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Moral Regulation

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Inodu Nwoke: Umuada Way of Disciplining Straying Men in the Community.

In traditional Igbo society, social order and moral conduct were maintained through overlapping networks of kinship, age-grades, and gender-based institutions that worked collaboratively to uphold community values. One of the most significant of these institutions was the Umuada, the collective of daughters born into a lineage or village whose roles extended far beyond ceremonial observances…

The Owu Masquerades: Inviting the Water Spirits to Dance

The Owu masquerades occupy a significant place in the cultural and spiritual identity of the Kalabari people of the Eastern Niger Delta. As a water-spirit masquerade tradition, Owu represents the close relationship between the Kalabari and the aquatic world that surrounds their communities. Rooted in centuries of riverine cosmology, Owu masquerades are far more than…