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Have you ever been to a meeting in your hometown and the head of a goat being shared is allotted to your father’s sister’s children as “oke nwadiana” and you are wondering , why should they be given that? Meaning Nwanwa is a grandchild of a family either from a male or a female child.…
In the rich tapestry of African storytelling, one name stands like a steadfast tree by the banks of memory: Vincent Chukwuemeka Ike. A novelist, scholar, and monarch, Ike bridged the world of tradition and modernity through stories that spoke in the familiar rhythm of Igbo proverbs, laughter, and humanity. Born in Ndikelionwu, Anambra State, in…
By Ogwe Chibuzor & Edited by Idenze Ezeme In the contested terrain of southern Nigeria’s ethnic historiography, few individuals have influenced the identity discourse of the South-South Igbo People as profoundly—and controversially—as Late Elder Dick Azundah Hekerem Emejuru. Through his long career in education and his writings on the origins of the Ikwerre, Ogba, and…
Nwanne di na mba, ọ bụghị onye ọzọ.(A kinsman is not a stranger). Blood ties and shared lineage define belonging more than distance or status. Among the Igbo, Ụmụnna represents one of the most sacred and enduring social institutions, a bond that transcends individuals and unites generations. The term literally means “children of one father”…
“Nwaanyị sị na ọ gaghị ewere di ya kụọ ụka, ihe ọ hụrụ n’ụlọ nne ya gaghị ezu ya.” (When a woman says she will not discuss with her husband, what she saw in her mother’s home will not be enough for her.) This proverb emphasises the importance of dialogue and community, a value that…
In Igbo society, kinship is traditionally structured around both patrilineal and matrilineal systems, with distinct roles for men and women. Due to exogamy, the custom of marrying outside one’s lineage women transition between lineages, which has led to cultural mechanisms that restrict their roles in ancestral veneration and land inheritance to protect the patriline (umunna).…
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