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It is no different from anywhere else in Nigeria

I found a website dedicated to bringing an end to this:

http://www.stop-osu.com/

@sara-j

Your husband is insecure because you are now in the "lime light" where he believes he belongs in your relationship.
Your health/well being should come first over any man. Your husband just has to get used to your new you.

If your losing weight made him cheat on you, then what kind of husband was he in the first place ?

Shaz:
[color=olive]Hey Jaylon, stay active.[/color]

Thanks so much Shaz.

I did a search on the net and found this:


The Osu Caste System in Igboland: Discrimination Based on Descent

The Osu, by definition, is a people sacrificed to the gods in Igbo community. And they assist the high priest of the traditional religion to serve the deities or the gods in their shrine. It is the belief of many Igbo traditionalists that the deities, which were (and are still) perceived in some quarters as being very powerful, would wreck havoc in the society, if they are not appeased.


In some special circumstances, those who hold the traditional beliefs of the Igbos could transform a Diala who committed certain atrocities against the land, into an Osu. This process involved intricate rituals (offering of libations and sacrificing animals to the earth goddess). Some of the ancestors of the present-day Osu people inherited their dehumanizing social status this way.

Because of many oral interpretations of the construct, the Osu has various definitions. It has been defined as a ‘cult slave,’ a living sacrifice,’ an ‘untouchable,’ ‘outcast,’ ‘owner’s cult,’ ‘a slave of the deity,’ and a ‘sacred and holy being.’ 3 These names mean the same: it is an abomination in the Igbo society for the Diala to marry Osu.


All human beings are created equal, but human experiences are heterogeneous. Some people have had it rough all their life on earth, while others do not have a lot to complain about. Naturally, life has the same meaning for everyone, but the Osu caste system in Igboland seems to have changed the meaning of life for a group of people branded Osu

http://uk.geocities.com/internationaldalitsolidarity/cerd/dikeosu2002.html

I just found this website and really love it.

Thank goodness I am not an only child.