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Àégbûrû: In Okunanoland, during the good old days. It is the custom and a tradition of our people to make very serious enquiries about the lineage(àégbûrû) of any two persons wishing to contract a marriage relationship. Why? By so doing, they were able to control the spread of sickle cell anemia, epilepsy, diabetes, schizophrenia and many other mental diseases that were genetically driven. There are also those àégbûrû in those days that are known as " àégbûrû-oshzi , àégbûrû-àéra " etc... The fear of "Njó té àégbûrû-oshzi!" Or any other bad lineage is one of the paramount and silent rule(rites) that must be observed before any marriage is contracted. How have marriages of today fared in the observation of this tradition? Do we still observe this very important rule in Okunanoland today? It's very important that we cultivate the knowledge of this important rite with the present generation who in turn must transmit the legacy. The dangers associated with the fa...
Let's do it again in 2022
As 2022 begins, there’s a new year resolution we’d like you to consider. We’d like to invite you to join more than .5 thousand Umu-Okunano in 180 countries who have taken the step to support us financially – keeping us open to all, and fiercely independent. In 2021, this support sustained investigative work into Okú na anó history, Politics, Land grabbing and harassment, labour abuse, Okunano environmental plunder, coronavirus, and Community service. It enabled diligent, fact-checked, authoritative journalism to thrive in an era of falsehood, sensation, hype and breathtaking misinformation and misconception. In 2022, we’ll be no less active, with a cluster of election's campaigning and selection of our people, economic pinch points, the next phase of the pandemic, the gathering security emergency and the World Cup’ to keep us busy. With no shareholders or billionaire owner, we can set our own agenda and provide trustworthy journalism that’s free from commercial and political...
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi breaks the jinx in Enugu-South Local government area
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 ...
Owfhirí, igó-owfhiri and igó-inyi
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?*
