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Anambra

21 local governments · 8 stories

8 stories

01 Folktale · Anambra

Why the tortoise's shell is cracked

Tortoise and the feast in the sky →
02 People · Anambra

The merchant queen of the Niger

Omu Okwei of Ossomari →
03 Lost history · Anambra

The bronzes he used to water his goats

Isaiah Anozie and the Igbo-Ukwu bronzes →
04 Lost history · Anambra

Annabelle, the road that became Africa's second-busiest airport by night

Uli airstrip and the Biafran airlift →
05 People · Anambra

The forgotten acting president who handed Nigeria to the army

Nwafor Orizu of Nnewi →
06 People · Anambra

The famous Igbo voice of the slave trade who may not have been born in Igboland

Olaudah Equiano and Isseke, Ihiala →
07 Legend · Anambra

The old man who squeezed water from his beard and became a lake

Agulu Lake, Anaocha →
08 Custom · Anambra

The cow festival that comes once a generation, and the war it remembers

Igba Asara, Ukpor, Nnewi South →