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27 local governments · 7 stories
Local government…
Aboh Mbaise
Ahiazu Mbaise · 1
Ehime Mbano
Ezinihitte
Ideato North · 3
Ideato South
Ihitte/Uboma
Ikeduru
Isiala Mbano
Isu
Mbaitoli
Ngor Okpala
Njaba
Nkwerre
Nwangele
Obowo
Oguta · 1
Ohaji/Egbema
Okigwe
Onuimo
Orlu
Orsu
Oru East
Oru West
Owerri Municipal · 1
Owerri North · 1
Owerri West
7 stories
01
Lost history · Imo
The houses built for gods, and built to rot
Mbari houses of the Owerri Igbo →
02
People · Imo
Pericoma, the masquerade singer people said could make himself too heavy to carry
Pericoma Okoye of Arondizuogu →
03
Lost history · Imo
The speech in Ahiara where a dying Biafra wrote down what it wanted to be
The Ahiara Declaration, Mbaise →
04
People · Imo
Flora Nwapa, the Oguta woman who wrote the lake goddess into world literature
Flora Nwapa and Uhamiri of Oguta Lake →
05
People · Imo
The man of timber and caliber, who made English do tricks
K.O. Mbadiwe of Arondizuogu →
06
Legend · Imo
Owerri, the city named after a quarrel over a funeral cow
How Owerri got its name, Owerri Municipal →
07
People · Imo
Mbonu Ojike, the boycott king who gave us "Mazi"
Mbonu Ojike of Arondizuogu →