More Herbal Cures for Cancer: – Written by Chukwuma Mumanya
Xylopia aethiopica
Xylopia aethiopica, commonly called African pepper or Guinea pepper belongs to the family Annonaceae. In Nigerian, it is called kyimba in Arabic, kumba in Arabic-Shuwa, kenya in Bokyi, akada in Degema, unie in Edo, ata in Efik, kimbaahre in Fula-Fulfulde, kimbaa in Hausa, ata in Ibibio, uda in Ibo, tsunfyanya in Nupe, kimbill in Tera, eeru in Yoruba.
Do you identify yourselves as members of an ethnic group that your great-grandparents did not. It is very unlikely that your great-grandparents regarded themselves as Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa, Efik, Ogoni, Tiv, Kanuri or [insert name of applicable ethnic group from the list of 250+] in the manner than you do today. When Nigerians engage each other in bitter ethnic battle, the extent to which the effects of colonialism still holds them captive becomes apparent.
THE POLITICS OF IGBO ORIGIN AND CULTURE: The Igbo-Ukwu and Nri Factors Reconsidered.
Dr. Nwankwo T. Nwaezeigwe
Senior Research Fellow/Lecturer Institute of African Studies University of Nigeria, Nsukka
African researchers have validated the use of lemon grass (Cymbopogun citratus) and lemon (Citrus limon) in treating opportunistic infections in people living with Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). CHUKWUMA MUANYA writes.
MANY Bible readers do not know that about five clearly different Hebrew words have been deliberately mistranslated into the English Bible as “God”. And that none of these five words means “Supreme Being”.
Edited March 12th. 2009
Words to look to look at
Moors…
The Moors, anglocised for Omoros (omo oro) meaning ‘children of light’ and not ‘light children’ can be translated as ’sons of civilization’. They collonized Europe and helped to bring modern civilization to them. They dominated Europe for 400 years.
Unripe mature pawpaw seeds may provide a cheap and accessible treatment for kidney damage and sickle cell anaemia. CHUKWUMA MUANYA writes.
MORE Nigerians are coming down with chronic kidney disease. The cost of managing the disease, with regular dialysis, and the search for kidney donors have rendered most affected families bankrupt.
EPHRAIMITE MOORS
The majority of the Israelite tribes resided under the authority of the House of Joseph which in turn was ruled by the Tribe of Ephraim. Just prior to the expulsion of the Northern Kingdom of Israel in 722B.C.E many Moorish Ephraimites of the House of Joseph fled to Arabia where they became known as the Bani Qainuqa Tribe, while others settled in the Horn of Africa and became known as the Afar (Ephraim). Some members of the Afar were more specifically referred to as the Danakil meaning of the IsraeliteTribe of Dan.
Moringa Medicinal plants
Everest Amaefule
Imagine a fresh leaf that contains seven times as much vitamin C as oranges. When the leaf is dry, it contains half the quantity of the vitamin in oranges.
The Eri creation myths of the Igbos holds that Chukwu-Okike sent down Eri and his wife Nnamaku down a ladder from the sky. He landed near the current town of Agulu Eri. From them came the sacred ancestors who founded the Igbos, Edos, Igalas, Yorubas, Junkuns, Hausas, and the rest of humanity.