by Maureen Enem | Nov 7, 2022 | Culture and Tourism
Palm wine as the name implies, is the product of sap of different palm trees. These include; date palm, coconut palm, Palmyra palm, the oil palm and the Raphia palm. The term “wine” comes as the result of fermentation of natural wild yeast from the palm....
by Maureen Enem | Nov 7, 2022 | Culture and Tourism
The Igbo’s usually celebrate the arrival of the new yam through a festival which they call “iri Ji”. Ordinarily iri ji means to eat yam, but in the cultural context, it means the new yam festival. Depending on the dialect some refer to it as ikeji, iwaji, ifejioku...
by Maureen Enem | Nov 7, 2022 | Culture and Tourism
Music is an art with its aesthetic beauty; pleasing to the soul,body and spirit. the truth is that without appreciating aesthetics in the various aspects of our lives, life itself will not only be dull but rigid and boring. The purpose of this report is to look into...
by Eucharia .C Ugboh | Nov 6, 2022 | Culture and Tourism
Several communities in Igboland have diverse cultures and traditions found in the average African setting. In this report, EUCHARIA C. UGBOH examines the osu caste system in Igboland and the need to abolish it given the advent of Christianity. When Mr Godwin Onyeka...
by Maureen Enem | Nov 6, 2022 | Culture and Tourism
What is in our names? The Igbo are one of the three major tribes of Nigeria and comprise the largest group of people living in southern region of the country.Igbo culture is a magical amalgamation of steadfast customs, ancient practices, Nka (artistry), religious...
by Maureen Enem | Oct 10, 2022 | Culture and Tourism
As part of efforts to recover Benin bronzes carted away by the colonial masters, the federal government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Genrman government to repatriate the artefacts by 2022. This formed part of deliberations today, during the...
