Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe the Doctor of Hypertension

The legendary late Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe, was born on March 1936 in the town of Atani, Anambra state, Nigeria.

He came from a line of singers and dancers. His genre, Highlife, encompassed Igbo and traditional musical elements.

Osadebe started his career singing at nightclubs in Lagos in the southwestern region of Nigeria. He had been a part of The Empire Rhythm Orchestra, led by E. C. Arinze in which he had learned much of his music skills.

A prolific composer, Osadebe released his first album in 1958, and went on to write over 500 songs; half of which were released commercially. "Osadebe succeeded in breaking away from the conventional big band format established by the pioneers of the music, a format that favoured melodic progressions that were in the common meter, church hymnal tradition.

He succeeded in completely transforming highlife into the call-and-response pattern of African music.

Rest well Sir 🙏

Chinua Achebe Vs 50 Cent - The Battle For Things Fall Apart And $1Million.

At about nine years ago, the renowned literary icon, Chinua Achebe, turned down a $1 million offer from American rapper, Curtis Jackson, popularly known as 50 cent to use the title of his book ‘Things Fall Apart‘ for a movie tithe.

The Igbos! There is something about this tribe - Richard Henshaw

The Igbos... There is something about this tribe. A quintessence that many always tend to undermine. Many have failed to appreciate what this tribe has done to the psyche of this nation.

Meet Nnamdi Ezeigbo the Owner of Tecno, Infinix and Slot Nigeria.

Nnamdi Ezeigbo was born on 4 August 1966 in Sapele, Delta State, into the family of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Ezeigbo. The entrepreneur, who is currently 56 years old, is of the Igbo Nation, and he hails from Nsukwe in Ubakala, Umuahia in Abia State.

Meet Paul Onwuanibe he owns the biggest Beach front in Lagos and Nigeria

Paul Onwuanibe (Born 29 June 1966) is an African business magnate. He is the MD/CEO of Landmark Group – an African-focused real estate and serviced office company having over 500 companies as clients with offices in five continents.

IGBO - THE ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE IKWERRE PEOPLE

The Ikwerre (natively known as Iwhuruọha are one of the Igbo Subgroups in Rivers State. Traditional history has classified Ikwerre into seven groups called "Ikwerre Essa". They are Elele, Isiokpo, Rumuji, Emohua, Choba, Aluu Igwuruta and Obio group. This division was recognized by Forde and Jones; (1950) in their ethnographic study of the Igbo speaking peoples of South Eastern Nigeria Some Ikwerre people migrated from Ika a subgroup of Igbos in Delta State and Edo state while some migrated from Ngwa, Arochukwu and Ohaji/Egbema. The Aro first came into the Ikwerre area through Ozuzu-Etche, settling at Isiokpo, Igwuruta, Omagwa, etc. As expected of pre-literate African societies, the history of the people is wrapped in myth and mystery. This presupposes that historians may have to resort to oral tradition for the justifiable/credible reconstruction of the people's history. From the post-colonial dispensation to the present, professional historians and other

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