave, Anambra →
31
Lost history · Enugu
Oji River, where the cured cannot go home
The leprosy settlements of the South East →
32
Legend · Enugu
Mmaku, the goddess who got tired and left her cave
The caves of Mmaku and Achi →
33
Lost history · Delta
The morning Asaba danced for One Nigeria
Asaba massacre, October 1967 →
34
Lost history · Delta
Ekumeku, the league of the silent ones
The western Igbo resistance, 1898–1911 →
35
Lost history · Ebonyi
Ekwunekwune 1954, the village that stopped paying tax
The "Akunakuna" tax revolt of February 1954 →
36
People · Rivers
The enslaved boy who built a kingdom
King Jaja of Opobo, c. 1821–1891 →
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