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Uchenna Iwualla
Uchenna Iwualla

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Mar 23

WRESTLING TURNED RAPE

I had seen “Igba-mgba” Igbo traditional wrestling once in my whole life. I was lucky to have seen this popular sport that was indigenous to the Igbo community before it went extinct. If I remembered correctly, it took place in the neighboring village Odunmara, the same village that I remembered…

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WRESTLING TURNED RAPE
WRESTLING TURNED RAPE

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May 5, 2022

MY BIAFRAN STRAGGLER GHOST

The thoughts of the salted stockfish had haunted me for days' end, even as we prepared for an “attack”. The thoughts of my stockade “marara” running out were worse. I was just tired. My palms were now rough from some ingenious conversion of cassava tubers to some kind of soap…

Biafran War

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MY BIAFRAN STRAGGLER GHOST
MY BIAFRAN STRAGGLER GHOST
Biafran War

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Mar 10, 2022

BISHOP SHANAHAN OF TODAY

Bishop Shanahan would have found it difficult as it stands today to move around in the hinterlands of Igboland. He would have been kidnapped somewhere between Ihiala and Orlu, with his abductors happy with the capture of missionary wines and amulets, thumping their noses at evangelical materials meant to bring…

Religious Conflict

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BISHOP SHANAHAN OF TODAY
BISHOP SHANAHAN OF TODAY
Religious Conflict

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Mar 3, 2022

ERECTILE PILGRIMAGE

The covid scourge is doing more harm than good amongst the minority of Nigerian men in the United States. I suspect the numbers might be higher. I know this because I have been hearing a lot of teeth-gnashing and heart-felt outpouring in muted African circles. The harm my African brothers…

Erectile Dysfunction

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ERECTILE PILGRIMAGE
ERECTILE PILGRIMAGE
Erectile Dysfunction

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Feb 17, 2022

Identity Crisis

A childhood friend of mine had sold me over a porridge of soup. True to human nature, my friend was always loving and caring while in front of me, speaking highly of me, showering praises but would not defend nor speak well of me in my absence. He will chastise…

Igbo People

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Identity Crisis
Identity Crisis
Igbo People

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Sep 16, 2021

Zero Religious Responsibility

A two-mile road exists in my little town of Orodo — a stretch that has churches littered on both sides and has over time, given the almighty God, multiple residences in Orodo. …

Religious Reform

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Zero Religious Responsibility
Zero Religious Responsibility
Religious Reform

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Sep 3, 2021

LIARS

African culture upholds truth. It is that same ingredient that drives the symbol of authority in Igbo land. “Eziokwu bu ndu” is a testament to this supreme notion all over the land, mandating subjects to the superiority of this authority. It was common practice to see gatekeepers of the “ofo”…

Igbo Culture

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LIARS
LIARS
Igbo Culture

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Aug 30, 2021

Many Won’t See It

I remember that summer of ’86, in that cozy family-style restaurant in Didsbury Manchester when my father had placed a bounty on whoever spoke Igbo — our mother tongue. It was a game he introduced, that whoever spoke the language will lose some unforeseen gift. His assessments were “We spoke…

Language

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Many Won’t See It
Many Won’t See It
Language

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Aug 19, 2021

ROAD TO NOWHERE

I remember those days when going to the village was the best thing ever. Those days that I had learned that cowries were once dowries, days that we dreamt of seeing that hue that made rounds on “tales by moonlight”. …

Village

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ROAD TO NOWHERE
ROAD TO NOWHERE
Village

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Aug 13, 2021

CUBANO-POVERTY

Cubano-poverty, a word coined from the aftermath of the now-infamous funeral of a woman in Nigeria, a mother to the nations’ biggest player in the entertainment industry-Obi-Cubana. …

Youth

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CUBANO-POVERTY
CUBANO-POVERTY
Youth

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