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Attempts to end the practice has faced many hurdles. Wikimedia Commons/BBC

February 1, 2024

Slaves of God: Nigeria’s traditional Osu slavery practice was stopped, but the suffering continues

Ending discrimination against the Osu has been difficult because identifying an Osu is relatively straightforward for Igbos.

Nnamdi Kanu favours a more radical approach to achieving the Biafran dream. Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images

August 18, 2021

A breakdown of Biafra separatism, and where Kanu fits into the picture

Chikodiri Nwangwu, University of Nigeria

The grievances of Nnamdi Kanu and other Biafran separatist groups are deeply rooted in the failure of the Nigerian state to implement post civil war peacebuilding initiatives.

Computer village, Lagos, is one of those places where Igbo entrepreneurship is practiced and passed on to the next generation. Photo by Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images

April 26, 2021

Lessons from Igbo trans-generational entrepreneurship: why it matters

Nnamdi O. Madichie, Nnamdi Azikiwe University

The Igbos, like most other indigenous groups, believe in maintaining a legacy of not just their language, but other values, including trans-generational business legacies.

Biafran refugees flee federal Nigerian troops on a road near Ogbaku, Nigeria in this 1968 photo. Between one and three million people are estimated to have died. (AP Photo/Kurt Strumpf)

February 12, 2019

Nigerian writers compare genocide of Igbos to the Holocaust

Chigbo Arthur Anyaduba, University of Winnipeg

Nigerian poets and novelists have compared the Igbo massacres in the 60s to the Holocaust as a way to drive international attention to the atrocities.

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