Okunano Voices (Culture Documentaries)

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One of the most important vegetables in Waawa cuisine and in the Igbo culture in general is the yam tuber. This is considered the Igbo staple crop and has been dedicated deities such as Njoku Ji, the yam god. Igbo cuisine includes other vegetables such as Pumpkin seed, used to make a soup called Egusi, Bitter leaf which is made into a soup and Okra, of which its name stems from the Igbo language. The Waawa people eat fufu or pounded yam, which is known locally as utara with a variety of unique soups e.g. ohé-ede , made with cocoyam, ohé-nsala and ohé-onugbu made with bitterleaf. Aside from than the common Igbo foods, traditional Waawa food includes a series of dishes referred to as agworo-agwo . Lots of these dishes are made with tapioca or cassava, such as abacha, which is known locally as okoto in Udi, and jigbo in other areas of Waawaland. It is eaten with ugba which is known in this part of the country as akpaka . Cassava is also made into ighu , which are larger fla...

The Waawa clan of Northern Igbo land, also referred to as Ndi Waawa, Wawa People , are a unique sub-group of the Igbo people in Enugu State, Nigeria, consisting of several communities. Most notable among these are the Okunano, Agbaja and Ngwo which consists of peoples between the wooded lands of Awka (capital of Anambra State) to the rocky valleys of Enugu (capital of Enugu State). Agbaja is made up of communities in present-day Ngwo clan, Udi, Ezeagu, Igbo-Etiti, Oji River, greater Awgu, and Enugu East Local Government Areas. Other notable parts of Waawaland are Nkanu (including Okunano Clan), Nsukka, Abia (not be confused with people from Abia State), Nike, and other communities in Enugu State, who all speak a unique dialect of Igbo Language called Waawa . The Waawa are most notably associated with Chief Onyeama of Eke, who was the paramount ruler of Agbaja in the early 20th Century. Onyeama   was born circa 1870s, the youngest of the ten children of Özö Omulu Onwusi,...

The following list shows Enugu Local Government Areas (LGA) and Communities in Enugu State. This list is not actual nor updated, and is purely as an information item. No legal rights can be obtained from this list: LGA Community Enugu East 1 Nike Uno 2 Mbulu-Njodo 3 Uhwogo Igbo Etiti 1 Ukehe 2 Umunko 3 Diogbe 4 Ekwegbe 5 Umuna 6 Ozalla 7 Ohodo 8 Onyohor 9 Ochima 10 Ikolo 11 Aku 12 Idume 13 Ohebedim Aninri 1 Okpanku 2 Mpu 3 Ndiaboh 4 Oduma 5 Nenwe Oji River 1 Akpugo-Eze 2 Awlaw 3 Inyi 4 Achi Agu 5 Achi-Uno 6 Oji-River Urban 7 Ugwu Oba Enugu South 1 Akwuke 2 Amaechi 3 Ugwuaji 4 Obeagu 5 Amechi Uwani Awgu 1 Ituku 2 Agbogugu 3 Ogbaku 4 Ihe 5 Isu-Awaa 6 Agbudu 7 Owelli 8 Amoli 9 Ugbo 10 Ogugu 11 Mgbowo 12 Awgu 13 Mgbidi 14 Mmaku 15 Obeagu 16 Ugwueme 17 Nkwe 18 Ezere 19 Nenwenta 20 Awgunta Uzo-Uwani 1 Nrobo 2 Abbi 3 Ugbene 4 Nimbo 5 Nkpol...

A very rich part of our cultural heritage is embedded in our manner of speech or proverbs. Okunano as an integral part of the Igbo tribe in Nigeria West Africa is blessed with a unique language. The Okunano dialect popular amongst other Igbo tribes as the Wawa dialect comes out in a class of its own considering her wealth of idiomatic expressions. Let’s attempt to capture some of these proverbs here for documentation and subsequent publication on AV, Say any proverb here and let’s all try to explain it: Examples - 1. Ana ahafu ishishi eka agba uri ona? 2. Eya nnekwu-okuko n’ eche ekwa eyaa! 3. Agbuta akrihi, Akrihi agbuta nwanne eya. 4. Ukwu na afhia, ogodo na afhia Ibe ayi n’oruo nu O! Please try to explain

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