The Urbanization of cultures for Development: A case of the Igbo Umuada
Most of what we call culture is human-made. No meteor landed with some scrolls to be obeyed.
I'm fact, there're heavy cultural disparities in the pre and post 1900 Igbo land.
The Umuada is a group of...
Most of what we call culture is human-made. No meteor landed with some scrolls to be obeyed.
I'm fact, there're heavy cultural disparities in the pre and post 1900 Igbo land.
The Umuada is a group of...
both single and unmarried women of a clan.
Historically,the Umuada are venerated because they represent the most sacred god the Igbo - the Ala(Earth)! Because from the wombs come life,so does 'life' come from Ala or Ani.
They hold a spiritual, ethical & social-political office.
Historically,the Umuada are venerated because they represent the most sacred god the Igbo - the Ala(Earth)! Because from the wombs come life,so does 'life' come from Ala or Ani.
They hold a spiritual, ethical & social-political office.
It might be a patrilineal society, but no group fears the Umuada. Men are to bow and listen when they meet them.
It is said that they put out one King and his entire lineage out from the throne because he was fond of confiscating lands from the poor.
They cursed/punished men..
It is said that they put out one King and his entire lineage out from the throne because he was fond of confiscating lands from the poor.
They cursed/punished men..
Who would cheat on their wives.
They built markets, controlled trade, made political rules, sat on governing councils, handled rituals and cleansing of the land.
These women were the balance between sense and nonsense.
But...
On Funerals--Nwanyi Isi Ikpe (widowhood)
They built markets, controlled trade, made political rules, sat on governing councils, handled rituals and cleansing of the land.
These women were the balance between sense and nonsense.
But...
On Funerals--Nwanyi Isi Ikpe (widowhood)
When people say the Igbo culture is toxically partriachal, I wonder how.
The burial arrangements/cutting of widows' hair, bathing of husbands' corpses and forcing them to drink the water(old practices in some places) were all 'spiritual' practices.
At least we hear how some..
The burial arrangements/cutting of widows' hair, bathing of husbands' corpses and forcing them to drink the water(old practices in some places) were all 'spiritual' practices.
At least we hear how some..
G-boys are made to eat shit.
To prove innocense,they made them drink. Some widows might have died from bacteria contamination from the water, and we're claimed to have been struck by the gods
I read some texts on Igbo cosmotology where some would think a god was on a mountain..
To prove innocense,they made them drink. Some widows might have died from bacteria contamination from the water, and we're claimed to have been struck by the gods
I read some texts on Igbo cosmotology where some would think a god was on a mountain..
..'cos of the haze(simple science)
On Urbanisation...
These semi literate/illiterate women who still dictate these practices will continue to do so ignorantly if we the Millinials don't join those groups and take over the reins of leadership..
On Urbanisation...
These semi literate/illiterate women who still dictate these practices will continue to do so ignorantly if we the Millinials don't join those groups and take over the reins of leadership..
If we want the Obnoxious practices to end, more exposed, 21st C women have to MOdernize the Umuada.
Turn the group to a political force. Pool resources to build science/tech hubs in the villages, sell our model of Feminism to the world--
Not the silly/stone age burial rites
Turn the group to a political force. Pool resources to build science/tech hubs in the villages, sell our model of Feminism to the world--
Not the silly/stone age burial rites
**fears any other like the Umuada
