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1. Nriju afo nwamgwe na eme na nkunye. ENGLISH- Satisfactory feeding of an orphan happens by eventuality. 2. Egbe na nwaokuko anaghi azu otu ahia. ENGLISH- Kite and chicken can never do transactions in the same market square. 3. Onye nwanne ya rere, mgbaputa ya na esi ezigbo ike. ENGLISH- Whoever that was sold out by his brother, his redemption is often very difficult to achieve. 4. Ebe onye ara ga aga di otutu, tinyere egwu ndi oga agba n'uzo; ma ndi nke oga agba n'oma ohia. ENGLISH- A mad person has too many places to attend; including the dances he will indulge at the roads and as well in the market square. 5. Ome enyi, meta onye di mma enyi maka olulu. ENGLISH- Whosoever that makes friendship should endeavor to engage with a good person for sake of marriage. 6. Ugwo buzuo ochakee. ENGLISH- When an eagle matures fully, it's colour will glamour. 7. Ngwere na achu nwa ukpana kpacharakwa anya ya maka nwaobu ngwere. ENGLISH- A lizard that chases aft...

Historically, the ancient Igbo cosmology was dominated by feminine deities. A's much as the muscline deities spreaded alongside the feminine deities, the feminines were more popular and patronised. This may arise from the fact that feminine deities are compromising and easily followed. The musclines (Gods) are uncompromising, strict and difficult. These reasons were responsible for the popularity of Goddesses like Ani, Idemili, Ajani, Nnemiri, Ogwugwu, Njaba etc. These Goddesses and many of their types spread wide and far in Igboland more than their muscline counterparts. One of the deadliest and evil willed Goddess in Igboland is the IYIAFOR. This evil Goddess appears in like a maphrodite in character. While it is feminine in nature, it also appears muscline in character. The difference between IYIAFOR and other Goddesses in Igboland can be expressed through their representatives. When other Goddesses are represented with Boa (Eke), IYIAFOR is represented by deadly ...

(1) Do not allow any person that has lost his or her way spiritually to lead you. It is likened to a drowning person gripping you. Unless you are capable of rescuing the person or both of you will go down the river. (2) Do not expect your spiritual master to reveal his ultimate truth to you because such will make him to loose your loyalty. (3) Do not follow the path of the multitude, rather, always follow the path of the spirit you have covenanted with. (4) Do not compromise your path with the wishes of your relations and friends because spirituality is all about principles and regularities. (5) Do not separate from your covenanted spirit until you have another covenant with a stronger one because such altitude will fill your life with worries. (6) Do not loose sight or focus on your target in your spiritual way because the path is filled of elements, apparitions and imageries that are capable of distracting you. (7) Do not be confused by the differences between religion...

When the British colonists came to Igbo land, they introduced Christianity and indoctrinated the natives with it. They taught that the native cultures and customs of the Igbos were acts of paganism. Presently, there is a strong survey on migration theory of the Igbos and its findings are almost concluding that Igbos were Hebrews. This view has attracted scholarly research and spiritual investigations on Igbo ancient cultures and traditions and have resulted to strong believe that more than 50% of the ancient Igbo cultures are relatives to the Hebrew ancient traditions. These findings attracted even the Israeli archeological agencies to visit Igbo land for investigation and subsequent DNA Test on Igbo/Jewish bloodline relationship. Some of the towns that were visited by the Israelis were Nri, Amaigbo and Arochukwu Although, the result of the DNA Test is inconclusive but Igbo/Hebrew migration theorists are insisting that Igbo tribe is one of the stems of the tribe of Gad (the sevent...

Ndigbo, chi abụọlanụ ooo, Ụtụtụ Ọma: Ilu nke Ụbọchị taa: "Nwanyị chọba nwunye dị ya okwu, ọsi ya nye ya mmanụ ka ojiri jụọ mkpụrụ nkwụ.”. Translation:      My people, day has opened,  Good morning: Proverb for the day:  “When a married woman begins to hunt for trouble from her mate, she will ask her mate to give her Palm Oil for chewing Palm nut”.

I am from Ibele autonomous community in Njaba Local Government Area in Imo State. My community is popularly known as the abode of Njaba goddess. The Njaba shrine is located at the Ibele market square while its traditional staff of authority is held by the people of Umunele community. In a certain time in history, Ibele, Umuele, Amakor and Obeakpu amalgamated as one community called “Amazano” meaning “Four compounds of Ozo title taking”. Culturally, the constituting communities of Amazano were distinct villages that operated independently before the amalgamation. Ibele community had the history of having the first Nze title holder being Nze Duruodo who begath all villages that currently composed into Ndiokwu and Nduihu clans. The Njaba shrine was erected at Ibele land while its staff was possessed by people of Umuele. This was because of the fact that the goddess drew its name from Njaba river and the river did not pass across Ibele community as it did at Umuele, Amakor and Obeakpu. As ...