07 4 hours ago Cultural Heritage Folklores Historical Studies Photos Proverbs & Idioms Attempts to Abolish the Igbo Caste System: A Historical Overview The elders remind us: “Ègbè bere ùgò bere, nke sị ibe ya ebèná, nkụ kwàá ya” —let the kite perch and let the eagle perch too; if one denies…
07 5 hours ago Cultural Heritage Historical Studies Photos Proverbs & Idioms Modern Responses to the Igbo Caste System: From Ceremonies to Cultural Ideas The Igbo say: “Ọ̀ge erugo, ihe gbanwere” —the time has come, things have changed. For centuries, the divisions of Ọsụ, Ụ́mụ́, Ọhụ, and Diala shaped…
07 5 hours ago Cultural Heritage Historical Studies Proverbs & Idioms The Igbo Caste System: Origins and Traditions in History The Igbo say: “Nwanyi mụta ite ọfụ mmiri mmiri, di ya amụta ịpụ utara aka were suru ọfụ” —when a woman learns to make watery soup, her husband learns…
