March 10, 2020
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Thank You! So many of you sent wonderful messages of condolence as comments and emails after my February 24th post about my husband’s passing. I also had many Facebook comments, dozens of cards, texts, What’s App messages and phone calls. … Continue reading
June 12, 2019
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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President Buhari and FCT Natives Tribalism is alive and well in Nigeria. In last year’s election the indigenes, or natives, of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, voted for the opposition. One of the factors their leaders stated was that in … Continue reading
June 8, 2019
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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A Nigerwife’s Story My friend Liz Bird recently published Surviving BIafra: A Nigerwife’s Story, with Rosina Umelo. She spoke about it at the Igbo Conference in London in April, which I was sorry to miss this year. Rose, a British woman, … Continue reading
May 11, 2019
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Nkiru’s Letter Granddaughter Nkiru is coming tomorrow to celebrate Mother’s Day with us. She’s driving from Syracuse University to New York tonight, and will stay with her brother Kenechi and his girlfriend Mary. They’ll come to Westport tomorrow morning. Our … Continue reading