We Visited And Toured The Home of Flora Nwapa — A Woman Africa Will Never Forget

Added: 2026-05-12

[00:00:00]And this car here is Rolls-Royce.

[00:00:04]Google his namero number.

[00:00:20]So then look at for years this car this this tireless not like this is how it see it and whenever you come you know this is the kind of life in his village this is village river direct.

[00:00:52]>> So Google built this place. This is residence here in heel visits here. He stands more in with the family.

[00:01:01]>> Serious.

[00:01:02]>> Yes.

[00:01:02]>> And and he do this kind mansion.

[00:01:06]>> He visits here on occasions some seasons like this. And if he comes in here becomes another city near another Miami beach.

[00:01:14]>> Okay. Miami Beach.

[00:01:16]This is pure bologonia house right? So you feel here one thing about this place is a hilly place also sometimes when you look at the house from the other side it will be a story building. So some other it will be a dance or twotory building.

[00:01:34]Chief go made money and he chop the money.

[00:01:38]He made money and eat it.

[00:01:45]This Ros 30 years old and spend billions this why is because they maintain it.

[00:02:01]Look at workways everything was organized. It was not like management. No [snorts] in his time a multi-billionaire. Do you know? Do you know this is somebody house? So this river is inside somebody house. Do you know like where we are now is somebody mansion. Somebody house. Look at it. But he built a walkway to a river. Look at flowing.

[00:02:32]This house is the home of flora.

[00:02:35]The African novelist. The woman that intro like that that wrote a book that was translated to into English for the first time in Africa.

[00:02:47]Look at him. All right. So, and Flora contributed h a lot in his life. So, when you talk about woman supporting the husband, you talk about Flora supporting the husband, that is Chief Go.

[00:03:01]>> Flora made Google also made Flora.

[00:03:05]>> So, two of them. Perfect match.

[00:03:07]>> Yes. A perfect match. A wonderful wife.

[00:03:10]>> The resting place of the great icon.

[00:03:14]Look at it. Flora.

[00:03:18]Professor Flora 1931 to 1993 the first published African female novel rest in perfect peace. This is the the woman we're talking about and this is the husband >> you know uh uh the late father of uh >> was uh I should say he was a politician a philanthropist a businessman who associated with people like and the rest of it >> and that helped him establish the pal plantation the widest in the eastern region there >> we're in the house of the icon, the legendary flora uh the the the the author, the first woman that her book was translated into English in the whole Africa or West Africa. I don't want to exaggerate. So, but she is she was Nigeria like Nigeria icon. She was Nigeria representative.

[00:04:26]She's somebody you cannot talk about no like writers without mentioning her.

[00:04:33]This woman, this is her house and her husband house. Her husband is chief go. He was a billionaire, a businessman who deal in concrete businesses like a concrete pool. Uh he had a day with white people here and there and he he he made a lot of money. This is their mansion in the village, you know. And we're going to tour tour this house and show you and tell you more about this great woman, you know, Flora Wuchi. She she's popularly known as the mother of modern African literature. She she she was the woman who wrote that book uh Ephu in 19 before the war. And that book was translated into English language. that if was a very detailed deep um story that went viral in the whole world you know she was recognized by the white she was recognized in the world Nigeria recognized her and today we are in her husband house this is their house do you know what thing we have to know about this story you have to follow this story because it's too deep you know some people don't know how great our woman is and when you talk about the great woman coming out uh great woman of Ebolan you talk about Flora Wakuche She she was the first woman to own a publishing company. You know it was dominated by menh but this woman dared them. He said that no whatever men do a woman can even do it better. She opened a terra the name was a terror press company is a company that uh that everybody was surprised how can a woman do this. You know that woman well the woman we are talking about is a [music] woman that anything you think a man can do she will believe she will do it and she will even do it better. That is the kind of one we are talking about.

[00:06:26]This is their mansion in the village Christmas. Let's go inside. So the mansion is called Amed court. Look at it.

[00:06:40]And we are going inside.

[00:06:43]So this is the entrance. You see uh the house I cannot actually tell the the year but you know is an iconic house.

[00:06:54]This is white house designed with um flower everywhere landscape down. The beautiful thing about this mansion is that is built by the riverside. There's a river there. So from here you can peep into the river. They even make a walk walkways through the river. And they built some house there. the other side so that from there you can be you can go there and relax looking at the river and all those things. This is pure billionaire house right? So you see no here one thing about this place is a hilly place also sometimes when you look at the house from the other side it will be a story building so some it will be a a dance or twotory building so look at it chief so this house is the house this house is the home of flora the African novelist the woman that in like that that wrote a book that was translated to into English for the first time in Africa. You know what? Even Chinbe knows that was like one of mentor that time. She mentored this woman and all of them were competing when write she will release when she will release. This this is the kind of one we're talking about you know a woman of vue a woman that has foresight a woman that introduce writing history stories by writing different type of aqua career. So this is one of the husband car and this car here is Rolls-Royce.

[00:08:34]I don't know whether it's kina I don't know whether what is the like the the model but this is look at this Google one you know his his namero number so then look at for years this car this this tire had been less I' have not like this is how it is since then look at it original original tire everything here is how it came you don't understand this is the time like they made money from the business from A to Z look at it Google made money and he chopped the money he made money and eat this car more than 30 years all his car is with his name look at it Google now so customized names use that is the kind that is how worthy he was right through days within notch where that time just like and big big boys our time this time and look at it. So this man see the children keep it and whenever you come you know cuz there was there's a family you will go you they have something like that before but they will send it off and they will tell you my my father drove this car car without anything to show they don't even have they'll be showing you pictures but this is example of He he was based inu business become the largest um concrete producer in the whole West Africa from oil business engineering companies and other things. So to riverside. Let's go. Let's have a walk of this house.

[00:11:22]Let's go up. The man we're talking about is keeping the maintenance culture. They don't only build and leave live leave it. They build and maintain it. And the children their children always know that the importance of maintaining things right if you look at this place now even though they're not in town but you know that um you see look at the man we're talking about and this great man is a very good dancer it was when he was dancing [music] that he met her her her wife that Flora Wuche so and they married even from the history the wife is older the wife was born in 1931 And he was born in 1939.

[00:12:11]So about few years older. Look at him.

[00:12:15]All right. So and Flora contributed uh a lot in his life. So when you talk about woman supporting the husband, you talk about Flora supporting the husband that is chief go was not joking with her. So he doesn't joke. You see look at the river. So And first floor you can go the other side now. Twotory building.

[00:12:48]One story building.

[00:12:57]Down stay. You see still landscaping.

[00:13:01]Huh? See landscaping.

[00:13:05]You can come down here now then you go up. Okay. You follow here it go level. So mater so believe in in next 20 30 years maybe some content creator will come and to your house this way. So think of maintaining it to give your children direction so that they know the value of what you have in the village. Yes our people have been practicing our law but did it worth it?

[00:13:39]and spend billions.

[00:13:46]This why is because they maintain it.

[00:13:48]Look at workways.

[00:13:50]Everything was organized. It was not like management. No in his time a multi-billionaire. So let's go to the grave side.

[00:14:08]So look at where the great man is lying in loving memory of Chief Go Wakuchi. AJ Ubago adams or one of 19 1938 to 2024 just 2 years ago. So this is the the grave. Yeah. The resting place of the great icon.

[00:14:46]Look at it. Flora, Professor Flora, 1931 to 1993, the first published African female novel. Rest in perfect peace. This is the the woman we're talking about and this is the husband. So again, let's check this one. This is uh in loving in loving memory of Nan Go December 17 1989 July 12th 2018 maybe is one of his son I don't know so but this is a grace compound this is a a a grace family nibbo you know that time you can follow here this is another gate to come inside Maybe.

[00:15:46]So this is another side from from this side now is one story building. Uh here so this is the back by the side one of side one side of it is like back no but it still have a back here where you can check out your neighbors. You see you know the design too well that you can assess like you will be facing another house. You can you can be in your own house to greet another person in his own. You go. So this from this side now is twotory building and from here you can you can see enter this is the house.

[00:16:31]this kind this house during that time like so those kind of look at compound landscaping decoration and everything.

[00:17:05]It was not like resident. So we had billon all the good afternoon sir.

[00:17:13]So just let's keep going [snorts] another walkway to from there.

[00:17:26]this house.

[00:17:32]So like but the essence of everything is can you maintain it in next 30 years? How is it going to look the the spending and everything? Did you want it? So this is the part of the house like a place like everything you can think in a mansion in a castle is here. Do you know do you know this is somebody house this river is inside somebody house. Do you know like where we are now is somebody mansion. Somebody house. Look at it. But he built a walkway to a river. Look at flowing.

[00:18:26]This is Io state life and direct flora husband's house in state.

[00:18:53]Look at somebody house. So you see we cannot walk to that that fence. Look at it. You see that fence white that white white fence that is where the house.

[00:19:21]So whatever You think you are doing many people have done it and leave people like Chief Go have done that. You you are driving Rolls-Royce. Chief Google has done that. Some people are creating artificial beat. You what? But this man build and to dest he and reach to the river that one forever and ever.

[00:19:54]>> [laughter] >> This is the kind of life in his village. This is village bridge.

[00:20:27]Sometimes you need feel that new generation are doing the best. But check this house about 30 years ago.

[00:20:35]Paradise.

[00:20:37]Well, the most beautiful thing is that they keep maintaining it. If you come here, it's not like too much abandoned.

[00:20:42]It's okay. It's just like people just left here December. Everywhere is clean, cool. And then I'm happy >> the purposes of uh letting people know who this man is is a man who people are very proud of.

[00:20:59]>> So but may you know you s introduce yourself to our viewers so that they will know who he's talking.

[00:21:04]>> My name is Charles.

[00:21:06]>> Okay.

[00:21:06]>> I'm a retired school principal.

[00:21:08]>> Okay.

[00:21:09]>> But I live over there.

[00:21:11]>> It's like you people everybody must go to school. I don't understand. And that was the British people visited this place early enough and brought in education along with them and the missionaries you know and you know the history of the Europeans how they came down to the eastern part of you know Nigeria they came in with these two major things industry came in much less when you talk about the UAC Niger company and the rest of it but then happened to be a lucky man that's the owner of this Okay.

[00:21:45]>> Yes.

[00:21:47]He started just on an average note went to secondary school became very curious about life and he found a lady that helped him out and that was late Mrs. uh Flora.

[00:22:10]>> So she she was >> yes she was. I thought you both is for men alone.

[00:22:14]>> No, here men go for a while the females go for >> Wow.

[00:22:21]>> title. But that's the highest for for the ladies.

[00:22:25]>> Okay.

[00:22:25]>> So, Flora Mu had early education and because she hers from a very prominent home the Was you used to hear of AC wa he was a major import of port and many other places.

[00:22:43]was into business uh panel production across the lake. The fact they developed a lot of places.

[00:22:52]Think about the what do you call it the GA hotel have own structures built by the Europeans who were trading uh adventure.

[00:23:05]So about go came up from an average home and because of that virtue in him he came across a beautiful lady educated exposed and they got married.

[00:23:20]Yes. And uh I still recall that immediately after the war during the East Central under regime >> Lauran Wapa then was uh the commissioner.

[00:23:33]>> Yes. and uh she teamed up with go as a young man who who she desired to stay with and they built up a very beautiful place out there in the concrete le concrete.

[00:23:48]>> Yes. It was from there that Google became something else. The the lady on her own path was still a commissioner under the government >> commissioner. She brought into this place many structures, public places like the winter bottle, >> the what do you call it? The old night in shop >> and the general hospital.

[00:24:16]>> So the general hospital was >> brought into this place by Flora. It was by virtue of Flora as a commissioner.

[00:24:25]Huh. She brought in and some other places they had a very big palm plantation out there >> in this uga.

[00:24:35]>> Yes. You know the late father of >> Yeah. was uh I should say he was a politician, a philanthropist, a businessman who associated with people like Emara and the rest of it >> and that helped him establish the pal plantation the widest in the eastern region there.

[00:24:59]>> Oh, >> but this time around nobody takes adequate care of it. People have built structures.

[00:25:05]>> Agriculture is no longer recognized this part of the world.

[00:25:09]>> I don't know. It's true.

[00:25:10]>> Yes. But then made also made.

[00:25:16]>> So two of them were perfect match.

[00:25:18]>> Yes. A perfect match. A wonderful one.

[00:25:21]>> So can you tell us more about this great woman? Because you know currently our our our ladies they don't know that some people that came out from Ebo land like women that did a lot of thing that even men I heard that she was the first novelist in whole Africa. He need to know about African writer series. People like Chin Chab.

[00:25:44]>> Yeah.

[00:25:44]>> And others Quincy there are his MS when it comes to novels. Was a no. She was a novel and she retired as a school principal as well out there.

[00:25:57]That's about her. So Flora actually and Google were wonderful match and uh till now the memory of these two fellows will live here. They kept legacies that people need to bullet. So Google built this place. This his residence here in heel don't visit here. He stay there more in with the family.

[00:26:23]>> Serious.

[00:26:23]>> Yes.

[00:26:24]>> And she and he do this kind mansion.

[00:26:27]He visits here on occasions some seasons like this and if he comes in here becomes another city near another Miami beach.

[00:26:36]>> Okay. Miami Beach people here parties upon parties >> around the river.

[00:26:44]>> Yes. Enjoy the natural stream.

[00:26:49]It was during the expansion, the dredging of this um orana >> that they destroyed this other line.

[00:26:57]>> It was just like this as well.

[00:27:00]>> And this time around >> it has been intercepted.

[00:27:03]>> Yeah.

[00:27:04]>> This was done nearly it continued like this. But somebody is now trying to develop here and block change the channel.

[00:27:13]So that's >> so about flora. I think that's the most she had about three or four children.

[00:27:21]The first one is I mean Harrison legacies of the woman like what she achieved as a writer.

[00:27:30]>> Oh >> you know >> she encouraged the girl child. We have many female lawyers who took to her step learning, studying and uh here in this town we have so many of the female lawyers they are trying to emulate her even though she wasn't a lawyer but she was more than a lawyer.

[00:27:53]>> Yes. She was the an agemate of my mother.

[00:27:57]>> Okay.

[00:27:57]>> Your mother age mate that that's the kind of person we're talking about now.

[00:28:01]>> Yes.

[00:28:02]>> And you you how old are you now? I'm 73.

[00:28:07]>> So look at the kind of story we're telling you. So he's a 73 but is the mother age. The person that is the same age with the mother that the person telling her 90s >> you see >> she's in the US.

[00:28:21]>> Okay about Flora but about go >> established and was supplied concrete.

[00:28:28]>> Okay.

[00:28:30]>> Uh all rings like this. M something like this.

[00:28:35]>> Yes. All over eastern region electric poles.

[00:28:38]>> Okay.

[00:28:38]>> He had a contract to supply construct I mean a build and supply all over eastern region. You can understand eastern region comprised uh >> even south currently >> south south in short >> because >> no southeast >> and south house south was >> south south. Yes.

[00:28:56]>> Yes. All of them was like eastern region.

[00:28:58]>> Yes.

[00:28:59]>> Wow. So that helped him became a very wealthy man and he was living a very decent life >> polished life >> with all the money. Yeah.

[00:29:12]>> Yes. Hey, you need to see go. He was an English man.

[00:29:16]>> Huh?

[00:29:16]>> Yes.

[00:29:18]>> Very polished. He's dressing.

[00:29:20]>> He has a Rolls-Royce out there. Even though he's the old model, >> but he used to cruise with it with time he comes out. He has a lot of cars.

[00:29:28]>> Serious.

[00:29:28]>> Yes. and block industries here and there and he brought in a lot of people. Okay, that is the brochure.

[00:29:36]>> Oh, >> so Google was great. He was a very great man.

[00:29:40]>> So, so unfortunately >> everybody must die.

[00:29:44]>> That's life.

[00:29:44]>> And say bye-bye to us.

[00:29:48]Not quite long. But before then you had a larger family.

[00:29:54]>> Wow.

[00:29:55]>> It was survived by two wives.

[00:29:57]>> Okay. after the first one died. That's >> that is flora. Yeah.

[00:30:01]>> And another two, one from another one from they also had children who are great. Some of them are even lawyers too. So that's the little I can say about the world.

[00:30:14]>> So he's this place is no longer been maintained since his death.

[00:30:18]>> The way you like the way you >> the way you used to be. Hey this place used to be that's an extension of the town. So all these places >> you have a a bungalow under those palm trees.

[00:30:29]>> There's a house there.

[00:30:30]>> Yeah, but you can't cross because of this stream that was destroyed.

[00:30:35]>> There was a bridge here like this.

[00:30:37]>> Oh >> yes. Destroyed it about 3 years ago.

[00:30:42]>> Okay.

[00:30:42]>> So that is go >> and he's from uh almost a royal family.

[00:30:49]We have royal families.

[00:30:51]>> Okay. In produce for us. the mother hs from a that's why we have that a court >> okay that's the the reason for the name >> you know the name I don't know I I read it but I nobody to explain to me >> and is the name of mother >> okay >> and one of the daughters is also a >> wow >> one of my daughters is also a because my is my grandmother too >> what is what is mean of >> well um it's a dialectical uh something borrowed from the from Delta or I should say Edu know people migrated from Edu.

[00:31:28]>> Okay.

[00:31:29]>> And we answer common lens has a lot of lens in common.

[00:31:33]>> Wow.

[00:31:33]>> Med happens to be one of them.

[00:31:36]>> Uh well some people give it several interpretations.

[00:31:40]>> So what is >> some people say is cool water.

[00:31:43]Cool water.

[00:31:45]Cool and fresh water.

[00:31:48]Flora professor was the first woman that they trans that translate her writing to they translate to her writing into English language in the whole Africa.

[00:32:00]>> Okay. Uh that is true because we have cultural uh stories, folk laws, the native ones.

[00:32:10]>> We had one the one captioned Amed.

[00:32:13]>> Okay.

[00:32:13]>> Ephu and Euru.

[00:32:15]>> Yes.

[00:32:16]>> Ephu and are common names in this town.

[00:32:19]>> He translated it into English and it's a wonderful novel. You need to read it.

[00:32:25]>> Yeah. the lifestyle of a typical uga man and woman is encapsulated in that novel.

[00:32:33]So she wrote many other novels and uh but I I'm not a a literature student.

[00:32:40]>> So she become the first uh >> novelist with the African writers series.

[00:32:51]If you go to if you happen to come across things fall apart okay >> at the back you see publishers African writers service is an association of qualified writers and she belongs to them >> that is how great she was. Yes, she was great and she culturally she belongs to eighth grades. If she makes it unlike now today if you see such important personalities, soldiers, police will be carrying guns and pulling her about. She was such a free lady.

[00:33:26]>> So she was uh she's not >> very simple >> very simple >> simple >> just like the husband >> just like the husband and that was why they were two good pays. I hear the a chief um Google was a very good dancer.

[00:33:40]>> Oh yes. Hey, you must have heard of wolves.

[00:33:45]>> Okay.

[00:33:46]>> W A L Z or something like that.

[00:33:50]>> It's an English ball dance.

[00:33:54]There's this Tennessee walls by call Francis. Such music. St me.

[00:34:01]>> He dances. Wonder quick steps. Huh?

[00:34:04]>> You need to see this man dance.

[00:34:06]>> No, no, no.

[00:34:07]>> You admire him.

[00:34:07]>> He's a cruising man. He's a cruiser in short.

[00:34:10]>> He's a cruiser. [laughter] >> And that was why he enjoys nature and improves on it. Hey, because God was great. Very good.

[00:34:20]>> This is the first time I see somebody build a mansion behind the river.

[00:34:23]>> Yes, people above coming towards the river to avoid because flood and reptiles will always be stopped. But he had the courage. He made this place is a relaxation place.

[00:34:37]>> I can call it a recreation center.

[00:34:40]>> Yes.

[00:34:41]>> Yeah. I can see Jang Glover's >> most of them are gone for children. Wow.

[00:34:48]>> It's like whenever he's having a a party, this is where always there.

[00:34:54]>> Hey, that is >> okay. Here. Hey.

[00:34:57]>> Wow.

[00:34:58]>> Yogo is a great man.

[00:34:59]>> Okay.

[00:35:00]>> He was a great man. He was >> but he's still a great man because his legacy lingers.

[00:35:06]>> Yes.

[00:35:07]>> Yes.

[00:35:07]>> Yes.

[00:35:09]>> So if you can say if you can tell me like you know our people always want to know what the person bring to his people. Yes. I can say the wife Flora did this like during his her time as a commissioner or she brought her hospital and cool like what did this man give to his people as a billionaire because he was a billionaire.

[00:35:32]>> Okay. He employed a lot of depos or men out there in some of them are established.

[00:35:39]I think he was encouraging [music] hard work.

[00:35:44]>> Yes. H >> no food for a lazy man according to him.

[00:35:48]>> Okay. No food for a lazy man.

[00:35:49]>> No food for a lazy man.

[00:35:50]>> So you must work.

[00:35:51]>> You have to Hey, I know a lot of people that worked at concrete industries. Even my classmates, some of them are big men now. Unfortunately, I got into teaching.

[00:36:01]>> Why would you say unfortunate?

[00:36:02]>> I say unfortunate because there's no cash. They treat teachers like fools.

[00:36:05]>> But in other countries, they respect.

[00:36:08]>> In other countries, in other countries, they respect teachers. But here nowhere I've not even received my gratitu after 11 years of retirement >> happening >> in name.

[00:36:21]>> Oh wow. This is very bad. This is very sad. So no man want to be a professional teacher.

[00:36:26]>> No no no because I think they ridiculous.

[00:36:32]>> It's so sad. Common teacher sir.

[00:36:35]>> You can only be you can only be a secretary to an organization. That is where they would >> that every time you be writing for >> writing >> do born to be writing >> it's a good exercise anyway >> because while writing your brain is still working >> yes >> I still teach >> so I can help you or okay >> I'm retired but I'm still the vice principal of Maria girls high school >> former girls >> so you use your you use your experience to guide them >> of course Now we know the rudiments of uh education.

[00:37:12]How to build a foundation >> and uh help them grow. Let them understand >> that uh without education >> nothing happens. You don't you wouldn't know you're left, you know you're right.

[00:37:25]Yeah.