POWER OF WOMEN IN ODINANI..
(Women are not marginalized in igbo customs and traditions)
Bear in mind that Odinani is the foundation on which omenani is built...
(1) In odinani the power to reject a man for a husband is placed solely in the hands of the bride.
(Women are not marginalized in igbo customs and traditions)
Bear in mind that Odinani is the foundation on which omenani is built...
(1) In odinani the power to reject a man for a husband is placed solely in the hands of the bride.
That moment when she must locate and offer her wine to her chosen groom...A short but a powerful moment, for if at that moment she gives the wine to another, returns the wine to her father, pours the wine away, then their should be no marriage.
It does not matter how much bride price her kinsmen have taken, the final decision lies in her cup of wine.
(2) In odinani women do not lose identities to marriage..she is not called Mrs okeke, No she is called Adamma, daughter of okafor, the wife of Okeke...We are too civilized kill a persons identity..In our world "church" differences do not tear lovers apart...
the woman is free to set up a her alter of the deity she venerates in her husband's house as a matter of fact, her husband helps her to do that.She is that free...you do not hear "you must become a Catholic else no marriage" we are too civilized for such.
(3)In odinani women were not locked down as time house wives...noooo, women works...their husbands allocate them land where they farm cocoyam, cassava and vegetables....they trade and keep their money to themselves.
(4) When goats and fowls are slaughtered...while diokpala grapples with the meatless head of the kill and father settle for the tiny gizzard, the Ada walks away with the priceless ukwu-anu 😭😭😭😭
And when umuada takes a stand on an issue who dares challenge them? Anyone?
And when umuada takes a stand on an issue who dares challenge them? Anyone?
(5)In odinani women are not suffocated in one room and on one bed with their husbands all in the name of what God has joined together...Nooo...our women have their space in their own quarters built by their husbands, enjoying their freedom.
(6)In odinani a woman is never forced to remain in an abusive marriage in the name of what God has joined together "she immidiately packs her bag and returns to her father until you come with your people to explain and to beg,
that is if her brothers did not invade your house to crack your skull and hit your premium akpa-amu hard...And if you do anyhow she simply refuses to go back and her father would be left with no option than to return your bride price and that ends it.
(7) When it pleases Ani (mother Earth), she chooses one of her daughters as priestess to a deity before whom men pay obscience...When she dies her body is returned to be intered with her own people, she is free even in death.
(8) In odinani we have female energies like "ogwugwu" and "Edo" etc..the picture below is Nnewi number one deity...a female energy... daughter of Nnobi in Idemili anambra state...we all know the religion that has only male energies..god the father son and holy Spirit...No female.
Before the coming of the destroyers, rapist and murderers (colonial masters) women had their strength likewise men...
So next time a motherfucker opens his or her virus infected gutter mouth to tell you odinani enslave women tell the person SHUT UP.
Daalu nu.
So next time a motherfucker opens his or her virus infected gutter mouth to tell you odinani enslave women tell the person SHUT UP.
Daalu nu.
