Okunano Voices (Culture Documentaries)

Knocking on wood is the most common superstition in Western culture used to reverse bad fortune or undo a "jinx." Other cultures maintain similar practices, like spitting or throwing salt, after someone has tempted fate. Tempted fate? That's exactly what His Excellency, Dr. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, the governor of Enugu state has done by endorsing an Ugwuaji Okunano man as the PDP candidate for the seat of the chairmanship of Enugu South LGA council for the very first time after several dispensations and tenors. I happened to be one of the very few persons who was not comfortable with the governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi 's administration. I would not hide the fact that I criticized most of his decisions and policies with regards to my convinction and had refused vehemently to sing his praises like many of my kinsmen and friends. But this singular act has successfully endeared the governor to my heart. It proofs simply that he's a man of character. One that's not easily ...

These are some of the perceived fetish practices of our fore- bearers which is almost gone extinct in Okunano land. Some of us here may have experienced something of it, Seen something of this practice with our fathers, elders and people without fully grasping the significance of such annual and regular sacrifices to carven images and molded clayey moulds and sculptures. Or some awkward looking hole in the ground that is usually decorated with chicken 🐔 blood and  feathers🪶.... We saw it all, and even partook in the act of sacrifice howbeit, knowingly or ignorantly. *What is the significance of such an annual sacrificial practices now gone extinct?*

Ujarhí!, ujarhí! Obú ekpe! Obú ekpe! What is ekpe? 

        What is Shinéwà? 

Minstrelsy is found globally. And minstrels have appeared   in   societies   as  singers,musicians, or reciters of poems, with the characteristic of itinerancy for performances.  Normally,they compel awe and respect in such performances. In former times, the skills of the minstrels were seen as spiritual.  The minstrels themselves were considered sacred. And they were invited by kings and “loaded with honours and awards”  Okunano Voices is searching for the top Minstrels in Okunano Osagwede.  Kindly name any of them  that you know of whom are still living....

Of a truth, Aruga Nwudewo-Nvene lake , is located at Obunægu Onu-nyo, while the source is located in Amechi-Uwani Okunano. It has some mystical connotations. It is believed that, either by archeological proof or by native divinational sources, that the underground waterway leads from Ishi-Aruga down to Obunægu Onu-nyo. In the olden days, if rainfall failed to take place when it was expected to drop, the Elders in Amechi- uwani would boil hot water @ 💯° centigrade in a large mud-pot, they would pour it down @ Ishi-Aruga, calling on the rain-god to release water from above. This exercise would be accompanied with the beating of Abia-ekpe drums and display of *Okaragbadiegwu* [i.e Okekpe masquerade]. After the exercise, no Jupiter again could hold the dropping of rainfall. Sometimes, the rainfall would scare the elders as they happily jugged home, because the rainfall used to fall instantly. The huge oil-silk tree (ukwu akpu) that has long existed there @ Ishi-Aru...

Okuk' mar' ewa, bia yuo shi n' mgboguji, is a proverbial statement by #Okunano #people. In other words, in the literal meaning, one who wakes up early in the morning to seek for his daily bread, is expected to come back to his house early before dawn.  But when the opposite is the case, the proverbial statement will now apply, "Okuk' mar' ewa, bia shuo shi n' mgboguji"      In the other hand, such proverb could be likened to an insatiable human person.  For instance, one who attends to a function earlier than others, but becomes the last to quit the arena.      To break the scheme of work to the understanding of a learner/pupil, we take them one by one thus:- a) Okuk' mar'ewa means = A fowl that wakes up earlier than others. (b)Bia yuo shi n' mgboguji, means = that because of the fowl's late arrival back home, the dung it is supposed to deficate inside it's roost, it now deposits it on the entrance pavement, because of it's late...

By a Witness, Hon Bob T Ugwu.  1. Background/History  Following the liberal democratic culture of the post-Second Republic when political elective offices were held by popular candidates as follows:  a) Federal House of Reps (an     Anambra State indigene, Hon Ufondu?)  b) House of Assembly (Hon Andrew Obuna and Hon Sunday Jim Ogbodo, from Obeagu and Ugwuaji, respectively;  a meeting of Leaders of Thought of Enugu South local communities was held at Liberation Hotels under the chairmanship of Sir Richard Nnamani who also singlehandedly bankrolled the documentation of its proceedings.  The need to harmonize the sharing of political offices between the component communities was agreed upon. Reference was made to the bizarre plot of some elements to install an Agbani citizen as Chairman of Enugu South which was successfully aborted by patriotic forces unleashed against it, without losing sight of the sentiments adduced for its attempt. Another logical reason for the meeting was to stem th...

Who was that Nogo Onu, in the first instance? 😅.According to myths and legends, Nogo Onu was an old woman who was a *moron*. She went about visiting people in quest for food. It was said that whenever she visited any person, after consuming the menu presented to her, she would quietly go to the corner in your compound and deficate. It was said that her excreta used to have very offensive odour, because of every polluted food she used to consume, since she hadn't a permanent place of abode. It was because of the offensive odour of her deficated excreta, that it was used as a threat to any stubborn child. If an individual, peradventure makes a serious mistake which he or she realized that at last, that such mistake would be punishable, the exclamation would be, Ata m shi Nogo Onu!!.😂😂 © Elder Joseph Chukwuezugo Ugwuodo

Young people are being excluded from economic and political life by a combination of joblessness and barriers to the creation of career opportunities in governance. Unleashing the energy, entrepreneurial spirit and technological genius of the young is not just a moral imperative, but an economic necessity. We are at a crisis point in relation to the world’s young people. According to the International Labour Organisation, global youth unemployment stands at 12.9%. And in the world’s largest economies, OECD figures show that it’s an average of just above 16%, with youth employment falling 7 points from where it was before the crisis.  Arguably, this is one of our present day's political father's biggest failures since the second republic, they are unable, or politically unwilling, to ensure that the young people participate meaningfully in the economy.  This failure threatens not only the Nigerian political system, but also the cohesion of our societies. Young people today are ...

We, in the social media community, have long heralded the quiet achiever, the silent philanthropist, the peaceful performer. But not everyone sees them in the same light. Onwà Igwurubeze 1 of Nkanuland is an example of the natural introvert, displaying the talent, and tumultuous anxiety, of the adaptive and accomplished introvert. The person who you can give a job to, and he does it. He is achieving results while others are still arguing over roles and responsibilities, and who gets the most credit. His approach gets things done. Usually on his own ability, and often, in his own time. When often his kinsmen cried for help in their distressed situations he had always listened and responded to their needs. He provided them with rural electrification powered by solar system which has continued to light up the community for the past 5 years. A symbolic reminder to the people of how pure and light his heart is towards them. In the areas of security, Onwa Igwurubeze 1 of Nkanuland, support...

Pacesetter Frontier Magazine in an interview with Chief Mark Ngene (Egbe anú uzú 1 of Attakwu Akegbe Ugwu Okunano) For your digest, Umu Okunano Osagwede. The Pacesetter Frontier Magazine was with Chief Mark Ngene in his Enugu home to ask him questions on issues of importance to Nkanu and Awkunanaw. He said a lot in this revealing interview. Here are the excerpts. PFM: Please tell us about yourself Sir. Chief Ngene: I am Chief Mark A. Ngene, JP. I hail from Attakwu, Akegbe-Ugwu, Awkunanaw in Nkanu-West Local Government Area of Enugu State. I am a retired Civil Servant on grade level 14. I retired as the Head of Personnel Management in Enugu North Local Government. Educationally, I started early from 1934, I made the Standard 6 certificate. I have a Senior Cambridge certificate and a Diploma in Public Administration. Also, I have been a social man, I was the Secretary of Awkunanaw Welfare Association for a very long time. I am a Title Holder in Attakwu, my Title is Egbe a nu-uzu of Att...