Provost: Onwa Ndi Igdo Na Dorset.Kennedy hails from owerri North in Imo state. He works in the Health care sector. He is an active member of pan Dorset Black members in Unison. He attended his secondary school at Victoria Island school lagos, Nigeria and got his degree at Ambrose Ali University, Ekpoma. He is the […]
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Greetings from Igbo Community in Dorset. We are preparing for our 2023 New Yam festival which will hold on August 19th, 2023 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church Hall, Poole. BH15 2EG. We wish to request a goodwill message or your business advert that will be published in our 2023 Festival Brochure. Find attached advert rates.
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BCP COUNCIL AWARD SPEECH BY ANTHONY AGWAGAH(President Igbo Community in Dorset). Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen. It is an honor and a privilege to receive this important award for a Good Neighbour. I am earnestly grateful for the recognition of being among the amazing locals that make a difference in our various communities. Thanks to
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History was made on the 27th of August 2022. The first of its kind. We now have Ada Igbo in Dorset. This is worth celebrating. House I present to you Miss Stephanie Ogbuji, CROWNED ADA IGBO DORSET.
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NDI IGBO NA DORSET. It’s been another busy year. And as the year 2022 comes to a close, it’s time to reflect briefly on what we’ve achieved in 2022. From the implementation of ICD projects to bringing ICD awareness to the Dorset County grassroots. We all contributed and played an active part in achieving this
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On Saturday, August 27, The New Yam Festival took place at Poole High School hall. The New Yam Festival, or Iri Ji as it is called in Igbo, is a cultural celebration held in August symbolizing the conclusion of the harvest season. The Igbo people are an ethnic group found in the southeast of the
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2022 New Yam and Cultural Festival Speech by the President of Igbo Community in Dorset Good afternoon, Mayors, Mayoress and Mayors escorts, Chairman of BCP Council, Chairman of the occasion, Rev Fathers, High Chiefs, Ndi Nze na Ozo, distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen, may I welcome all of you to this great day of our 2nd
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Igbo Community In Dorset’s aim is to serve humanity and empower communities in the Igbo nations globally, giving our daughters the opportunity to display their rich cultural heritage, artistic skills, confidence, intelligence, leadership, and cultural pride.
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Ikorodo is a traditional music Group accompanied by a maiden dance, popular among the Nsukka people of Enugu State, Nigeria. It is performed with a set of four horns (Isi opi, Akpoke, Akpanwunye, Mgbe) employing hocket technique and four percussive instruments (okpokolo – wooden slit drum, osha – rattles, alo – metal gong, igba –
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Olaudah Equiano was born about 1745 of Igbo parents in a village he called “Essaka, near Benin”, which has been identified as Iseke in Ihiala local government area of Anambra State. This identification was done by the late Catherine Acholonu in a work of remarkable scholarship. ‘Equiano’ was probably a corruption of ‘Ekweano’, with the
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Every 2nd Sunday of the Month at St Francis of Assisi Church, 480 Charminster Road, Bournemouth, BH8 9SH. Time 4Pm