Age 2 Age

"Those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it" - George Santayana // I've always wondered what life was like for those who grew up in a world before the one I knew. My curiosity led me to have these, I think, frank conversations with some exceptional people. For all the criticism that African men & women sometimes get for being emotional recluses...here we speak freely about life, romance, music, art and heritage.

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  Episode #2

  Age 2 Age: Dick Tiger

  Aug 18, 202627 minS4

  He was twice champion of the world. He gave away everything he owned for a country that lasted three years. He died at 42 working as a museum guard, and his grave lies in weeds.Richard Ihetu - Dick Tiger - was born in Amaigbo in 1929. He sold empty bottles in Aba market. He fought his way to two world titles and brought the first world championship ever contested on African soil home to Ibadan. Then Biafra happened, and he chose his people over everything he had built. CHAPTERS00:00 Intro01:46 The name02:50 Amaigbo04:23 My father dies05:26 Bottles, Aba06:13 The tap07:01 Becoming a fighter08:01 Liverpool11:29 Liberty Stadium, Ibadan13:53 Abigail, and the eight14:44 What I built17:17 Biafra17:40 The medal19:49 What the war took20:39 I can't complain21:20 The museum22:12 The grave23:00 The adviceThis is the second episode in the Age 2 Age historical strand, where I take someone from our history and answer my own questions in their voice, the same questions I ask every guest on this show.A note on how this is made: this is a reconstruction, not a recording. Every fact you hear is sourced. The sentences themselves are mine, written from that research. Where the record is silent or sources disagree, I say so in the episode rather than filling the gap.---SOURCES & FURTHER READINGPRIMARY SOURCESAdeyinka Makinde, "Dick Tiger: The Life and Times of a Boxing Immortal" (Word Association Publishers, 2005). The first full biography of Tiger and the backbone of this episode. It is required reading on a Modern African Sports History course at the University of Florida.BBC World Service, "African Perspective: Dick Tiger" (produced by Gavin Evans, broadcast August 2006). Radio documentary featuring Adeyinka Makinde, Tiger's eldest son Richard Ihetu Jr., sparring partner Ron Lipton, and Jose Torres, plus archival audio of Tiger himself.Dave Anderson, "Dick Tiger, 42, Nigerian Boxer Who Won World Titles, Dead," The New York Times, 16 December 1971. The contemporary obituary, and the source for his career earnings, his properties in Aba, and his own words on losing them.Justina Ihetu, "In Africa's Honor." Written by Tiger's daughter.Daily Trust, "48 years after, Dick Tiger's grave lies desolate" and "Dick Tiger: Not A Befitting Tomb For A Champion." Reported from Amaigbo. He is buried beside his wife Abigail.ADDITIONAL SOURCESEncyclopaedia Britannica — Dick TigerBoxRec — career record and biographical notesOxford African American Studies Center — Dick TigerIkenna Okoli, "Remembering Dick Tiger; Once The Pride Of Nigeria," Sahara Reporters, 12 August 2012Steve Bunce, "Dick Tiger was a champion at war," Boxing News, 5 March 2022A.J. Liebling's contemporary boxing writing on TigerPeter Walsh, "Men of Steel: The Lives and Times of Boxing's Middleweight Champions" (Robson, 1993)A NOTE ON ACCURACYSome details of Tiger's life are genuinely disputed between sources, and I've flagged the significant ones in the episode rather than picking whichever version sounded best. If you know something I've got wrong - particularly if you're family, or from Amaigbo or Aba - tell me in the comments and I'll correct it.Dick Tiger was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1991, the first African boxer to receive the honour. He has never been officially honoured by the Nigerian state.---ABOUT AGE 2 AGEAge 2 Age exists to bridge the gap between generations. I started it after my father died, when I realised how much I'd never asked him. Most episodes are conversations with African men and women over 60, at home and in the diaspora. Some, like this one, are with people who are already gone.There is somebody in your family right now who knows things nobody has written down. Go and ask them.Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever you get your podcasts.age2agepodcast@gmail.com#DickTiger #Nigeria #NigerianHistory #Biafra #Boxing #AfricanHistory #BlackHistory #Age2Age #NaijaHistory #Igbo

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  Episode #1

  Age 2 Age: Herbert Macaulay

  Aug 11, 202619 minS4

  What if you could sit down with a man who's been dead since 1946 and ask him anything? This is a new, slightly different, episode of the Age 2 Age Podcast where I step into the voice of the historical figures who built the Nigeria we inherited, and answer the same questions I've always asked living elders. First up: Herbert Macaulay. Grandson of Samuel Ajayi Crowther, the first African bishop in the Anglican church. Trained surveyor and engineer. Founder of the Nigerian National Democratic Party — the country's first political party. Twice imprisoned for standing up to colonial rule. In 1944, at eighty years old, he handed the movement to a much younger man named Nnamdi Azikiwe rather than let his own legacy get in the way of the future. He calls himself "the man, not the monument." Sit down and hear why. For more about the podcast: https://www.linktr.ee/age2age If you have any questions or comments about any topics in this episode please email: age2agepodcast@gmail.com Please like, share and subscribe to the podcast wherever you're listening in. Thank you #podcasts #age2age #HerbertMacaulay #NigerianHistory

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  Age 2 Age: Ms Tola Ayeni

  Aug 1, 20251h 31mS0

  <p>Age 2 Age Podcast - Ms Tola Ayeni</p><p><br></p><p>This new episode features the wonderful Ms Tola Ayeni. This was such a pleasant conversation and I love the different turns in our conversation. The candour about some of the difficult topics we covered is truly remarkable and I think there are a lot of nuggets for every listener.</p><p><br></p><p>For more info, check out: @coachtola on all digital platformswww.lintr.ee/coachtolaFor more about the podcast and other platforms connect with us: https://www.linktr.ee/age2age If you have any...

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  Episode #5

  Age To Age: Mrs Tolu Amon [Re-Upload]

  Apr 23, 202558 minS1

  <p>The dreaded pandemic had altered plans for a long time but I'm glad to be back with a few episodes. I was lucky to be able to sit and have a conversation with Mrs Amon thanks to her daughter reaching out. We talked about our parents and getting older which naturally brought us to legacies and posterity. I jumped at the opportunity to sit with Mrs Amon and we quickly eased into what became a very free-flowing conversation about life, work, independence, faith and children. I thoroughly enjoyed our conversation and Mrs Amon took so naturally to it in-spite...

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  Episode #4

  Age To Age: Mr Valentine Uchenna Ezike [Re-Upload]

  Apr 23, 202540 minS1

  <p>I met Mr Valentine Ezike on a rainy Sunday evening in his lovely home and before long we were sat down to have this brilliant conversation. If you know anything about Nigeria you might know that there are quite a number of languages, cultures, tribes, faiths, sects and so on. It's no surprise that although I lived in Nigeria, I wasn't at all aware of the experience of someone of Igbo heritage. We speak about his experience not just growing up but also living through the Nigerian Civil war and life afterwards. As if one Civil war wasn't enough...

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