Okunano Voices (Culture Documentaries)

THE OKUNANO MAN OF THE YEAR POLLS RESULTS: TOTAL VOTES CAST - 502 VOTES TOTAL VALID VOTES CAST - 459 VOTES INVALID VOTES CAST - 43 VOTES VOTES FOR THE NOMINEES ARE AS FOLLOWS: 1. AFAMEFUNA ATU ECHERIBE - 229 VOTES 2. SIR CHINYEAKA OHA - 183 VOTES 3. ELDER JOSEPH CHUKWUEZUGO UGWUODO - 37 VOTES 4. SURV DR. VICTOR CHUKWUEMEKA NNAM - 10 VOTES We thank you all for your patience, your time and commitment to appreciating our own. "Nkea bu nke anyi" is no idle talk. We must take the responsibility of building, securing and developing our own. We all have by default, as umu Okunano Osagwede the burdensome task of building our clan. Community service is unpaid work performed by a person or any group of persons for the benefit and betterment of their community without any form of compensation. Community service in Okunano Osagwede is our only way forward, we must all be inspired by the great works and activities of these our role models. All the nominees have done exceedingly well. The...

The maiden issue of IKORO ANI- OKUNANO MAGAZINE and the AV brand new website has been scheduled for launching this December,2021. This is a great  opportunity for you to market your business or service to Umu Okunano Osagwede home and abroad. Advertise with us to reach our members and others interested in the development of our history, culture and  traditional education!  We have spaces  available to organizations and Individual contributors who may want to write, share experiences, anecdotes, etc, from the wealth of our history and culture.   This is also your opportunity to advertise within your own community and be recognized for what you do and whom you truly are...

*Òtuwà* is the act of being a middle person between a newly married *Couple*. He is the man who plays the role of representation of the biological parents of the newly married bride. He is an intermediary in some family disputes between the husband and the wife, which should not be immediately taken to the biological parents of the wife.     *THE ROLE OF OTUWA*: For instance, if a woman starts getting inhuman treatment from her man, the first thing she would do is to go to their *Otuwa man* and report the matter to him, instead of going directly to her own biological parents.The Otuwa man will settle the misunderstanding even without the knowledge of the woman's parents.    *THE CRITERION TO BE AN OTUWA TO A NEWLY MARRIED WOMAN*:    For a man to be appointed as an *Òtuwà man* to a newly married woman, his own biological mother  must be a woman from the newly married woman's own town, village or family. In a nutshell, in most cases, the *Òtuwà man* has to be a distant Cousin to ...

Since 2016, the Okunano Voices Publications online awards for excellence in community service and leadership development of Okunano Osagwede has sought to encourage, motivate, inspire and appreciate our people, especially those who have distinguished themselves by contributing to the betterment of the people and the clan of Okunano Osagwede. Collectively, using the unique Facebook app, we have selected and eulogized our son's and daughters who have become role models to our youth. In an effort to sustain the program as a custom and a platform or an online repository of some sort for our people. The AV team have decided to expand the categories of awards as follows: The Okunano Voices Publications online Hall of Fame Repository will now include a series of community service/leadership Award categories: CATEGORY 1: The Okunano Voices™ Awards Prize for Journalism. This award is given to a writer, reporter, presenter, producer, and other professionals of Okunano origin working in the ...

CHINYEAKA OHAA: AWKUNANAW WELCOMES A PROFILE OF FLAMBOYANCE  IN SERVICE. (Okey Ani,JP) Awkunanaw  is part of Ntuegbenese  or Ntuegbe,a confederation of five groups that traces their fatherhood  to the ancestor, Ajaka Uba and the towns live close to each other along the Awgu - Enugu old road,starting at Ogugu and ending at Enugu except Ozalla,a non-Ntuegbe town which lives between Agbogugu and Akegbe Ugwu.Awkunanaw has become a relationship all along among the individuals that are characterized by a high degree of personal intimacy, of social cohesion or moral commitment and a continuity in time.The cultural elements are inter-related,constituting a complex whole; transmitted or historically derived and are made or created whether concrete or abstract  - beliefs or superstitions. Awkunanaw was originally made up of four (oku ano), namely Akegbe Ugwu, Obuoffia, Amodu and Uma but increased to five with the split of Amechi and Obeagu(Uma) and further increased to six with the addition of U...

Surv. Dr. Victor Chukwuemeka Nnam VCN Born into the family of Chief John Okwor Nnam of Amechi-Uwani in Enugu South Local government on 23rd February 1984, Victor Chukwuemeka Nnam attended Robinson Primary school Uwani Enugu, University of Nigeria Secondary School and the prestigious Enugu State University of science and technology where he obtained Bachelor of Science in Surveying and Geoinformatics in 2007. Dr. Victor Chukwuemeka Nnam holds M.Sc in Geoinformatics and Surveying. In 2019, he obtained PhD in the same course. Nnam is a registered surveyor and was a lecturer of the department of Surveying and Geoinformatics in the Enugu State University of science and technology before his appointment as the Honourable Commissioner for lands and Urban Development Enugu State by the state Governor, Rt. Hon. Dr. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi. He is a member, Nigerian Institution of surveyors. Working Experience: [Sept 2019 – Date] Hon. Commissioner, Ministry of Lands and Urban Development,Enugu State. [J...

Elder Joseph Okonkwo Chukwuezugo Ugwuodo Joseph Okonkwo Chukwuezugo Ugwuodo is an incredible role model who has, in so many occasions, shown his love for our community, not just as a reputable public servant which was his job, but as a walking encyclopedia of the history, culture and traditions of our people. He is a strong advocate for the sustenance and preservation of our culture and traditions, who has made a remarkable impact on the cultural ethos of Okunano Land, and has led by example in all he has done. Joseph Okonkwo Ugwuodo has successfully raised the profile of the Culture and traditions of our land and has worked hard to see to the preservation of same by putting them into writings. He has written "The History of Amechi-Uwani" , "The Culture and Traditions of Okunano People of Ntuegbenese Clan", and most recently, " The History of St John's Methodist church, Amechi-Uwani Okunano, from 1921 to 2021" (yet to be launched) which are remarkable ...

Afamefuna Atu(Echeribe)  Mr Afamefuna Atu was born to the family of Mr. & Mrs.Okonkwo Atu in Attakwu Akegbe Ùgwù Okunano.  Enugu State. He had very humble beginnings and often made remarks of how difficult it was for him to learn to read and write until his uncle touched a nerve in him by asking the father to engage him into apprenticeship as he can not learn to read, instead of wasting his money on him. His father discouraged and in a fit of disappointment talked to his son and in a moment of father to son bonding and was able to arouse the real man in him. It suddenly dawned on Afamefuna the implications of not being able to go to school. And he swore, from that very moment after the talk with his father that never again will he allow anyone to define his life. Courageously, he began to rough it up like everyone else. He was exposed to all the terrible discomforts of poverty, penury and pains of growing in the highly unsupportive system of Nigeria. But he survived, and ever since...