January 19, 2019
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Nigeria News

Belated Happy New Year! Christmas and the New Year feel long ago, now that we’ve already passed the halfway mark of January. My last post was over a month ago! I’ve missed communicating with you and want to share our … Continue reading

August 20, 2018
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Can Google Maps Be Wrong?

Copy Editor Leads to Google Maps Correction For my second book, Breaking Kola: An Inside View of African Customs, I hired Anna to be my copy editor. A few of her valuable edits: Correcting hundreds of punctuation and capitalization errors … Continue reading

January 16, 2018
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration The 12th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration in Westport was fabulous! The highlight for me was the keynote speaker, Dr. Ibram X. Kendi. His title was “How to be an Anti-Racist.” We … Continue reading

January 12, 2018
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Connections Galore and Happy New Year!

Connections are Key My days in Nigeria were filled with family and other connections with and about relatives. Christmas dinner with Sam and his family was delicious and more than plentiful! We celebrated our wedding anniversary the next day with … Continue reading

June 15, 2016
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Celebrate Life

Celebrate Life of Emeka Friday and Saturday afternoon in California were heavy and sad for us. How could we celebrate life? We were there for the funeral of Clem’s nephew Emeka who had been killed 51 days earlier. Friday afternoon we’d … Continue reading

June 7, 2016
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Kano Horror, Birthday Joys

Kano Horror A Christian woman trader named Bridget said something offensive to Muslims in the market in Kano, northern Nigeria, on Thursday. The result was a Kano horror. Did she mean to be offensive? Or was her comment innocent but mis-interpreted as … Continue reading

January 7, 2016
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Superhuman Black Men?

Are Young Black Men Superhuman? Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s interview with BBC on January 4 is worth hearing. It’s just under 10 minutes. First, she says something about perceptions that is no surprise to those of us with close ties … Continue reading

July 27, 2015
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Live as Brothers or Perish as Fools

Girls as Bombers Reading about girls being used as suicide bombers by Boko Haram is so sad. I can’t imagine they are undertaking the task willingly. Are they tricked into wearing the bombs? Or forced? Do they realize what it … Continue reading

April 22, 2015
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Four Women’s Stories

Women in Technology Westport Library is presenting a series called “Wisdom from CEOs.” Tonight the presenter was Jennifer Lawton of the digital manufacturing companies Stratasys and MakerBot. As an industry leader in the global 3D desktop printing industry, she focuses … Continue reading

February 5, 2015
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Nanka, New York Times, Problems and Hope

Unique Greeting Anniversary Greeting from Nanka Students’ Union We received an email from the Nanka Students’ Union a couple of days ago. It’s a warm and wonderful anniversary greeting. I love it. I haven’t emailed them my thanks yet. I will … Continue reading