NIGERIA PEOPLES AND CULTURES
Africa with Culture COMPILED WORK ON NIGERIA PEOPLES AND CULTURES BY THE 2005/2006 3RD YEAR STUDENTS OF THE SPIRITAN SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY ISIENU-NSUKKA Edited by Paschal C. Anyanwu T ABLE OF CONTENTS KOLANUT (OJI) IN IGBO TRADITIONAL CULTURE INTRODUCTION PRELIMINARY REMARKS ON ‘KOLANUT’ ETYMOLOGY OF ‘KOLANUT’ WHY THE KOLANUT? KOLANUT AS LIFE-AFFIRMING PRINCIPLE KOLANUT AS A SYMBOL OF POWER AND LEADERSHIP KOLANUT AS A RITUAL AGENT MINISTRATION OF KOLANUT FEATURES OF KOLANUT TO THE WOMAN GROUP TO THE KINSMEN (UMUNNA) BLESSING OF KOLANUT (IGO OJI) RIGHT OF BREAKING THE KOLANUT GENERAL EVALUATION AND CONCLUSION REFERENCES PRESENTATION: OMU – THE TENDER PALM LEAVES INTRODUCTION WHO ARE THE IGBO PEOPLE? ORIIGIN OF THE IGBO PEOPLE NRI MYTH ISREAL MYTH WHAT IS OMU? AS ASYMBOL OF WARNING AS A SYMBOL OF ARBITRATION AND LITIGATON AS A SYMBOL OF WAR AS A SYMBOL OF HONOUR AS A S...