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Origin Of The Osu Caste System? by swintec: 5:09pm On Jan 17, 2008
New Tread Within this tread: WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF THE OSU CAST SYSTEM
Re: Origin Of The Osu Caste System? by Seun(m): 5:10pm On Jan 17, 2008
Idiocy is the origin of the Osu caste system. Idiocy combined with prejudice.

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Re: Origin Of The Osu Caste System? by echelon(m): 5:24pm On Jan 17, 2008
From what I learnt, you are an Osu if you or your forebears have been dedicated to shrines for protection during a war or famine. Simply put, an Osu belongs to a shrine or an "alusi" in Igboland.

Personally, I think you have to choose what you are.
Re: Origin Of The Osu Caste System? by tamme: 1:03am On Jul 15, 2009
so how did they know the difference between an Osu and ordinary igbo's back in the day?
Re: Origin Of The Osu Caste System? by ChinenyeN(m): 1:20am On Jul 15, 2009
tamme:

so how did they know the difference between an Osu and ordinary igbo's back in the day?
Everyone in the village knew which families were, and which families weren't Osu.
Re: Origin Of The Osu Caste System? by tamme: 5:44pm On Jul 15, 2009
Everyone in the village knew which families were, and which families weren't Osu.

Where did these Osu people come from?
Re: Origin Of The Osu Caste System? by ChinenyeN(m): 5:52pm On Jul 15, 2009
Descendants of the the forebears dedicated to various shrines.
Re: Origin Of The Osu Caste System? by tamme: 6:53pm On Jul 15, 2009
Descendants of the the forebears dedicated to various shrines.

I know that but where did the Osu's come from. The Igbos randomly picked their fellow igbo people for sacrifices?
Re: Origin Of The Osu Caste System? by ChinenyeN(m): 7:02pm On Jul 15, 2009
People in the village, or prisoners of war, etc. etc. I don't know what the selection process is/was like though.
Re: Origin Of The Osu Caste System? by tamme: 10:55pm On Jul 15, 2009

People in the village, or prisoners of war, etc. etc. I don't know what the selection process is/was like though.

I will love to know. Can somebody tell me
Re: Origin Of The Osu Caste System? by ChinenyeN(m): 11:09pm On Jul 15, 2009
Most likely, the answer is no. No one can tell you. No one really knows how such a thing first came about, in a primarily egalitarian society.

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