OzikoroThe 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 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…