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About this Book:
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This book is a historical analog of major events and transformation of the people of Umunakara, a community in the South Eastern Nigeria. The author recorded accounts of religious, educational, social and cultural changes that has transformed the people of this South Eastern Region from 1930 through 2006. This book captured the zeal by one youngman whose accomplishement in 1938 made him a change agent. It traced the root of religion from 1933 to 2010 as the entire community prodominantly non-christians rose to the top of their beilef in Catholicism and education which had led to the building of a cathedral in their community and had gone to become the mecca of education in their entire town.
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About the Author:
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The author is a son of the community whose academic accomplishment has significantly distinguished him among his peers. Dr. Nwokeafor is the dean of graduate school at Bowie State University in the state of Maryland where he has worked for about eighteen years. He has served in various capacities both as a faculty member, the former assistant dean and later dean of the college of arts and sciences. He has also served as the chair of the department of communication. Prior to his most recent administrative position, Dr. Nwokeafor has served as the assistant provost for graduate studies. He presently holds the title of full professor at Bowie State University.
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Book Review:
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This book is a compendium of historical documentation of a people whose resilient nature and focus has transformed the entire community from a village outlook to more of a beautiful stretch of homes built to the test of city dwellers by their well-to-do citizens and mostly educated sons and daughters. The quest for education has taken many sons and daughters of this community to various foreign countries as far as United Kingdom, United States, France, Germany where they have earned terminal and professional degrees. A considerable number of these people have risen to become lawyers, judges, medical doctors, nurses, engineers, professors and business executives. Thhe accomplishment of this community coulld be referenced to a mustard seed and made the book a must read.
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