Only Omenana will make Igbo out of you

By
Remy Ilona
12m of our people are in Northern Nigeria. Exposed to zero cultural education. Without connecting them to the new obi, where they'll be taught that it is Omenana that the younger MUST respect his elder, get up from seats for the older to sit if chairs are few, and that the duty of the 1st son (di okpara) includes ensuring that his siblings, including the married sisters, even the children of these 12m will not be Igbos. Today most di okpara think that di okpara's 'job' is to get 90% of family property. Fortunately my father's di okpara is decent.

My hand quakes as I write this. What about the millions in Lagos, Abuja, Mauretania, Gambia, Mali, the US, Canada, UK, etc? My observation: African Americans and Caribbeans who have rediscovered their Igbo roots know Omenana more than most Igbos who were not disconnected.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

IN OMENANA, IT IS ODOZIAKU, NOT ORIAKU

Image
By Remy Ilona If you heard ori-aku( enjoyer of wealth), I hope you also heard odozi-aku( protector/ builder of wealth). Our culture Omenana was far too advanced to make our women ' housewives', i.e., just ori-aku, that irresponsible men can abuse, and starve of money. If you didn't hear about odozi-aku you heard about 'nwanyi Nnewi', i.e, the bike, that our women used to ride to Nkwo Nnewi, to do their businesses. If ori-aku isn't just a jocular title, it's of foreign origins. I don't know when an Igbo woman willingly chose to be idle. Men, our fathers encouraged our mothers to grow rich. Let's emulate them!
Read more

How Igbo attitude to Igbo religion, Omenala debunks the lie of Igbo domination.

Image
By Okechukwu Ononaeke One lie perpetrated by Igbophobes against the Igbo over the years is that the Igbo wants to dominate every other person. This fear of Igbo domination is largely responsible for Igbo genocides over the last century including the well celebrated 1967-1970 Igbo genocide that led to the death of 3-5million Igbo, 25%of the Igbo population. I in 4 Igbo lost their lives in the 1967-1970 Igbo genocide. This 1967-1970 Igbo genocide occured despite the fact that the Igbo was largely responsible for Nigeria's 'independence'. Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, an Igbo was the father of Nigerian 'independence'.  Any thing to the contrary of Nnamdi Azikiwe and his fellow Igbo being the vanguard of Nigerian 'independence' is revisionism and IGBO NEWS has no time for revisionism. Back to our story: Does the Igbo truly seek to dominate his fellow? Let's take a look at how those who want to dominate do it and then answer the question ourselves. The onl...
Read more