Emeka Esogbue

 Book of Records: A Compendium of Ibusa Firsts and Achievers By Emeka Esogbue About the Book The book, "Book of Records: A Compendium of Ibusa Firsts and Achievers is an effort by the author to document as well as present the achievements of the Ibusa people to the world. The book covers the entire spectrum of human endeavours in which successes of the Ibusa of people were made.  The book is authored by Dr. Emeka Esogbue it is his 6th book.  Foreword: Prof Vincent Icheku Cover page commentary: Dr. Austin Obidi No of pages: 78 Publisher: Caro'Phem Communications Limited  

ANIOMA IS NIGERIA'S CULTURAL MELTING POT Emeka Esogbue Anioma is a cultural and ancestral spot where many Nigerian ethnic groups met. But little did our docile forebears realise this. It is indeed the cultural melting pot of Nigeria.  From ancient Nri Kingdom were migrations that led to the foundations of Igbuzo, Ogwashi-Uku, Akwukwu-Igbo and many more. These movements were followed with the migrations from Isu of the Igbos. The Isu migration became the more important in terms of number in Igbuzo, Ewulu etc. But there were the Ikelike of Benin origin who were the original settlers in Ogwashi-Uku. The earliest waves of migrations were of the Ife and Akure of the Yoruba race led to the foundation of a number of Yoruba communities in the Enuani region of the Anioma area and it gave rise to the foundation of Olukwumi communities that are Ugbodu, Eko Efun (Ukwunzu), Ogodor and many more. Surprisingly, little did early Yoruba historians record the Yoruba communities in Enuani enclave unt...

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...

Have you read the 55-page journal - A Study of the Origins and Migrations of Anioma Settlements written by Emeka Esogbue?' It was released to the public in 2015 and published by Carophem Communications Ltd, Ibadan, Nigeria with ISBN 978-978-53749-2-6 This well-researched journal speaks on the Anioma people geographically located in Delta State, Nigeria but the research is extended to include other Anioma settlements now located in Anambra, Imo, Rivers and Edo states of the nation. The Anioma people live within the context of shared understanding, history, culture and identity and within the context of shared political administration. Like other people, they have also evolved distinct civilization. They share common boundary; have inter-married; traded and allied in battles against common enemies. Th e Anioma people united to go to battle with the British. The Ubulu clan battled Benin in what is now known in history as 'Adesuwa War'. Igbanke, Ozubulu, Onitsha, ...