Nigeria Archives - African Research Consult http://african-research.com/tag/nigeria/ Your #1 Educational center Sun, 29 Oct 2023 12:22:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://i0.wp.com/african-research.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-AREC.png?fit=32%2C32 Nigeria Archives - African Research Consult http://african-research.com/tag/nigeria/ 32 32 194781668 Origin of Eba-Odan (Ibadan) and The Epic of Kurunmi The Warlock http://african-research.com/research/origin-of-eba-odan-ibadan-and-the-epic-of-kurunmi-the-warlock/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=origin-of-eba-odan-ibadan-and-the-epic-of-kurunmi-the-warlock http://african-research.com/research/origin-of-eba-odan-ibadan-and-the-epic-of-kurunmi-the-warlock/#respond Sat, 28 Oct 2023 18:45:16 +0000 http://african-research.com/?p=2224 Africa is the home to over 3,000 tribes and 2,000 languages and dialects. Africa is home to approximately one-third of the world’s languages. The diversity of Africa’s languages is evidenced by their populations. In total, there are at least 75 languages in Africa which have more than 1 million speakers. Now let’s focus on Nigeria [...]

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]]> http://african-research.com/research/origin-of-eba-odan-ibadan-and-the-epic-of-kurunmi-the-warlock/feed/ 0 2224 Origin of The 700 Year Old Osun Osogbo Festival http://african-research.com/research/african-countries/african-tribes/origin-of-the-700-year-old-osun-osogbo-festival/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=origin-of-the-700-year-old-osun-osogbo-festival http://african-research.com/research/african-countries/african-tribes/origin-of-the-700-year-old-osun-osogbo-festival/#respond Sun, 14 Aug 2022 14:45:31 +0000 http://african-research.com/?p=2109 The sacred Osun Osogbo Festival is an annual cultural event held in Osun State (Of Yoruba Kingdom) in Nigeria. The event attracts spectators and worshippers from all over the world in the month of August every year. The festival (which is organised in first 2 weeks of August) usually commences with a rite called “Iwopopo”, [...]

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]]> http://african-research.com/research/african-countries/african-tribes/origin-of-the-700-year-old-osun-osogbo-festival/feed/ 0 2109 125 Year Old Stolen Benin Kingdom Artifacts Returned http://african-research.com/research/125-year-old-stolen-benin-kingdom-artifacts-returned/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=125-year-old-stolen-benin-kingdom-artifacts-returned http://african-research.com/research/125-year-old-stolen-benin-kingdom-artifacts-returned/#respond Mon, 21 Feb 2022 21:32:31 +0000 http://african-research.com/?p=1964 Two Benin bronzes were returned to their ancestral home 125 years after British soldiers looted them from West Africa. A colorful ceremony on Saturday February 19, 2022 marked the return of sculptures, one of a cockerel and the other the head of a king, to the Oba palace in Benin City in Nigeria. “They are [...]

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