My Hometown And What Makes Us Unique

Nsukka is my hometown, our language is Igbo and I am proud and in love with my hometown. It's a city located in the Eastern part of Nigeria, precisely in Enugu state. I was born and raised in my hometown, I schooled in my hometown, and I experienced many of our cultures until I got married and relocated out of my hometown 9 years ago. Now you see that I can tell you vividly the uniqueness of my hometown as an adult.

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Nsukka is my beautiful hometown with one of the leading universities in Nigeria. University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) is the first indigenous university in Nigeria established after independence and my hometown is its location. You see why I am taking so much pride in my hometown. A lot of students from far states, even foreign students travel down to my hometown for schooling. This is to tell you how good the University is. Here in hive, I know a good number of UNN students. Isn't that amazing? Lol

Now, let's talk about the people in my hometown...

We are hardworking people, even parents who weren't privileged to attend school engage so much in farming just to send their children to school. Right from childhood, the children are being trained in farming as well, so literally, a good percentage of people in my hometown are all good at farming including myself. The ones who cannot afford to school learn business at an early stage, and some engage in learning hand work like mechanics, etc. Overall, you hardly see lazy youths in my hometown from my observations so far. Some secondary students engage in barrow pushing business during the holiday as a means of hustling to assist their parents in paying bills...I observed this a lot, In fact my immediate elder brother did that a lot then, and to date, young boys are still in the business mostly during the holidays.

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Myself in My hometown

Talking about farming, my people are blessed with this skill. Most of the food we eat comes from our farmland. There is no shame in this because it saves a lot of money buying virtually everything in the market. I can tell you that all families in my hometown engage in farming.

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The last time I visited my hometown, I didn't hesitate to visit my mummy's farm and harvest corn 🌽 for myself ☺️

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We are blessed with different kinds of plants, palm fruits, ogbono tree (for draw soup), avocado tree, native pear, etc. And guess what? We make money 🤑💰 from these fruit plants.

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Pear tree

What we are known for...

We are best known for traditional medicine and the use of local plants in curing some diseases. I have seen people who got cured of poison through our local herbs. Some people in our community are just experts on herb mixtures but I don't have such grace please..lol. Growing up with my grandma, she never gave me money to buy orthodox medicine for the treatment of malaria or typhoid fever. She will always prepare local herbs and once I drink them, I will be fine within a few days.

Did I tell you about our local delicacies? Most of them are so stressful to prepare...it consumes a lot of my gas to cook here it here in Lagos state where I reside..lol, but our food is unique meals I am proud of. It might not look pleasant in your eyes, but it's super delicious 😋

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This is Otipi, made with corn 🌽, veggies, native beans, oil bean seed, etc

My hometown has good hospitals for health care, and different markets in different locations with four market days known as "eke, Orie, Afor, and nkwo". We also have streams and boreholes for our sources of water which the community enjoy.

We are religious people and we are rich in our cultural practices. We respect and practice our culture at all times. When it comes to the marriage ceremony, one thing I love about my people is that we don't give all those unending marriage lists other eastern states give as if they are selling their daughter 😉.. lol. In fact, there is nothing like a marriage list in nsukka, we just let the intending groom know what is required and he provides to his capacity, of course, food and drinks should be enough but no pressure of any sort.

All these points and more which I can't mention in this post are what makes us unique from the rest of the world 🌍

Have you been to your hometown? What are you people known for?

This post is in response to the #hivelearners community contest on the topic titled YOUR HOMETOWN

PLEASE NOTE, ALL PICTURES ARE MINE EXCEPT THE ONE I SOURCED ABOVE

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I feel jealous because I have only been to my hometown when I was a baby, and I don't have any memory of the place.

You have deep knowledge about your place, the culture, language, food and people are beautiful. I hope to visit my hometown someday, thanks for sharing.

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Hahaha 😂
George, I just read ur entry and discovered that you haven't been to ur hometown except once ☺️

I really wish you visit soon or is it on ur traditional marriage day? 😂😂👍

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This is Beautiful, lucky you. I can count the number of times I visited my hometown

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Wow...I am really surprised that many people do not even know their hometown talk more of visiting

Lucky me indeed
Thanks for stopping by 👍

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Yes o, last time I went to mum's village was 2017, I drove though and had to get directions. For my Dad's village, that should be two decades ago.
Perhaps some things contributed to people not frequenting hometowns. I should drop an entry later today or tomorrow

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Bang, I did it again... I just rehived your post!
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I've read alot about Igbo community in a novel by Chinua Achebe "Things falls apart" They were great and hardworking people. I hope people of now are also like before :)

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Chinua Achebe is a true son of the soil
And yes people are still trying in keeping our culture 👍

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It's the native food for me..
Always mouth watering..😄

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You are a true daughter of the soil @nkemakonam89 there is no Shane in farming o, imagine the crises we are facing in lagos right now, it will lesser over there since they have foods in their farms.

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I am telling you...farmers wouldn't face this current hardship much.
Thanks for your wise words ☺️

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Hehehe. The picture i saw here doesn’t look like someone who can farm ooo. 😂. Too fresh 😂

And reading about your hometown is quite interesting. Something I witnessed. In addition I never taste this kind of meal made of maize before. But I tasted banga and this pounded beans and roasted ripe plantains. Haha with some spay of vegetables on it. My favorite 😆

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Hahaha 😂😂
Forget the look oo
I can farm very well, that look can deceive you.. lol

And the food, this one is one of the typical native food we got..so complicated 😆☺️

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Haha. You guys can eat vegetables ehn!!! Respect ✊

Even inside indomie, there is vegetable. 😂

And it’s just a pain that Lagos no get farm land again. 😂 I would have known what to do

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The Igbo people are know for hardwork both young and elderly ones. I will like to visit your state someday especially for the food 😁😁

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Hahaha 😂
We are so hardworking babe
Please visit, u are welcome 👍

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Home grown corn and pear, the taste is astronomical. They are always so sweet they should be branded as contrabands.
I love visiting the farms as well... But mostly to harvest.

Thank you for sharing this with us.

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But mostly to harvest.

🤣🤣🤣🤣
Mostly to harvest? Did I hear you well Bruno 😂😂

Why not to cultivate first before harvesting 😂😂

Thanks for reading 👍

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I am living in your home town😊 Okpa is my favourite food o😂 I will fall sick if I don't eat Okpa.

Nsukka is cool. It gives me pure village vibes and I love it. But the red sand and dust ehnnnn. I can never go to school and come back with clean legs.

You barely do marriage list? That's awesome o. In AkwaIbom 😂 You will buy all the buyables. You'll even buy football for youths. Sometimes machine or bycicle. No be small thing o😂 Long live Nsukka though. I am enjoying it here.😊

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Hahaha 😂😂
Didi baby, I know
And yes,okpa is super delicious 😋 but falling sick? Hahaha 😂😂
Calm down oo 😂

Hahaha 😂
The red Sand is really terrible 😃
Last two years Christmas, I travelled with my kids and we went with their white sneakers 👟, oh boy... before we returned back to Lagos,, it don turn to red 🤦🤣🤣

Hahaha, bicycle? Jeeezzzzzzz
Una blood hot oo 😂
We are listless here

I really enjoyed ur comment babe 😘

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Yes o that's my husband's village o
A land that is filled with many many goodies....and that UNN university is one of the best school ever. The dream of every Nigeria students is to school there, trust me is so good. Nice one dear

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Hahaha 😂😂😂
My wife is here
Thanks for believing in us
U are a darling 🥰

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Hmmm sis this your food looks yummy o
When will you teach me how to cook it 😂
Anyways we are all from somewhere and we should be proud of our hometown no matter how small it looks

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Exactly my dear but that food, hehehe 😉
It's very difficult to make,😂😂✅

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Hmm... That Otipi, when will I have a taste? I really need to take foods from other sides except from my tribe. At least no groom would be scared of marrying from your hometown because there wouldn't be a long list of what is required like how other tribes does.
Amazing to read about your hometown.

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Smiles 🥰
Come to Lagos and have a taste of the Otipi
Lolz
Yes...our marriage procedure no get issues 😂👍
Thanks for reading

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You are truly one of our own 💪
Most times I get surprised when I find some Nigerians who have little or no experience of where they are from. The joy and feeling gotten from our various hometown is something that is rarely fantasized.

I have had a similar meal although some of the ingredients aren't analogous.

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I am surprised like you too ☺️
The joy is immesurable ...that's why I make sure that my children knows their root

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That's the best way to handle it I think.
It is been awhile 😊
Thank you for visiting

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It was delightful reading all about your hometown. Being a farmer is a matter of pride. You guys are blessed with lots of sun and all those fruit trees. I am sure people like you will make your country the best in the world soon, with the help of Hive.

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Smiles 😊
Yea, we are proud farmers , all thanks to the nature gift . Awwwwwn, thanks for your nice words. I will try to in My capacity to give the best to my country and to the world at large.

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My dear, please send those herbal drugs for me. I really need them oh. Hahaha 😄.
Thanks for sharing.

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Lol
I will on request but 200 HBD😉

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Hahaha 😄. I bi like say you no dey Nigeria now. No money oh!

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Money dey ur hive Wallet
Send me that one 😅

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Hahaha 😄. Oya nah, send your account number, make sure say you add your bvn oh!

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It is nice that you are proud of your culture- everyone should be. We can run away from it or move away from it but it will still be with us and at some point we will long for it.
I would love to taste that dish.

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Indeed momo , our culture is always with us wherever we go and we should be proud to represent wherever we found ourselves.
Hehehe, the dish? I don't think you will it oo 😂

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Is as if know you will write this story one day 😂 you have kept all the pictures you need lols i wish i have more pictures too

For real i want to try your food more and more when i was in school i have a friend called nneka she's Igbo and she spoilt me with some Igbo food and since then i have fall In love with Igbo food

I love your home town and i wish to be there one day enjoy ma'am and thanks for sharing

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