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Mar

11

2020

Marriage Scandal As Dir. Emma Eyaba’s Baby Mama With kids Exposed (Photos)

Amos Oge Kalu, EntertainmentCrime, Entertainment, Metro, Nigeria, Personality

Just when you think you have heard the last of it, more scandals continue to rear their ugly head in supposedly happy marriages that many see as the toast of the town and example to others in our already troubled society, this time Emma Eyaba was caught off guard. As a matter of truth, It is hard to separate celebrities and scandals in marriage, but one would've believed that the few ones behind the camera are more likely to distance themselves from this perennial brouhaha while building their careers to the peek, but it seems far from the reality. What…

Feb

14

2020

By Amos Oge Kalu

Origin of Ohafia War Dance (Download MP3 Audio)

Abia State, Music, News, OhafiaAbia State, Metro, Ohafia

The Ohafia War Dance (Igbo: ikpirikpi ogu) is a popular war dance performed in several parts of Eastern Nigeria. The dance which has its roots from Ohafia is performed by a group of muscular men in commemoration of their strength in fighting and winning wars in the past. DOWNLOAD ORIGIN According to oral history, the ancestors of Ohafia were renowned to be mighty men of war who were always on the lookout for wars to take part in. The Ohafia warrior tradition which remains one of the fundamental identities of the people of Ohafia is hinged on the performance of…

Aug

15

2019

By Amos Oge Kalu

Ututu Arochukwu, Onoli Eze Enugu, Orofia Anambra; Descendants of Ohafia (Mben)

Abia State, Amos Oge Kalu, News, OhafiaAbia State, Africa, Biafra, Metro, Ohafia

OHAFIA AND COMMUNITIES FROM OHAFIA. EZEMA ATITA AKPO, the founding father of OHAFIA had 4 sons, namely, in order of seniority: Amogu (Ama) Ezema Atita, Ukpai Ezema Atita, Otutu Ezema Atita, and Uduma Ezema Atita. Uduma Ezema Atita, the last of these sons, in turn, had 4 sons as his father and these are (again in order of seniority): Ezema Uduma Ezema, Chieze Uduma Ezema, Olori Uduma Ezema, and Uduma Uduma Ezema. In line with our topic above and for the purpose of this write-up, we shall concentrate on communities whose founding fathers are sons are from Ohafia and from…

Sep

02

2016

By Amos Oge Kalu

Ohafia Community History, Culture and Heritage

Abia State, Amos Oge Kalu, OhafiaAbia State, Metro, Ohafia

The Ohafia are an Igbo speaking people who live in a region of about 100 square miles located west of the Cross River in Southeastern Nigeria. On these rolling hills twenty-six villages are found, the smallest are comprised of only a few households. The largest is the village of Akanu, the population of which was estimated by Phillip Nsugbe (1974:8) in the mid-sixties to be around 12,000. The ancestral capital of Ohafia is the centrally located village of Elu. The old part of Elu centers on the site where Udumeze, the founder, first built his fire. This is where the shrine of…