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| Our Tradition Is Not Totally Bad In Itself. It's Modernism That Is Misleading Us by tk4rd: 5:45pm On Jun 08, 2019 |
MY PEOPLE... .. In as much as we are embracing modernism with both hands, there are some aspects of our Igbo tradition that we should also embrace tight, and never let go. . 1. The concept of "akó na uche”. In Igbo tradition, people don't just have only akó, or only uche. A grown adult must have both Akó and Uche in order to be recognised as a balanced and well trained person. Akó is the emotional intelligence or Empathy that helps one to maintain good relationships with people and spirits (deities). Uche is the physical intelligence that helps one to gather enough knowledge about the things around him, and apply this knowledge in his real life, especially in his trade of living. But in these modern times, we only know about the physical intelligence. We have thrown away the learning of akó, and replaced it with the teaching of abiding to lots of laws and rules and regulations. Akó is more about applying natural wisdom while living in love and peace, and not about strictness in obeying laws and rules and regulations. .. 2. The concept of “Ezi na Ulo”. In Igbo tradition, the real definition of the family is “ezi na ulo”. Anybody that is living under the same roof you're living in is your family, and that makes for the “Ulo”. Then also, anybody that is under your care whether directly or indirectly, that person is also your family, whether the person lives under the same roof with you or not; and that makes for the “Ezi”. That means, a son to someone can also be a full part of another family elsewhere, and his own biological father may not even be aware of it. But in these modern times, once a person is not the biological offspring or biological parent of someone, that person is not seen as family, and can never be treated as part of the family, even if they had lived together for all their entire lives. This set-up had led to great amount of selfishness and greed in our people. . 3. The concept of “mmanya ocha”. Ngwò and Nkwu-enu to be precise. In Igbo tradition, no matter the drinks available on ground, once Ngwò enters the stage, everybody would go for the ngwò and leave other drinks till the ngwò finishes.. And once Nkwu-enu comes on board, Nkwu-enu surely wins the day - Both the ngwò and all other drinks must wait.. The joy that goes with the sharing of these two drinks spreads among both young and old, male and female. Nobody is exempted from the joy of sharing together. But in these modern times, beers, wines and spirits have taken over. And most times, the aim of their consumption is just for the intoxication, and not the joy of the sharing. ... There are many more.. You Can Give More Examples..... Take for instance, The Moonlight Get-togethers (which is the routine social gathering that cuts across all classes), The Masquerades (which served as an entertainment, as a local police, and as a correctional institution for some misbehaving people), Story Telling (which served as the actual teaching tool for both the akó and the uche).. And so on. ... You can name them. The Igbo Tradition Is Not Totally Bad. The Technologies And The Knowledge That Goes With Them May Be Old Fashioned, And No More Applicable In These Modern Times, But They Sure Cared More For The Wellbeing Of The Individuals That Lived In Those Days. Save For The Traditions That Were Meant For The Worship Of Deities, And Those Made For The Reverence Of The Kings, Almost All Other Aspects Of The Igbo Tradition Should Be Protected, And Then, Reshaped Or Remodelled, And Re-inculcated Into The Future Generations To Come. ... What We Are Seeing Now Tells So Much Of Greed, Ego, And Selfishness. Everybody Wants To Be The First. Even If His Own Brother Or Parents, Or His Own Dignity Should Be Sacrificed, He Doesn't Care. .. Such Was Never The Case In The True Igbo Tradition. The True Igbo Tradition Is All About: “Ihe mere mmadu, mere ikwu na ibe ya”. 2 Likes 2 Shares |
| Re: Our Tradition Is Not Totally Bad In Itself. It's Modernism That Is Misleading Us by tk4rd: 5:48pm On Jun 08, 2019 |
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| Re: Our Tradition Is Not Totally Bad In Itself. It's Modernism That Is Misleading Us by tk4rd: 11:10pm On Jun 08, 2019 |
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| Re: Our Tradition Is Not Totally Bad In Itself. It's Modernism That Is Misleading Us by hahn(m): 7:53am On Jun 09, 2019 |
My own opinion is that Africans should be willing to let go for certain cultural practices that are detrimental to growth and work on promoting the good ones. Things like child marriage, oro in Yoruba land where visitors are killed, marrying of female children etc Also modernism is really not to be blamed. Colonialism is more responsible for the negative image given to our culture and for some reason Africans seem to trapped in the ideas that were used to enslave her forefathers |
| Re: Our Tradition Is Not Totally Bad In Itself. It's Modernism That Is Misleading Us by tk4rd: 6:03am On Jun 10, 2019 |
hahn:Thanks for your contribution. You know, something lead to the post. Me and my friends saw masquerades, and the next thing one of us uttered was: “why are our people so much clinging to the dark ages? we have left all these things behind so many decades ago”.. That was how a heated argument birthed itself, and it lasted for more than two hours. |
| Re: Our Tradition Is Not Totally Bad In Itself. It's Modernism That Is Misleading Us by hahn(m): 11:48am On Jun 10, 2019 |
tk4rd: Funny enough many Nigerians don't realise that many practices in Islam an Christianity are from the dark ages themselves |
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