All posts tagged "Igbo culture"
Africans
Why Ụrịọm (Baby chick) are hung on Igbo Altars.
December 25, 2024An outsider may wonder why Uriom(baby chick) are hung on Igbo altars? Some may even go...
Abuse
Dangers Of Literally Translating Igbo Sentences And Adages To English.
December 21, 2024The graphic nature of Igbo language is exceptional. Take for example the English saying, you are...
Art
The Igbo Tradition Is On A Crossroad With Christianity
December 21, 2024Igbo culture is particular about cross-roads. It is believed that cross-roads are harbinger of both good...
Africans
Ọdịnala Igbo is a Religion.
December 16, 2024Many at times people deride me for calling Odinani a religion. These people are always quick...
Africans
Significance of The 4 Market Days in Igboland.
December 16, 2024The Igbo calendar (Ọ̀gụ́àfọ̀ Ị̀gbò) is the traditional calendar system of the Igbo people from present-day Nigeria. The calendar has 13 months...
Africans
Is Struggling To Have A Male Child In Igboland Still Worth It?
December 9, 2024It’s perplexing that a modern Igbo man will give birth to about three sons, when they...
Africans
Igbo Cultural Practices That Must be Upheld Regardless of Religious Differences.
November 17, 2024I do not expect every Igbo person to become Onye Odinani. That will never happen! Such...
Legend
Ozo Title-Taking in Nnewi.
November 12, 2024Few days to my Igbu ichi Ozo, I was having mixed feelings. Despite I have been...
Ancestry
IGBA ODUKA NNEWI 2024; Celebrating Our Elders Whilst They Are Still Alive.
November 3, 2024ỊGBA ỌDỤKA NNEWI, 2024 Nnewi people home and abroad have come together to create a kind...
Africans
Seven Facts About Ajofia Nnewi Masquerade (The Evil Forest)
July 23, 20241.Ajofia Masquerade was inspired by the masquerade with the same name, Ajofia, in Chinua Achebe’s Things...