Culture and History of Olokoro People
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This is a book about Olokoro, our community. The account is not comprehensive but it forms an important beginning (as other accounts before it) in the formal and permanent documentation of the history, culture and the way of life of our people and their achievements. The community has grown from a point where its government has transformed from a mere disparate village organization to a level where a unified election dominates the process. The community is made up of diverse population with different ideological orientations that should be harnessed for the development of the community. His Royal Highness Eze J.J. Ogbulafor, Uvuoma 1 of Olokoro took development of the community seriouslyas well as extolled the culture. The present dispensation of having many Ezes in Olokoro will lead to progress if properly harnessed by all and sundry. My vision for Olokoro in this regard is articulated in my autobiography (Nwaogu 2015.175). Olokoro community belongs to us all and denizens should feel free to contribute ideas that will move our community forward. Perceptive readers are welcome and this includes sharing of comments, suggestions, insights that will broaden our minds towards the achievement of a unified, progressive and respectable community.
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This is a book about Olokoro, our community. The account is not comprehensive, but it forms an important beginning (as other accounts before it) in the formal and permanent documentation of the history, culture, and the way of life of our people and their achievements. The community has grown from a point where its government has transformed from a mere disparate village organization to a level where a unified election dominates the process. The community is made up of diverse population with different ideological orientations that should be harnessed for the development of the community. His Royal Highness Eze J. J. Ogbulafor, Uvuoma 1 of Olokoro, took development of the community seriously as well as extolled the culture. The present dispensation of having many Ezes in Olokoro will lead to progress if properly harnessed by all and sundry. My vision for Olokoro in this regard is articulated in my autobiography (Nwaogu 2015.175). Olokoro community belongs to us all, and denizens should feel free to contribute ideas that will move our community forward. Perceptive readers are welcome, and this includes sharing of comments, suggestions, insights that will broaden our minds toward the achievement of a unified, progressive, and respectable community.
About the Author
Paul Okamnaonu Nwaogu hails from Olokoro, a community that is part of Umuahia South, a local government area of Abia State of Nigeria. He rose from humble beginnings as a pupil teacher to the exalted position of a professor of special education from Tumaini University in Tanzania. He has a PhD from Southern Illinois University–Carbondale, Illinois, in the United States of America. He taught in tertiary institutions in the United States of America, Nigeria, Botswana, and the Republic of Tanzania. He has written articles in international journals and published books for students in the university system. His autobiography has been published in 2015 by Xlibris Corporation, Bloomington, Indiana, in the United States of America. He is married and has five children. His wife and children are all university graduates. His last son, Uwaoma, graduated with a PhD degree in economics from Western Michigan University in 2011. This is a family where tertiary education receives due respect.