Jeanne Egbosiuba

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Name: Jeanne Egbosiuba
Date registered: May 14, 2011
URL: http://AllThingsNigeria.com

Biography

In the early 1990s, Jeanne Egbosiuba joined the U.S. Peace Corps and was sent to Africa. After three months of intensive training, Jeanne went to a small village to teach mathematics, English, and physics at a secondary school. She lived without electricity, running water or flush toilets. Jeanne learned Swahili, a few words and phrases in a local tribal language and a lot about African culture. Since her Peace Corps service, Jeanne has been researching all aspects of African Culture and writing about African Culture since 1997. She is editor of the African Culture topic at Bellaonline.com and also writes AllThingsKenyan.com. Jeanne is married to a Nigerian from the Igbo tribe and currently lives in Florida with her husband and children.

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Tribes of Nigeria

Abayon Abua (Odual) Achipa (Achipawa) Achipawa (Achipa) Adim Adun Afade (Affade) Affade (Afade) Afizere Afo Agbo Akaju-Ndem (Akajuk) Akajuk (Akaju-Ndem) Akweya-Yachi Alago (Arago) Amo Anaguta Annang Andoni (Obolo) Angas Ankwei Anyima Arago (Alago) Attakar (Ataka) Ataka (Attakar) Auyoka (Auyokawa) Auyokawa (Auyoka) Awak Awori Ayu Babur Bachama Bechere Bada Bade Bafo Baggara Bahumono Bakulung Bali Bambarawa …

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Igbo Proverbs

A baby on its mother’s back doesn’t know the journey is long. A bad habit that lasts more than a year may turn into a custom. A bird that flies off the earth and lands on an anthill is still on the ground. A calm spirit will enable a man to survive even a six-month …

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Yoruba Proverbs

A great affair covers up a small matter. A man with a cough cannot conceal himself. A man’s first wife never complains of neglect from the penis, the first morsel never complains of insufficient sauce. A proverb is the horse that can carry one swiftly to the discovery of ideas. A stammerer would eventually say …

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Tuareg Proverbs

Better to walk without knowing where than to sit doing nothing. Houses are the graves of the living. In life, it is always possible to reach agreement in the end. It is better to see for oneself than to be informed by a third person. Luxury begins the day a man starts wearing shoes. Men …

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Nupe Proverbs

To trouble me is better than to forget me.

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