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⚖️7 min
Biography · Legend

Bode Thomas and the Alaafin

Lagos · Yoruba

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Legend

Moremi of Ile-Ife

Osun · Yoruba

⚔️8 min
Biography

Queen Amina of Zazzau

Kaduna · Hausa

🐢4 min
Folktale

Why the Tortoise's Shell Is Cracked

Anambra · Igbo

🧺9 min
History

The Women's War of 1929

Abia · Igbo / Ibibio

⛵5 min
Place-name origin

How Calabar Got Its Name

Cross River · Efik

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