THE MISCHIEF OF HISTORY: BALA USMAN'S UNMAKING OF NIGERIAN HISTORY
By Peter EkehChair, Urhobo Historical SocietyIn the week of April 18th through 25th, 2001, the Nigerian internetcommunity received an ample supply of Bala Usman's ...
Read moreWord or Phrase of the Day:
(Edo) Ọdọ mwen n'uwa: My lovely husband
(Edo) Iweva : 12 (Twelve)
(Guosa) mà: Know
(Edo) (E)k-igbe s-iy-eha: 50 (Fifty){(20 x 3) - 10}
(Edo) Okpa-irovb-ugie: 20 (Nineteen)(1 out of 20)
(Guosa) kùndé lá : awoken
(Edo) Uri eva or Aria eva: 400 (Four Hundred)(200x2)
(Guosa) ò chètó ájì ‘wá tí shìengá gídá: our class Monitor has gone home
(Edo) Oworo: 11 (Eleven)
(Edo) Eva: 2 (Two)
(Edo) Aria isen eva: 2,000 (Two Thousand)(2 x 1000)
(Edo) Ise: 5 (Five)
(Edo) (E)k-igbe s-iy-ena : 70 (Seventy){(20 x 3) + 10}
(Guosa) Kwàndó: basket
(Edo) Aria isen aria isen aria isen: 1,000,000,000 (One Billion) (1000 x 1000 x 1000)
(Guosa) jìndé lá: arisen
(Edo) Ihiri: 9 (Nine)
(Edo) Iwera: 13 (Thirteen)
(Guosa) Fénsà: pencil
(Guosa) Líttáfí: book
(Edo) Ọdọ mwen n'uwa: My lovely husband
(Edo) Iweva : 12 (Twelve)
(Guosa) mà: Know
(Edo) (E)k-igbe s-iy-eha: 50 (Fifty){(20 x 3) - 10}
(Edo) Okpa-irovb-ugie: 20 (Nineteen)(1 out of 20)
(Guosa) kùndé lá : awoken
(Edo) Uri eva or Aria eva: 400 (Four Hundred)(200x2)
(Guosa) ò chètó ájì ‘wá tí shìengá gídá: our class Monitor has gone home
(Edo) Oworo: 11 (Eleven)
(Edo) Eva: 2 (Two)
(Edo) Aria isen eva: 2,000 (Two Thousand)(2 x 1000)
(Edo) Ise: 5 (Five)
(Edo) (E)k-igbe s-iy-ena : 70 (Seventy){(20 x 3) + 10}
(Guosa) Kwàndó: basket
(Edo) Aria isen aria isen aria isen: 1,000,000,000 (One Billion) (1000 x 1000 x 1000)
(Guosa) jìndé lá: arisen
(Edo) Ihiri: 9 (Nine)
(Edo) Iwera: 13 (Thirteen)
(Guosa) Fénsà: pencil
(Guosa) Líttáfí: book
Chair, Urhobo Historical SocietyIn the week of April 18th through 25th, 2001, the Nigerian internetcommunity received an ample supply of Bala Usman's ...
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