MrCrackles:

Ndi-Igbo kwezenu. . . . . . . .
Ndi-igbo yaparipa!

  Brash no kill person jare.

Abeg all of my Igbo brethrens Igbo Kwenu!!!!!

kedu

aki and pawpaw:chinedu and osita

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Nkiru Nzegwu:

Professor Nkiru Nzegwu, artist, curator, and poet, has introduced first-ever courses at Binghamton University such as Philosophy of Orisha Worship and Hip-Hop I and II. Among Dr. Nzegwu's areas of expertise are African aesthetics, philosophy, African feminist issues, and multicultural studies in art. Nzegwu is currently serving as Chair of Africana Studies at Binghamton University. She has a B.A in Fine Arts and an M.A. in Philosophy, both from University of Ife, and a PhD in Philosophy (Aesthetics) from University of Ottowa.
http://www.africaresource.com/house/content/view/11/43/

Editor, Ijele journal NY.
http://www.ijele.com/board.htm


Her daughter:

Azuka Nzegwu, Managing Director and Web Development

Azuka Nzegwu is a doctoral candidate in Philosophy, Interpretation and Culture (PIC) at Binghamton University, whose area of specialization is on theoretical approaches that engage and utilize web-based technologies. She uses open source technology as the primary language for developing research-based multimedia rich modules, localized portals and networks, electronic publication, digital archives, digital cultures and histories, and global repositories that would expand our knowledge base. Azuka graduated from Binghamton University in May 2001 with honors in Africana Studies. She is a recipient of the Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence, an Honorable Mention in the USA TODAY All-Academic College Team, Bill and Melinda Gates Millennium Scholar, Faculty-Student Scholar, Empire Minority Scholar, and a member of Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities. She presented a paper on telecommunication at the 24th Annual New York State Africana Studies Conference at SUNY Cortland in April 2001. She also served as the President of Golden Key International Honour Society and Vice-President of Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society. Azuka has been invited on numerous occasions to perform her poems both in the University and in the community. Her poem has appeared in A Prism of Thoughts.

Mbonu Ojike

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Eleanor Roosevelt (l), with Kingsley Ozumba Mbadiwe (c) and Mbonu Ojike (r)


Ojike was a man of high intellect. An iconoclast and rights activist. Mbonu Ojike took his politics from the angle of persecution and fought his battles with elevated elocution. He was the pride of the East, whose burning desire was freedom, from colonial clutches. He spoke with passion and deep from the heart. He was the boycott king, who relished in passive resistance made popular by the late Mahatma Ghandi.

Like America’s Martin Luther King, whose “I have a dream” treatise still resonates round the world four decades after his brutal killing, Ojike is best known for his “boycott the boycottables” theory. But it was not just a mere theory. He personally practicalised it by adopting native names, clothes, food, wife, etc. He lived his dream to the fullest, enjoining others to emulate him in the psychological battle against while rule. He passed on in 1956.

Ifeoma Jones

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In 2008 Ifeoma became the first Nigerian to be signed by Ford Model World, the biggest model agency in the world. Ifeoma's success is a follow-up to her success in beating 16 other young Nigerian girls to the 2006 Nigeria Model Awards (NMA) held in December of that year. The 19-year-old slugged it out on the New York runway with 44 other models from different countries for the Ford Model World. Though she failed to emerge as one of the five runners-up, who were from Netherlands, Canada, Denmark, Brazil and Belarus, Ifeoma's outstanding outing earned her a modelling contract with Ford.

Evans Nwankwo

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From one employee and one $350,000 project in the company’s first year, Megen Construction has grown to employ 57, posting revenue of more than $40 million. The firm has been involved in many high-profile Greater Cincinnati projects, including the Fountain Square revitalization, the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and

Its owner, Evans Nwankwo, is a native of Nigeria whose family was uprooted by Nigeria’s civil war in the late 1960s. Despite his father's passing just before his 10th birthday, Evans and his 12 brothers and sisters all completed their education and went on to college. Evans attended Texas A&M University. In 1982, he earned a degree in building construction engineering.

Megen won the Associated General Contractors of America 2005 Aon Build America Award for its work on the Freedom Center and was named 2004 Midwest Region Construction Firm of the Year by the U.S. Department of Commerce Minority Business Development Agency. In 2006, Megen was named Business of the Year by the Greater Cincinnati Northern Kentucky African American Chamber of Commerce. Evans is a member of the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber board of directors, the City of Cincinnati Building Development and Permit Center Advisory Committee and the Hamilton County Economic Development Task Force. He is founder and board chair of the NuWay Foundation and chair of the Community Revitalization Agency board, among other community efforts.

Ne-Yo

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Chimere Shaffer Smith (born October 18, 1979), better known by his stage name Ne-Yo, is an American pop and R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, actor, and occasional rapper. Since his debut.

Ne-Yo was born on October 18, 1979 in Arkansas hometown of Camden, and baptized by the name Shaffer Chimere Smith.

Ne-Yo emerged into the recording industry as member of the Las Vegas-based quartet Envy. After the group disbanded in 2000, Ne-Yo was signed to Columbia Records, but, after recording his first album, was dropped from the label before he could even release it. American singer Marques Houston happened to hear one of Ne-Yo's tracks, "That Girl", which was supposed to be the latter's debut single off his then-unreleased album. Houston rerecorded "That Girl" and released it as a single to his 2003 album MH.

Ne-Yo broke into the industry after "Let Me Love You", a song he wrote for American singer Mario, reached number-one on the Billboard Hot 100, and later stayed on the top spot for nine weeks, becoming one of the most-played songs in the United States. After the successful release, Tina Davis, former A&R representative for Def Jam Recordings, arranged an informal meeting with label head L.A. Reid. Originally, Ne-Yo was not seeking a new contract, but, after he had performed to them, he was signed by American hip hop artist Jay-Z, then-CEO of Def Jam.

Ne-Yo has also appeared in two films. He debuted on the silver screen with Save the Last Dance 2 in 2006 and later with Stomp the Yard in 2007. He contributed songs to the soundtracks to both films. Ne-Yo is set to star in, executive produce and write the soundtrack to the film Venice Beach.


Ne-Yo's then-girlfriend had a son in 2005, naming him Chimere after Ne-Yo's middle name.[1] Though Ne-Yo believed he was the father, he later discovered the child was not his. He is now in litigation with the child's mother.
Ne-Yo was arrested for reckless driving on February 19, 2008, while driving through Cobb County, Georgia. He was driving at over 100 mph in his 2006 Range Rover and did not have a valid license. It was reported that he was doing about 105 mph, 50 mph over the speed limit. According to the Atlanta-Journal Constitution, Ne-Yo was sentenced to 24 hours community service by a judge on June 2, 2008, after he pleaded guilty to driving without a license and pleaded no contest to the reckless driving charge.

Dr. Ndidi Nnoli Edozien
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Dr. Ndidi Nnoli Edozien is the Founder/President, Growing Businesses Foundation. Growing Businesses Foundation (GBF) is a principal provider of Micro Credit to downstream Entrepreneurs, SME growth advocacy and Sector support. It has long enjoyed the trust and confidence of Government and NGOs and is typically regarded as a partner of first choice in issues affecting communities at the grass root level.

To date, this foundation has made credits possible to approximately 4,000 enterprises since inception. Ndidi has also served as the Director of Strategy at the Nigerian Communications Commission and as a judge on Nigerian TV series, Entrepreneur TV.

Kashmere

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Kashmere aka Iguana Man is a versatile hip hop artist with a discography of some 32 commercially available appearances.

Born Obiesie Adibuah on 22 January 1980 in London, Kashmere came blasting into the psyche of the UK hip-hop fraternity in 2002 with his EP Raw Styles, released under the Iguana Man moniker on Receptor Records. The track had a lo-fi dirty delivery much like the US group Gravediggaz, and gained much airplay on London's many pirate radio stations. Mixing with critically acclaimed hip-hop producers Braintax, Mr. Thing, and Breakin' Bread helped Kashmere to hone his production skills. This culminated with the release of his 2004 debut album, Technical Illness/Back Hand Slap Talk, on Low Life Records. The album was produced by Braintax, and had his signature raw style akin to a live mix, with the scratching on the album executed to perfection by Mr. Thing, and additional beats performed by Kashmere and Ghost giving it a truly home-grown sound. The album was also released as an instrumental album later in 2004, with Kashmere, and Verb. T taking care of one disc each.

Kashmere spent the next two years releasing his own records, but also appearing on releases by the High Plains Music, Breakin' Bread and Hip Hop Connection Magazine labels. It was in 2005 and 2006 that his lyric writing turned to the dark side, with an occult-based flavour that surfaced on In The Hour Of Chaos. The use of sound clips from the movie The Omen, biblical imagery and samples of hymns gave the album a distinct tone.

Kashmere is currently working on new material. He is the step brother of Olisa Adibuah.

Ne-Yo is nigerian? I loff him

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Osinachi Nwaneri[with Ciara]

Osinachi Nwaneri is a young “super” talent taking the pop, R & B and hiphop music industry by storm. Raised in the Washington DC area in Bowie, Maryland, he has touched so many ears in college campuses, nightclubs, mixtapes, local radio stations and now nationwide.

As a music producer he has generated much more internet buzz nationwide than even many artists from the same region. His work is so broad and versatile and ranges from hiphop to pop and round the bend to even rock, R & b and then dancehall. The ability to make music for anyone from anywhere in the world in any genre of music, gave super-producer Rodney Jerkins of Darkchild productions no choice, but to sign Osinachi within 24 hours of hearing his music on one of his hundreds of songs circulating nationwide on CDs and on the internet.

He currently resides in Hollywood, California and is currently working with major celebrity artists namely Ciara, The Pussycat Dolls, Academy Award Winners 36Mafia, and is on slate to work with many more to produce hot songs like “Painted Windows” for The Pussycat Dolls new Doll Domination 2.0 album, and “Pucker Up” for Ciara’s new album “Fantasy Ride”.

I didnt know Ne - Yo was Nigerian either!!!!  

but obviously we didnt know cause he aint reppin it.
he dont care for his Nigerian blood, he only has a nigerian name.
that doesnt mean anything.

he is an American/ Black American artist, not really Nigerian.
i dont see anything to celebrate.
but its cool i guess.

Dozie

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The world is yet to get a taste of the new soothing, sensual sound of Nigerian Soul /R&B singer, Dozie; his debut album Redemption , a title subject to change with the set of a record deal, is ready to hit stores late this summer.

He has been compared to Sade, Maxwell and even Seal. His melodious voice and distinctive style hold an appealing groove—one that leaves no doubt that this up- and-coming artist is ready to break through the industry with something missing for a while.

Dozie was born in England to a Nigerian father and British mother, Dozie spent his early years in both the UK and Nigeria, moving to the U.S. with his family when he was a teenager. The plethora of sounds in his family household ranged from Nigerian pop giants like Fela Kuti and Sir Warrior, to South African jazz gurus like Dollar Brand and Hugh Masekela, to classical composers like Handel and Bach. This early exposure permeated his soul with a love of music that would only manifest itself several years later.

Obed Ariri
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Obed Chukwuma Ariri (born April 4, 1956 in Owerri, Nigeria) is a former American football placekicker in the National Football League for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Washington Redskins. He also played in the United States Football League for the Washington Federals and in the Arena Football League for the Miami Hooters.

Ariri was born in Nigeria, and his middle name Chukwuma means "God Only Knows". He became a skilled soccer player and was scouted by Clemson University's then soccer coach Ibrahim M. Ibrahim. After watching him play in Nigeria, Ibrahim offered Ariri a soccer scholarship to Clemson on the spot.

Ariri was drafted in the seventh round of the 1981 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Colts. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers acquired Obed in the 1984 pre-season but was waived before final cuts. After kicker Bill Capece flopped in the final Buccaneer pre-season game, Ariri was hired in time for the start of the regular season and he was their regular kicker that season. He was nicknamed the "Automatic African" by his teammates.

Ekene Ijeoma

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Ekene is a designer and artist who has now moved to Amsterdam from Milan where he studied Interaction Design at Domus Academy and worked at The Big Space.

His audio/visual installations have been in galleries in LA and NYC and he has designed and programmed for commercial and non-commercial studios such as R/GA, Local Projects, Associates in Science and Project Projects.

Aloy~Emeka:

Dozie

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The world is yet to get a taste of the new soothing, sensual sound of Nigerian Soul /R&B singer, Dozie; his debut album Redemption , a title subject to change with the set of a record deal, is ready to hit stores late this summer.

He has been compared to Sade, Maxwell and even Seal. His melodious voice and distinctive style hold an appealing groove—one that leaves no doubt that this up- and-coming artist is ready to break through the industry with something missing for a while.

Dozie was born in England to a Nigerian father and British mother, Dozie spent his early years in both the UK and Nigeria, moving to the U.S. with his family when he was a teenager. The plethora of sounds in his family household ranged from Nigerian pop giants like Fela Kuti and Sir Warrior, to South African jazz gurus like Dollar Brand and Hugh Masekela, to classical composers like Handel and Bach. This early exposure permeated his soul with a love of music that would only manifest itself several years later.

you posted Dozie?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
finally someone that knows about him besides meeee!!!

i love him so much his music is great too.
i was just jammin to that CD "redemption" the other day.
for those of you who never thought you could love AfriSoul music, think again.
i was never really into that slow type of music but he got me into it.
i love Dozie!!!  


i also met him and he was in my house!!! in my living room!!
this was 3 years ago.

Prof Okechukwu Ibeanu

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Okechukwu Ibeanu is Professor of Political Science and Dean, Faculty of the Social Sciences at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He is also the Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Human Rights Council on the adverse effects of illicit movement and dumping of toxic waste on human rights.

Professor Ibeanu was previously programme officer of the MacArthur Foundation overseeing its human rights and Niger Delta programmes. A former Fellow of the United Nations University, Tokyo, he has also been a visiting scholar at Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford University and the Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington D.C.

Professor Ibeanu sits on the boards of many research institutions including the Centre for Democracy and Development. He has published extensively on the Niger Delta and Nigerian politics in general including Civil Society and Conflict Management in the Niger Delta (2005). His latest book titled Oiling Violence (2006) is on the proliferation of small arms and light weapons in the Niger Delta.

TY

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Ty is the recording name of British hip-hop artist Ben Chijioke. He was born in London, his family having moved from Nigeria to the UK. He is based in Vauxhall.

In the mid 1990s, he was involved in the Ghetto Grammar organisation and it was here that his interest in poetry and rapping piqued. Chijioke began his musical career in a band with Kiss FM DJ Shortee Blitz.

He has since released three albums and worked with the likes of Tony Allen, Terri Walker, Scratch Perverts and Estelle.

He performed on a UK-only remix of Talib Kweli & Hi Tek's "Down for the Count" alongside Blak Twang, and in 2006 recorded "The Idea" alongside De La Soul.

Ty's second album, Upwards was nominated for a Mercury Prize in 2004. His third album, Closer, was released on 16 October 2006. It features collaborations with De La Soul, Speech of Arrested Development, Bahamadia, Zion I and Basement Jaxx vocalist, Vula Malinga and the single of the same name of the album "Closer".

Chinweizu Ibekwe

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Chinweizu is a Nigerian critic, poet, journalist and pan-African Philosopher. Though he has identified himself and is known simply as Chinweizu, he was born Chinweizu Ibekwe in Isuikwuato in the part of Eastern Region that is known today as Abia State, and was educated at Government College, Afikpo. He later attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for college education. While studying in America, during the civil rights era, Chinweizu became influenced by the philosophy of a black arts movement.

He later enrolled for a Ph.D. at the State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo, under the supervision of political scientist [Claude E. Welch, Jr. Chinweizu apparently had a disagreement with his dissertation committee and walked away with his manuscript, which he got published as The West and the Rest of Us: White Predators, Black Slavers, and the African Elite by the powerhouse New York based Random House in 1975. He took the book to SUNY, Buffalo, where he demanded, and was promptly awarded, his Ph.D. in 1976, one year after he had published the dissertation. Thus, the publication settled his disagreement with his advisors in his favor. The book was highly acclaimed and cited within the field of radical political economy of the 1970s and 1980s.

Dr. Chuma Igbokwe[ Niger republic's ambassador to the UK]
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Dr. Chuma Igbokwe is the Consul of the Republic of Niger to the United Kingdom. Chuma is a seasoned entrepreneur and medical practitioner. He obtained his medical qualification at the College of Medicine, University of Ife in 1989, where he was awarded the Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBCHB) degree.

Dr. Chuma Igbokwe serves on the board of a number of companies both charitable and non-charitable, where he lends his wealth of experience. He is a founding member and Executive Director of Mild Group of Companies UK, Clinical Director of St. Luke’s Hospital Group UK, President of Sartorius Medical Solutions Houston, Texas USA, Chairman, Mild Energy and Mineral UK operations, Executive Director of Golden Dragons Limited and Patron “For Our Tomorrow”, a charity based organization.
His Excellency has, over the years, been member of the following professional bodies :- Royal College Of Psychiatrists UK, British Medical Association, Medical Protection Society UK, Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, Institute of Directors and the Chartered Management Institute UK.

http://www.niger-embassyuk.org/Embassy.html

THE AMAKA:

you posted Dozie?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
finally someone that knows about him besides meeee!!!

i love him so much his music is great too.
i was just jammin to that CD "redemption" the other day.
for those of you who never thought you could love AfriSoul music, think again.
i was never really into that slow type of music but he got me into it.
i love Dozie!!!


i also met him and he was in my house!!! in my living room!!
this was 3 years ago.

Nver heard of him, do you have a link ?

a link to what? some of his music?
naw i got the CD here with me.
thanks, imma play it now.

he handed it to me himself, he was in my house, im my living room, on my couch! lol
it was cool when we met him, nice mellow guy. really soft spoken, and sensual just like his music.

THE AMAKA:

a link to what? some of his music?
naw i got the CD here with me.
thanks, imma play it now.

he handed it to me himself, he was in my house, im my living room, on my couch! lol
it was cool when we met him, nice mellow guy. really soft spoken, and sensual just like his music.

Yeah a link to his music, so give us all the details about the time you spent on the couch with this dude. Did he pretend he was sleepy, yawn and place his arm around you ? Hey I've don it before

lol noooo i was younger then.
that would have been a NO-NO!!
i didnt really talk to him, it was mostly my Mom and these other Nigerian peeps.
he was cool talking about his life and his music.
he also talked about some of the shows he was getting ready to do and what artist he wants to work with and who he has met in the industry.
he is a really cool guy, no lie.

Cool though, is he rich now ? girl if his rich now call him up and see if he still remembers you.

OgidiBoy:

Cool though, is he rich now ? girl if his rich now call him up and see if he still remembers you.

lolol probably not.
i dont have his number.
and i think he makes pretty decent money, i wont say "rich".