Emeka Esogbue

 5 Energetic Dances of the Nigerian People By Emeka Esogbue Nigeria is a country richly blessed with diverse ethnic groups, each with its own distinctive cultural heritage, traditions, music, and dance forms. Across the country, traditional dances serve as powerful expressions of identity, communal life, history, celebration, and social values. Many of these dances are energetic, colourful, and captivating, combining rhythmic footwork, expressive body movements, coordinated gestures, traditional music, and elaborate costumes. Performed during festivals, weddings, traditional ceremonies, title-taking ceremonies, cultural gatherings, and other important occasions, these dances provide entertainment while also preserving cultural knowledge and strengthening community bonds. They offer a window into the character, creativity, and social life of the communities that perform them. This compilation highlights five energetic dances associated with different Nigerian ethnic communities, sho...

  My Igala People Migrated from Egypt   -        Ayegba Abdullahi   Since his royal commissioning by HRM Agabaidu Idakwo Ameh Oboni II, the Atta of Igala, he has engaged in series of Igala advocacy or what is simply known as “Igala Reconnection”. Ambassador Ayegba Abdulahi, a former Lecturer with the Kogi State College of Health, Science and Technology and Igala Crusa der speaks to PEN MASTER (EMEKA ESOGBUE) on his beginning, origin of the Igala people of Nigeria, the Igala Reconnection Project and the Igala-Egyptian relations. These and other weighty issues he shares with Pen Master in this interview. Excerpts.         Pen Master: (Smiling) Ambassador Ayegba Abdulahi, after several pursuits, I finally caught up with you. Abdulahi, how nice to meet you.   Abdullahi: I am also glad to meet you, sir and you are welcome.    Pen Master: Hmm! Thank you very much. Now, you are regarded by your ...