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THE TRUE HISTORY OF YORUBA - Onyeji Nnaji

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In the consolidated publication, The Cultural Unity of Black Africa, edited by Diop Anta (an Egyptian), it is established that all the nations of antiquity among black that have the scarified bronze are termed aboriginal. But in hierarchical rating, the Nri is the oldest and proves the core of the African population. T he world was generally peaceful throughout the generations that experienced Eri as the theosophist of Eridu (The Lost City of the Sun). It was easy because the entire earth were absorbed into the one-government of that age because the population of human on earth were not scattered abroad as in the case today. The human population was concentrated in the east and nowhere else. This peace lasted for four thousand years before the departure of Eri.  The remnant of the Eridu kingdom did not see any problem until later, at the decay part of the civilization, for while Eri was alive the earth was witnessed no hunger. According to the Igbo Oral Tales, Eri and his wif

TWO REASONS WHY YORUBA ARE HARDLY RELIABLE - Onyeji Nnaji

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The popular adage by Bingaman says thus, “The more you don't know about us, the better off we are”. This is the best adage to address the reasons why the Yoruba have never deemed it fit to rewrite their history, despite the age long and yet contemporary literary and historical giants they have. The simple reason, in summary, is that the more you don’t know their history is the better they maintain their prestige. It was only once I saw a Yoruba man who was seriously angry about the deceitful lifestyle of his tribe. In people’s responses to the Achebe’s depiction of Awolowo as a never-trusted man, Babatunde’s comment was very pathetic about his people. He knew, saw, believed and understood the Yoruba predicaments but did not know why and how it started. The Igbo say that one who does not know where it began to rain on him will definitely not know when he ceases to becoming drenched.  Babatunde’s lamentation shows that he is ignorant of the cause of his tribal dishonesty and t

ORIGIN OF AFRICA - Onyeji Nnaji

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ORIGIN OF THE BLACK RACE: THE BIRTH OF BIAFRAN FATHERS copied :    from the book:  REALITY AS MYTH ; by  O nyeji Nnaji chapter two . The difficulty encountered by researchers searching for the birthplace of the African father had been bedridden by two main factors. These factors are lack of proper attention given to the oral tradition of the various ancient communities in Africa, and the desire to favour oneself in the cause of one’s research work as found among early African historians. The attempts to rectify these matters took us nearly the whole book in our previous production. We have stressed the unquantifiable relevance of the various oral traditions in the different areas of the African continent. Stressing the importance of oral tradition in preserving history, we agree with J. Ki-Zerbo in the assertion that, Oral tradition is not just a second-best source to be resorted to only when there is nothing else. It is a distinct source in itself, with a now well establis

THE LOST CITY OF THE SUN by Onyeji Nnaji

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“In a single day and night of misfortune, the Ireland of Atlantis disappeared into the Atlantic and was seen no more” (Plato 365 BC). Legends wrote about the lost city and the disappearance of the first ever civilization the world had before the flood. This civilization overtook the entire glob, and was the first in the human history. Sumerian tablets maintain that the civilization had its take off point at the city of Eridu . Invariably, the theosophical structure was headed and overseen by Eri and Idu; these are the overhead figures whose names gave birth to the coinage that stood for the civilization; Eridu . The Theosophism comprised the following: (i) Eri (the theosophist).             (ii) Idu (the custodian of nature and law: a god-man from Umudiala; the                                                        kingmakers). (iii) Dioka (a technocrat, artist, engraver and scribe from Awka). (iv) Eze-Adama (the figure that stood for the created man). The renowned