Janet Silvera, Senior Gleaner Writer

Wearing traditional dress are, from left: Tina Ilesanm, Modupe Williams, host Ifeoma Njoku and Grace Asobo at their end-of-year celebration in Coral Gardens, Montego Bay.- Photos by Janet Silvera

WESTERN BUREAU:

Dibango's 'Soul Makossa', Afro-Juju bubble and highlife dance moves depicting the rich cultural heritage and the rhythms of West Africa, were just some of the elements of the affair organised by Nigerians, Dr. Onyema Njoku and his wife Ifeoma, recently.

The two opened up their Coral Gardens, Montego Bay residence to host the end-of-year celebration of their countrymen, Jamaican friends and families, in a setting enriched with foods loaded with the Nigerian acclaimed 'Vitamin Q' (brain vitamin).

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It was an afternoon of fu-fu, made from white yam or semola, complemented by egussi (pumpkin and okra soup), moi moi (red peas), cander cow (cow skin mixed with beef), garri (cassava) and yellow rice mixed with vegetables and kidney.

Jamaican jerked chicken and escoveitch fish were also included, but it was the traditional African menu that titillated the appetites.

Among the guests at the Sunday afternoon lime were: Doctors Agripa Nduka, Yum Kella Camara, Kenneth Enyi, Diane Gardevska, Hermes Madu, Delroy Fray Keith Wedderburn, Wayne Harvey, Mark Suckoo and Marcia Johnson-Campbell.

Prince Emmanuel Nweke and his daughter Chinwendu get down to some serious African dance moves at the Nigerian community end-of-year celebration at Dr. Onyema Njoku and wife Ifeoma's residence, Coral Gardens, Montego Bay, recently.

Doctors Agripa Nduka, Hermes Madu and Kenneth Enyi in a jovial mood at the celebration.

Nigerian Catholic nuns, Sister Louise Therese Njoku (left), her counterpart Vivian Akaenyi (right) of the St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Spanish Town and sisters Providencia Uchenna (second left) and Doris Mary Enekwemchi of the St. Mark's Catholic Church un-Grange Hill, Westmoreland.