Okunano Voices (Culture Documentaries)

The Okunano Osagwede adage: "Okpétéru àhzi guchió uzo" is a legacy that nature conveys on the elders of the families successively, the responsibility of transmitting correctly the values of the land, the culture and traditions of the Okunano people to the younger generation.  It is the hope of those who have passed on that their successors in the form of their parents,siblings and other members of their extended family, will fulfill these duties and responsibilities by carrying on in their stead. Okpétéru àhzi: meaning he that comes last, the last person or the surviving successor... the surviving eldest In the lineage of the family automatically enters into the position of leadership of that family by default. 'Guchió uzo' idiomatically means to enter into the duty of transmitting the family or cultural values correctly thereby guiding and supporting members of the family.  "Okpétéru àhzi guchió uzo" : The last person in line should please close the doors  ...

Okà Ngene nne-ada is a 10-plots of land situated behind the Enugu lifestyle and golf city estate otherwise known as Enugu Centenary Estates Agbana. It is legitimately owned by Umu-Nkwuo Aga and Umu-Onu-aga families both of Umu-Aniagayiba of Umuagomangene family unit of Ndiaga village in Amechi-Uwani community of Okunano Osagwede Osawuwa Clan in Enugu South Local Government Area.  The okà Ngene-nne-ada plot of land is a real pleasure to behold with the serene grace of nature. A   spiraling layout bounded by a natural spring water paths, a burst of energetic rainforest giving way to the aggressive intrusion of urbanization. Sandwiched between Obeagu Awkunanaw and Amechi-Uwani Awkunanaw communities and at Agbana precisely. The Umu-Onu-aga and Umu-Aniagayiba families are members of Awkunanaw Landowners Association.  The families representatives are Elder Emmanuel Ukwu and Sir Laz Ani(JP) They jointly hold the power of attorney for the above mentioned plot of land. For all enq...

https://goo.gl/images/vJ2LaZ The Agbana land is well over 1000 hectares of land, with an estimated 600+ hectares of land for Obeagu Awkunanaw based members and 400+ hectares of land for the Amechi-Uwani based members. The Agbana land technically is a low density area which means that one hectare of land is measured to be at least 15 plots of 100 × 60 in size.  This means that the size of the whole plots of land in Agbana is on the average a total of about 15,000 plots or more. Estimated market price for plots in the area now is on the minimum 3.5million and 4 million Naira only. This value keeps appreciating as the current chaos caused by the detractors and landgrabbers deepens. The continued battle for the illegal acquisition of Agbana land has gone on now for years. But most recently, the fallen embers of the fire was recharged by the special interest in the land by the Enugu state Government who are working in collaboration with some Estate developers to sell off the land bit af...

   Okunano Voices Publications                                          Presents: The Awkunanaw Landowners Association is an organization which seeks to protect property rights in Awkunanaw, and environs all in Enugu South & Nkanu west Local Government area of Enugu state Nigeria. The ALA was formed to preserve and protect the rights of property owners. The organization seeks to cause laws and regulations, whether federal, provincial, or municipal, to be written so as to be more respectful of the rights of property owners. The Awkunanaw Landowners Association also promotes the use of letters patent as a tool to aid in the protection of private property rights. Awkunanaw Landowners Association(ALA) is currently in formation but is designed to act as an advocate for property own...

Things our  generations  have lost  due to white lies and  brainwashings . A  DIBỊA  in Igbo African culture is a man or a woman with vast knowledge of nature and  spirituality . In some cases they are called the wise ones, great ones, the eyes of the gods, or doctors which is the  literal  meaning of the word  DIBỊA  in Igbo language, ( native doctors). In this knowledge, mostly people are divinely  chosen to be a  DIBỊA , and sometimes also can be learned by being around or serving as apprentice to a well rich in knowledge  DIBỊA . There are several branches of being a DIBỊA ,  hence  being a  DIBỊA  is a vast knowledge, and I mean as vast as when you say in English that someone is a doctor. For example in  western  world a doctor  defines  as follows. A teacher or a learned man. A  person  who holds a  doctorate . A...

ENGR. (CHIEF) JOSEPH CHIAZOR OKECHUKWU (OMEROHA I OF AKEGBE UGWU) Engr. Joseph Chiazor Okechukwu was born on Friday, October 29, 1954 to the family of Chief Okechukwu Ude and Mrs. Chikaodili Ude (nee Aneke) in Umuokwuo, Akegbe Ugwu, Awkunanaw in Nkanu West L.G.A. of Enugu State. He is the first child of his mother and the 9th child of his father in a family of eighteen (18) children from six wives. He started his primary school in 1962 at St. Francis Primary School, Umuatugbuoma, while living with his elder brother, the late Chief John Okechukwu who was the Headmaster of the school.  He was always the first in his class except for once when he came second and got the beating of his life from his Guardian who was a legendary disciplinarian. His primary education was disrupted in the final year when the Nigerian civil war broke out in 1967.  At the end of the war in 1970, he entered St Patrick’s College, Emene, where in 1974 he passed the WAEC school certificate examin...

We are Okunano The descendants of Ntuegbe Eze, Born in the proximity of the rising sun. The rich palms and the spicy tastes of the east, The rivers, the valleys and the sea of sands The flowers and the multi colored grasshoppers, The differences of our market days, Eke, Orie,Awhó ,Nkwó all combines to define the face of our own native land.  We are Okunano The flourishing palms of Ntuegbe Eze On our breasts rests the visions of Ntuegbenese In great challenges and opportunities We are as the rising sun from the east. Though adversity may belabor us  And still we rise like the sun.  Even when malice and envy thrived  We still rise like the sun  In the putrid atmosphere of our unity We revel like the sun The weight of darkness strong may be We will rise like the sun To accomplish our greatest feat We will travel like the sun Okunano Osagwede! Osagwede Osawuwa! ©Okunano Voices™