OzikoroWorshiping the Water Spirits: Owu and the Cosmology of the Ijaw
The Ijaw people of the Niger Delta possess one of West Africa’s richest and most enduring cosmological traditions. Central to this worldview is the reverence for water spirits, collectively known as “Owu,” who are believed to inhabit rivers, creeks, and the vast waterways that define the Delta environment. For the Ijaw, water is more than…