Press Release Orlando, Florida, U.S.A., Friday, January 24, 2014 COUNCIL OF IGBO STATES IN AMERICAS [CISA] TO HOST IGBO WORLD FESTIVAL OF ARTS & CULTURE: SEPTEMBER 5-6 2014. Council of Igbo Speaking States in Americas [CISA] is set to host Igbo World Festival of Arts and Culture. This epoch making event which holds on September 5 & 6, 2014, at Igbo Farm Village,Staunton, Virginia, U.S.A., is the first ever Igbo World festival of arts and culture to be jointly hosted by Diaspora Igbo Community and Cultural Associations in North America. The 1st Igbo World Festival of Arts and Culture is being organized by CISA in partnership with The Frontier Culture Museum, Staunton, Virginia, U.S.A.,and in collaboration with Igbo World Assembly (IWA), Nwannedinamba, U.S.A., and other sister Igbo Cultural Associations in North America, Europe and Asia. This event will showcase Igbo traditional naming ceremonies, traditional weddings, traditional Dance, Music, Nollywood Films, Books and Literary Works of Igbo Authors in Igbo and other Languages. The highlight of the event will be a rendition/reenactment of the legendary Arochukwu War Dance- a historical demonstration of Igbo heroism, Igbo Pride, and Great Igbo Culture and Heritage. Igbo World Festival of Arts and Culture Event Planning CISA Governing Council wishes to announce the appointment of Prof. Paul Okechukwu Oranika as the Chairman in charge of the Event Planing Committee for Igbo World Festival of Arts and Culture. Prof. Paul Oranika is Adjunct Professor of Political Science and Public Administration at Central Michigan University, and Grand Canyon University. He is a Writer with hundreds of published articles in Magazines, Newspapers, Journals and Periodicals. Prof. Oranika was former Editor-in-Chief Hedgco.net. He was a recipient of Who is Who in American Colleges and Universities Award [1981]; Recipient of U.S. Congressional Award from U.S. Congresswoman, Barbara Lee of the 9th Congressional District of California. CISA New Leadership: The Council of Igbo States in Americas (CISA), recently elected Mr. Chudi Asidianya as its new President to pilot the affairs of the organization for the next two years. Chudi Asidianya is the current General Secretary for the Anambra State Association world-wide (ASA-World) and outgoing President of the Anambra State Progressive Association, Toronto, Canada. He is a product of American states system of higher education; Connecticut and Pennsylvania respectively. He brings to the CISA leadership over 24 years’ experience in government relations. CISA leadership rotates in alphabetical order among the Igbo speaking states that comprise the Council of Igbo States in Americas. The states are Abia, Anambra, Anioma-Delta, Ebonyi, Enugu, Imo, and Rivers States. Member states are represented in CISA by their national association President. About CISA CISA is the Council of Igbo States in Americas, representing all the Igbo States from Nigeria in Americas. CISA – The Council of Igbo States in Americas, was chartered by the US, Canada, and other Americas National Igbo State Organizations comprising the Abia State Association – USA; the Anambra Association Worldwide-ASA-World; the Anioma-USA; the Enugu-USA; Ebonyi-USA (in formation); and the Imo State Congress- Americas/ Canada, to represent as one united, indivisible entity, the interests of roughly four million Igbos in the Americas. CISA is a member of Igbo World Assembly (IWA) that represents the Apex National Organizations in the various countries in the world such as USA, UK, Spain, Finland, Netherlands, Ireland, Germany, Switzerland, South Africa and Canada. About Igbo Farm Village, Staunton, Virginia, U.S.A. The Igbo village in Staunton, Virginia is a tangible recognition of the contribution of the Igbo victims of the Atlantic slave trade to the development of Virginia and the greater American frontier culture. Enslaved Igbo men, women, and children who traveled by force from many specific locations in the hinterland of Igboland to North America, helped to build what is now known as the United States. A great majority of those who came to Virginia boarded slave ships in the coastal towns, of Calabar, Bonny and Brass. While retracing the hinterland routes in 2002, it became evident that one of the starting points of Igbo slave journeys is the ancient Cave Temple Complex in Arochukwu. Arochukwu traders supplied slaves to the market in Bende (later Uzuakoli) which became the source of slaves traveling directly from Bonny to the United States. Sign Chudi Asidianya, President, CISA Echiemeze Chizekene Ofili Secretary General
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