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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 the other, may its wings break. Equality has always been spoken of in Igbo land, yet history shows that it has often been difficult to practice. From…
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 the way people lived. But in recent decades, new winds have blown across Igbo land. From symbolic cultural ceremonies to the voices of young people in towns and on social media,…
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 to swallow larger morsels. In other words, society adapts to the traditions it creates. For centuries, the Igbo caste system, Ọsụ, Ụ́mụ́, Ọhụ, and Diala, shaped how…
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