adecz:


Na una sabi.

Me i no be igbo & i feel such things
belong to the dark past & should have been
outlawed centuries back.

Oyibo people could have easily dealt with
it, the way they handled the killing of twin births.

Meanwhile, i can detect Osu ppl (or ex Osu) 'liking'
your post.

I hope you are not one of them..

QuietHammer:

I thought Osu are descendants of slaves

Ejimagift:
People that are segregating themselves with Osu cast system yet they want Biafra. God knows biafra will not survive 6 months before they fight another civil war. We don't need such unstable country near our borders

FisifunKododada:
backward people

immhotep:

But you desire an Igbo wife sha ; D

Cc lzaa onyeoga pointzerom madridguy buhariguy sarrki shalomc iceberg itsmeaboki yarimo greenback Alariiwo

ikennaf1:
One of the disadvantages of Christianity at the time. The people regarded as osu are just people who devoted themselves and family and future families to the worship of a fetish deity.... mostly due to safety reasons or hunger.

Due to influx of Christianity at the time, those people were therefore declared outcasts. They and their descendants. It's all shades of wrong. Whatever one does in a bid to protect himself, he should not be judged for it. During the civil war, a whole community dedicated themselves to a deity when their community fell to Nigerian soldiers. They shouldn't be judged for it, but they are. Religion is not hypocritical but it turns on the hypocrisy in us.

Christianity didn't declare them as outcasts... it was the hypocrisy in humans that did.

As a matter of fact, most Nigerian Christians will want to distance themselves from people whose families are said to have dedicated themselves to one deity or the other.

oluwaahmed:


The osu system is a very old one but I will try to explain the various legends associated with it bcoz u sought for knowledge rather than tribal bigotry. In those days there were some people that pledge their life and ancestry to the service of a deity (like d levites of Israel). These people were protected from bodily harm and married themselves. Also during the slave trade, many heads of families thought it was wise to become osu bcoz u dare not hurt an osu let alone sell a property of the gods. Even during the civil war osu were not forcefully conscripted bcoz once again they belong to d gods. Another older legend has it that when the igbos arrived present day igbo land many centuries ago, their priest king ERI was going about cleansing the land occupied by the igbo, however some particular igbos did not want him cleansing their land and so they were naturally ostracized bcoz of their uncleanliness. Any which ways the Osus were ostracized bcoz of psychological factors. If u go to marry a girl and u hear that her family linage was pledged to serve ogun forever wouldn't you pause?

Ejimagift:
People that are segregating themselves with Osu cast system yet they want Biafra. God knows biafra will not survive 6 months before they fight another civil war. We don't need such unstable country near our borders

yemmight:


Whao! Whao! Thanks for the details. Congrat to people over there. Big one.

Ejimagift:
People that are segregating themselves with Osu cast system yet they want Biafra. God knows biafra will not survive 6 months before they fight another civil war. We don't need such unstable country near our borders

chibuzorAbia:


Stop lying. Nothing is traceable back 1000 years in igboland. Not even 120 years ago.....

MiriamMoney:


Aturu! We don't know if you have a life not to talk of a way! Sniper is not so expensive, Efulefu!

ikennaf1:


No.. tho some slave owners dedicated their slaves to some deity by force. Hence they're referred to as ohu and not osu. Osu dedicated themselves willingly, knowing the implications. Tho it's most often because they believe it will give them protection from enemies, or shield them from disease and starvation.

indigenous234:
This is a welcomed development. Though most ala igbo have absolutely abolished the practice.

NB: the skull miners that are here talking rubbish, this is another plus for ala igbo as we have seen what is hindering our unity and progress and done away with it yet you guys are still mining skulls, raping your daughters and mothers, killing yourselves in the name of Oro festival and most importantly still trembles at the sight of omo igbo. Wake up,, the igbos have since left you guys behind. Nonsense vote selling people of the brown roofs enclave.

Ejimagift:
People that are segregating themselves with Osu cast system yet they want Biafra. God knows biafra will not survive 6 months before they fight another civil war. We don't need such unstable country near our borders

baddosky1:


How can you tell a "set of people" to abolish what is part of their culture?

adecz:


Such things only matter to the
indigenes & has no bearing whatsoever
on outsiders.

"freeborn" lgbo will not even eat in the home
of socalled osu.

Ejimagift:
People that are segregating themselves with Osu cast system yet they want Biafra. God knows biafra will not survive 6 months before they fight another civil war. We don't need such unstable country near our borders

ikennaf1:


I regret engaging you... because I thought I was engaging an Igbo who is among the minute few that still give a poo about this outdated piece of crap.

With this gibberish of yours, I'm quite certain that you ain't even Igbo. thank goodness you even confessed it.

ikennaf1:
One of the disadvantages of Christianity at the time. The people regarded as osu are just people who devoted themselves and family and future families to the worship of a fetish deity.... mostly due to safety reasons or hunger.

Due to influx of Christianity at the time, those people were therefore declared outcasts. They and their descendants. It's all shades of wrong. Whatever one does in a bid to protect himself, he should not be judged for it. During the civil war, a whole community dedicated themselves to a deity when their community fell to Nigerian soldiers. They shouldn't be judged for it, but they are. Religion is not hypocritical but it turns on the hypocrisy in us.

Christianity didn't declare them as outcasts... it was the hypocrisy in humans that did.

As a matter of fact, most Nigerian Christians will want to distance themselves from people whose families are said to have dedicated themselves to one deity or the other.

oweman:


I remember how I bleeped one of them for about six month then a guy from Enugu alerted me that's she is Osu quick quick I dump her like hot potato .
The gal sabi do the thing Shia .

Westbestside:
Lol, I think igbo need to abolish human flesh feasting and corpse's water drinking tradition as well.

Frankenstein:
Are you sure you are Igbo? The first Christian converts were the Osus. Christianity helped in abolishing the long practiced Osu caste system.

MrBigiman:


Pls I heard that marrying an OSU lady causes unwanted misfortune and ill-luck. Can u confirm this?

Ejimagift:
People that are segregating themselves with Osu cast system yet they want Biafra. God knows biafra will not survive 6 months before they fight another civil war. We don't need such unstable country near our borders

Juliusmalema:


u must be heartless for telling her to do such thing......

will u allow ur own sister to do such?