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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 Igbol...
02/12/2022

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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Deviant Art
FanPop
Sara Golish
Ben Ewonwu Foundation
ArtStation
Wikipedia

Have you ever heard the story of Ayelala, the gentle slave woman who became a fearful goddess? 📸: Beautiful Bizzare Maga...
19/11/2022

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

📸: Beautiful Bizzare Magazine (Pinterest)
Huck Designs
Sara Golish
Popsci
Harriet Jacobs
Amazon
Ilutitun – Osooro Diary
Blkwomenart
Comic Vine
Micheal Dumas
Deviant Art
Art Station
Kiss and Tell

Seeing a desert and an ocean side by side is not something a lot of people can't imagine, and something that even fewer ...
28/10/2022

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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Image Credits:
Istock
Pinterest
Istock
Istock
BBC
Siyabona Africa

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 g...
14/10/2022

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.

📷: Zikoko
Twitter
The Naked convo
Hive Blog
Getty Images
Zakootas
Urhoboweddingsandstyle
Connect Nigeria
Dissolve
iStock
Beautiful Nigeria

African Blackwood is one of the most expensive trees in the world, have you ever seen one?PS: You should totally buy ou...
04/10/2022

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

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Image Credits:
Etsy
Woodpeckers
African Blackwood Conservation project
ProSono Hardwoods
Etsy
Amazon.ca

You know how they say that all life emerged from Africa?? Well, this is a post about that. Have you ever heard of the E...
26/09/2022

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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Image Credits:
imf.news
Black Women in Science Network
Research Outreach
howstuffworks
Lecturio
Wondrium Daily
Prranshu
Micro.medium
Scitechconnect.elsevier

Mitochondria

Nigeria is full of churches today. A quick glance in any direction, and you will see at least 2-5 churches. Maybe more, ...
16/09/2022

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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Image Credits:
Mapionet
Facebook
Folklife in Louisiana
Nairaland
Vectorstock
TheCable
The Gueardian Nigeria
Geography

Did you know the British government took a loan of a huge sum of money that was given to slave owners who were being com...
12/09/2022

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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Full Fact
COVE
Pinterest
The Telegraph

#1833 #400

In the short years of the Biafran nation existence, the small country minted a number of notes and coins to replace the ...
05/09/2022

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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Image Credits:
Wikipedia
ICIR Nigeria
BBC
Nnedi Okarafor (Twitter)
CGB Numismatics Paris
NGC
Bancostema

#1967 #1970

If you got an invitation to see the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, what address would you type into ...
29/08/2022

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

PS: You should totally buy our new ebook - 50 things you should know about Nigeria (but don’t, because you weren’t taught in school)🤓 - Link in bio!

Image Credits:
Nairaland
Statehouse.gov.ng
BuzzNigeria
Twitter
ICIR Nigeria
Tribune online

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 ha...
19/08/2022

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?

PS: You should totally buy our new ebook - 50 things you should know about Nigeria (but don’t, because you weren’t taught in school)🤓 - Link in bio!

Image Credits:
HungerTV
NewsBytes
ExplorersWeb
allAfrica
Wikipedia
IFLScience

Religion is many things. A beacon of hope, or a means of condemnation. A tool for subjugation, and a tool for empowermen...
06/08/2022

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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Image Credits:
Amazon
The Christian Broadcasting Network
The Washington post
The Times of Israel
The Revealer
African Culture, History and Rankings

 

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