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The name "Kalu" goes back to the founder of the "circle" Ohafia in eastern Nigeria: Kalu, a highly respected general of the Igbo people (read: Ibu), occupied mentioned before about 600 years ago today Ohafia region above the Niger Delta, west of today's Cameroonian border. The elite soldier of the Bantu people of the Igbo came from the Kingdom Bini (Niger Delta) and founded the village Ohafia, which in subsequent centuries, 26 more villages were built around such as Amangwu, Amuk or Asaga. Ohafia, north-east of Port Harcourt (about 150km) within sight of Mount Cameroon. Because of the close family ties among the Igbo and the frequent marriages among cousins Igbo now carry enough from the region the name of their "godfather" Kalu. Among Nigerians (especially in the Diaspora, in the VMTL. Up to a third of the Igbo today worldwide live), the name has a good sound and Kalu stands for trust and competence particularly in military, commercial and technical professions. A "Kalu" can therefore worldwide network of its close and distant relatives to draw on and can fit anywhere in the quickly an environment and favorable conditions to settle. World-famous contemporaries with the family name Kalu are currently as: Kalu Orji Kalu: Governor of Abia State, Nigeria Paulson Kalu: poet, singer and priest Kalu Idika Kalu: former Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Kalu Kalu Onwuka: influential Nigerian businessman with strong commitment in beverage publishers, etc. (All information from "The Igbo of Southeast Nigeria," Victor C. Kalu Paulke Uchendu and Anna)
(Sent from: Sebastian Paulke)
