@ogbuaguoc2000@Kene_Nnewi Thank you for answering. I'm assuming Obosi Idu is from migration? Where does Agbaja come from? The only history of Obosi I find says Adike is from Nri but I question the validity.
For those of us who can speak some Igbo, it's really important to speak Igbo in public!
You never know who you'll encourage. Was shopping with my sister the other day, we decided to gist in Igbo and some girl was staring at us until she laughed at an expression she heard...
All African deities are representation of forces of nature bcoz In African spirituality, nature is seen as an extension of the creator. Our deities are forces of nature personified. We also see ourselves as extensions of the creator, hence we are one with nature. One with God.
There is nothing like real Igbo and unreal Igbo.
There is nothing like original Igbo and non-original Igbo.
Igbo is Igbo. It is either you are Igbo or not Igbo at all.
Those in the hinterland shouldn't see themselves as real Igbo than those in Delta who see themselves as Igbo.
I feel like this needs to be stated more clearly: Afro-Latinos are Africans in Latin America. African-Americans are Africans in the United States. We're all African. Our differences are in the languages we speak & where the slave ship dropped our ancestors off.
While development is great for national prestige, Africans must realise that racism is not a consequence of our economic situation but a consequence of their psychological situation that's rooted in supremacy and dehumanisation of Asians and Africans.
Had a facisinating conversation with an elder who expained the affects of abolishing of certain traditional pratices.
One was oaths of honesty. In traditional Igbo societies people who held certain positions would take oaths.
Nowadays, there isn't the same fear of lying.
The culture of a people is what makes them who they are. It is their unique identity, one that can only be truly theirs. You take their culture from them; you have taken their identity and of course, have reduced them to something less than intelligent beings.