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     Gisternews: [Oji lgbo- image Etsy photo]. Kola nut is an important, essential, unique and a popular fruits nut among the lgbo people of West Africa. It is a tropical nut tree plant, known to have varieties of species, but in this article to some extent, we will review, two important species's, that  is very dealy and quiet important to these sets of people in respects to their customs and traditions, historical background relating to the cultural inherent of the use, productions, consumptions, the respects accorded to Kola-nut by these people.  The Kola-nut have varieties, like the cola acuminata and cola nitida, garcinia kola etc. The kola acuminata, (botanically) has been identified to be the 'Oji lgbo ', that will be our area of concentration, others like, the kola 'nitida, cultivated by the Yoruba's in large quantities, enjoyed and known by the Hausa's as koro and the Garcinia kola (Akilu), Akanilu,  by the lgbo people, bitter kola ( Englis...

THE IGBO KOLA-NUT COTILEDON Gisternews The Kola-nut is very essential, fruits nut for the lgbo people generally, for traditional hospitality and the welcoming of visitors. Also traditionally for the lgbo, during the breaking of the Kola-nut in an important meeting, gathering or events, for example traditional marriage ceremony, the number o cotiledon in the particular Kola-nut, presented for prayer and blessing, has  ( meaning or message ) what it is saying for the people concerning, the meeting or such gathering, and the lgbo Kola-nut, cola acuminata ( Oji-lgbo ) is known for having many cotiledon, ( lbe-Oji or lbere-Oji ) for instance some normally come with, three cotiledon , four, five, six, seven, two and none cotiledon. So in an event's or gathering, when any of these numbers is witnessed in the breaking of the Kola-nut, presented for prayers and blessing, it has some messages or traditional interpretation, meaning attached to such number of the cotile...

       OKWA-OJI NA NDU N'DI IGBO                               Okwa-oji Gisternews Kola-nut is a very important and one of the most respected fruits among the lgbo speaking natives of Nigeria, West Africa.This particular fruits kolanut (Oji-lgbo) is adored, hornour and respected, among the lgbo people, that's traditionally, the people has a special dish (plate), designed specifically for the serving, offering, (presenting ) of kolanut to their guest, as a sign of hospitality, welcoming, embracement, peace, unity and joviality etc. This special dish (plate) for the Kola-nut presentation to a guest or groups of people, is  what is called, ''Okwa-oji Culturally, It is carved (design) from wood work, ceramics, steel materials, nowadays some people design their own Okwa-oji from precious materials, onaments and stones, but in the absence of Okwa-oji, you can use Other thing...

HOW TO PREPARE OKORO SUOP AND THE RECIPES NEEDED AFRIC RECIPE 1 Okoro Soup:  okra is a vegetable flowering fruit shrub,  botanically called Abelmosclus Esculentus (lating) or Hibiscus ecculentus,, may be because of it's flowering similarities with Hibiscus flowers, some of the European's know's it as, and, called  it  "Ladies Finger " ,  Okuru in Igbo Language, "Okwuru" by the people of  Isukwuato of Abia State Nigeria.      [Okro image: by Gisternews] Okoro has always been enjoyed from age to age all over the world. As a tropical flowering edible vegetable seed-pod crop or fruit, cultivated in Africa, South America, Asia, and now can grow all over the world, each country and people knows this Natural vegetable fruit, crop Okra with different names, and use's, it either as a food recipe, or it's other medicinal benefits, as a recipe because of it's very high quality level of nutritional benefits.But  our  focus ...