Okunano Voices (Culture Documentaries)

This umbrella cultural organization, whose philosophy was socio-cultural, was as well socio-economic in its programmes and activities.  It eventually became a platform at the vanguard for the sociocultural emancipation of our people.  The idea to set up this association was mooted up by the likes of Chiefs Okeke Ede (Amechi  ), Onyia Ebiem ( Amechi  ), Michael Ujam (Obeagu), John Igwesi(. Obuofia) and David Ani Ugbo (Amodu), and others. The fight began in 1946, when it became apparent that Okorome – where all Awkunanaw children attended school was insufficient to accommodate the growing army of school children. By then, the Methodist Group School, Akegbe stopped only at Standard 4.  Children from the villages such as Akegbe, Obuoffia, Amodu and Uma had their infant education (today’s crèche and nursery) with the Methodist Mission, and thereafter  had to transfer to Okorome (Ozalla) for Standard 1-4, and finally round off their education at Methodist Central School, Agbani for Standards...

When in October, 26th 2019. REPARATIONS FOR OKUNANO ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATION CAMPAIGN Page on Facebook posted this Question and called for a word of advice to our brother, Dr. Victor Chukwuemeka Nnam from Umu Okunano, lots of encomiums enveloped the page... The post simply put read: Are there implications to having a full bred Okunano Osagwede Osawuwa man as the commissioner for Lands and urban development in Enugu state at a time our lands were being grabbed with impunity? What are we to expect? The current commissioner is a young man of impeccable character and integrity, who has a long and outstanding grasp of what's up between Enugu state Government(his employer) and his immediate community. By a stroke of fate, the appointment to stand up for Okunano Osagwede communities landed on his lap. The lofty questions now becomes: 1. Does he have the guts? 2. Will He restore once again the pride of Osagwede? To whom much is given much is expected. A word of advice for our brother the H...

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...