Emeka Esogbue

Not many have known that there are Yoruba settlements in Delta State, specifically among the Anioma people of today. This is because not much is known of the social history of the people (Anioma) now hugely located in Delta State. Researchers from the region really have a lot to dig into concerning the people. The Anioma people with heterogeneous origins are obviously some of the understudied people in Nigeria thus only very little documentations about the people are available. The dominant language of the people of this area is Igbo though, a few other languages are spoken within the region. Some of these few other languages spoken in the region are Oza or Ozzara spoken close to Edo. Some of the speakers of this particular language are: 1. Ozanogo 2. Alilehan 3. Alisor 4. Ozanogogo There is Igala, a language of the Igala ethnic group of Nigeria, mainly spoken by Ebu but, the Igala version of Ebu community has become fussed with Ishan because the Ebu migrants that took

Emeka Esogbue caught up with very beautiful Isabella Williams in Ibusa, Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State. Isabella, a model, fashion enthusiast and one of the contestants of the current Miss Nigeria University pageant spoke on her undying love for fashion, prettiness and how she hopes to win the pageant. She also spoke on how she managed to convince her mother to allow her feature in the contest. The 200-level Library and Information student of Delta State University, Abraka tells her own story in this interview. Excerpts: Emeka Esogbue: How may our readers meet you? Isabella Williams: I am Isabella Chidinma Williams, the first in a family of six. Isabella is a 200-year level student, currently studying Library and Information Science at the Delta State University, Abraka. I believe so much in humanity and in love with nature. I am 5’11 feet tall. Emeka Esogbue: (laughing) Chidinma, you are not only beautiful but amazingly tall. Doesn’t your heig

Okafor Eluemunor Diyoyo, popularly called ‘Onyeoma Diyoyo’ by his music fans, one of Anioma’s experienced grassroots musicians played host to EMEKA ESOGBUE. In this interview, he speaks on his sources of inspiration, his humble beginning, why Anioma kind of music is gradually dying and how to revive it, personal efforts geared at correcting societal ills and many more. Excerpts.   Esogbue: You are a noted Anioma cultural musician and your fans praise you for your genre. Can you share with our readers what makes your style of music unique? Okafor: (smiles) Thank you very much. Well, I play the typical Anioma music that Anioma people and beyond enjoy. They say it is danceable. I know, I send messages across with our Anioma kind of music. I send messages to both the old and young about the wellness of life. I think I have in a way fussed the old with the new to make our Anioma music acceptable by all. Secondly, I play my music with ease meaning you will always see me

BOOK REVIEW Title: Wild Ixora Author: Philip Ngozi Ifechukwude Publisher/Year: Carophem/2013 Review by: Emeka Esogbue Date Reviewed: 2015 It is a 136-page novel set in a small community of Isubogu. It beautifully opens with a 6-line poetic prologue, delightfully subdivided into 14 chapters, numbered but untitled. This particular edition has been revised to create clever plot and enhance readability. Chapter one begins with the scintillating description of the atmosphere which in turn foreshadows the surrounding influence of events. The writer discerningly considers this environment naturally suiting to the backdrop therefore, readers are let into the author’s admiration for nature but sadly, nature hardly gives anyone what he desires but what nature itself wishes. Reader’s emotion is again drawn to the physically-challenged state of Agoziem, the protagonist. This state of deformity is in reality, a literary allusion to the author’s present condition as he recal