HAIRSTYLES IN AFRICAN CULTURE The evidence of Greek writer Lucian (ca. 120–190 AD), the satirist from Samosata in his writing introduces two Greeks, Lycinus and Timolaus, who start a conversation: Lycinus (describing a young Egyptian): "This boy is not merely black; he has thick lips and his legs are too thin . . . his hair worn in a plait behind shows that he is not a freeman." Timolaus: "But that is a sign of really distinguished birth in Egypt, Lycinus, All freeborn children plait their hair until they reach manhood. It is the exact opposite of the custom of our ancestors who thought it seemly for old men to secure their hair with a gold brooch to keep it in place." (Lucian, Navigations , paras 2-3) A recently discovered papyrus from Egypt informs us that Myron the Greek sculptor of the middle 5th century BC. made statues of the athlete Timanthes, victorious at Olympia in 456 BC, and of Lycinus, victorious in 448 and 444 BC. ...
48-year-old High Chief Hangs Self In Ondo Wednesday was gloomy for the Boboye family as of High Chief Oluwole Boboye hanged himself in his bedroom at his expanse compound in the serene community of Ibule at about 11.35 a.m. Boboye who worked at Federal University of Technology, Akure, FUTA was the Akorewolu of Ibule Soro, in Ifedore local government area of Ondo State before he took his own life ... . The suicide is especially puzzling as the victim had six children, one of them an undergraduate, a dutiful wife and a fairly good job. The late Boboye, who lived in Ibule, about ten minutes’ drive to his office, reportedly woke up that fateful morning and handed over N20,000 to the wife as housekeeping allowance, but with a statement which the wife could not immediately decode until it was too late. A family source told Vanguard that the man, who owned two cars: a Mercedes Benz 180 and a lift back Volkswagen-Passat car, usually went to office on motorcycle, popularly called...
Ghana president dies after illness, successor sworn in ACCRA — Ghana President John Atta Mills died suddenly Tuesday, hours after being taken ill and months before he was to seek re-election in a country seen as a bastion of democracy in west Africa. The 68-year-old Mills, who oversaw the start of large-scale oil production in Ghana in December 2010, had recently traveled to the United States for a medical check-up. His cause of death was not given. In accordance with Ghana's constitution, Vice President John Dramani Mahama was sworn in as president before an emergency session of parliament, pledging to maintain stability as he serves out the remainder of Mills' term. "I wish Ghanaians to be assured that all is well," the 53-year-old who has also served as communications minister and recently published a memoir said. "We are going to maintain the peace, unity and stability that Ghana is noted for." He declared a week of national mourning, wi...
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