June 5, 2018
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Igbo As Our Brothers General Yakubu Gowon, head of state during and after the Biafran War, instructed his troops to treat the Igbo people who had seceded to create their own country, as brothers, not enemies. https://guardian.ng/news/gowon-restrained-us-from-killing-igbo-during-civil-war-buhari-reveals/ “Buhari said he … Continue reading
March 9, 2018
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Chimamanda Adichie in Hollywood I love to see what Chimamanda Adichie is wearing! Adichie in Hollywood, according to Brittle Paper’s post, didn’t stick to Nigerian designers as she usually does. But for the Hollywood After-Party, she did accessorize with Nigerian … Continue reading
July 8, 2017
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Did Biafra Teach Us Anything? The Nigerian army entered Biafra on July 6th, 1967. This was just two weeks after our daughter Beth was born in Enugu, Biafra’s capital. Two months later the Nigerians were bombing Enugu. We ran to … Continue reading
June 14, 2017
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Education Aid for Sub-Sahara Africa Education in Nigeria is a mixture of very good and very bad, with not a lot in between. Teachers are not eager to be in rural areas. Teachers’ pay is often late and incomplete. Supplies … Continue reading
May 22, 2017
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Singing City Clem and I went to Philadelphia for a delayed Mother’s Day celebration with our daughter Beth and her family. She sang yesterday with Singing City, an old and revered Philadelphia chorus. Before the concert she introduced me to “I … Continue reading
May 5, 2017
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Love Does Not Win Elections Feyi Fawehinmi, contributor to the Guardian, an online Nigerian publication, writes about Ayisha Osori’s forthcoming book, Love Does Not Win Elections, about Nigerian Politics. He says, “I’ll go out on a limb and say this is … Continue reading
March 30, 2017
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Nigerwives and Intersectionality I read a fascinating interview with a Nigerian writer, Angela Ajayi. Her Yoruba last name interested me. I was also intrigued by the title of the article, “On Cultural Intersectionality and Familial Love.” Does the word ‘intersectionality’ … Continue reading
January 25, 2017
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Talking About Race Sunday’s presentation “Talking to Children About Race” at the Westport Library, co-sponsored by TEAM Westport, was excellent. Catherine Lewis, LCSW and Zoe Tarrant, MA, MFT were the presenters. Their PowerPoint “What Do White Children See?” led them … Continue reading
October 13, 2016
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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21 Chibok Girls Released Twenty one of the girls kidnapped by Boko Haram two and a half years ago were released yesterday! CNN carried a report, as did many Nigerian newspapers. The Nigerian government says negotiations have been going on … Continue reading
July 29, 2016
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Family Birthdays Our older son Chinaku and our daughter Beth have June birthdays. All of Beth’s family have their birthdays in June and July, from Kelvin on June 3 to Nkiru today! We celebrated our grandson Kenechi’s birthday on July 4th. He … Continue reading