charlsecy:
Igbos are from Southern Nigeria, not eastern Nigeria. In fact, there is no eastern Nigeria.

Is there South Eastern Nigeria?

I love this
Interesting write-up

Some people behave like Ekwensu

What are these 5 aspects of Chukwu? The post doesn't name them. My people's belief system mentions only 4.

charlsecy:
Igbos are from Southern Nigeria, not eastern Nigeria. In fact, there is no eastern Nigeria.

pardon??

Justfollowit:
Is there South Eastern Nigeria?

We have only Northern and Southern regions in Nigeria. Southern Nigeria is futher divided into South-east, South-south and South-west while Northern Nigeria has North-central, North-west and North-east sub-regions.

Anambra, Imo, Abia, Enugu and Ebonyi are in South-eastern region of Nigeria, NOT eastern region of Nigeria. You can put it this way, the mentioned states are in the eastern part of Southern Nigeria.

stevikenna:
WITH THE ADVENT OF CHRISTIANITY AND ALL THESE NEO COLONIALISM GOING ON,WE THE IGBOS HAVE QUICKLY FORGOTTEN OUR ROOTS
OUR CULTURE IS ON THE DECLINE,THE LANGUAGE IS DYING AND OUR GREAT SOCIETIES LIKE THE AGE GRADE SYSTEM ARE ALMOST EXTINCT
THIS IS A TIME FOR SOBER REFLECTION,WE NEED TO ASK OURSELVES HOW WE WANT THE FUTURE TO LOOK FOR US
IGBO KWENU! !.

heeeyy

igbo kwenu

charlsecy:

We have only Northern and Southern Nigeria.
In Southern Nigeria,

I did 3months of Geography and more than 36 months of Social studies before I could proceed to senior high. What about you?

N, E, S, W

NE
NW
SW
SE
NC(entral)
SC



And SS -used in Nigeria for emphasis

We took those subjects for a reason.

Justfollowit:


I did 3months of Geography and more than 36 months of Social studies before I could proceed to senior high. What about you?

N, E, S, W

NE
NW
SW
SE
NC(entral)
SC



And SS -used in Nigeria for emphasis

We took those subjects for a reason.

Northern Nigeria and Southern Nigeria are regions, while the others such as North-central, South-east, and the likes are sub-regions or geopolitical zones.

Nigeria has two regions, and within these regions are six sub-regions. It is important you don't mistake a sub-region for a region. For example, a person from Anambra and a person from Lagos are both Southerners at the regional level, but at the sub-regional level, the Anambrarian is a South-easterner (NOT easterner), while the Lagosian is a South-westerner (NOT westerner). When you say, for instance, that an Anambra person is an easterner, you are assuming Northern Nigeria away.

mezebel:
Ekwensu go behind me...

Do you think Igbo religion sees Ekwensu the way Christians see "him?"

mifavour:



hehe. easy

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Lol

@Op are you not passing the christian concept of diety as that of Igbos who traditionally believe in multi-diety religion not single diety as you are implying.

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Wow. This is great!

Keep dropping that knowledge. An African Renaissance is long overdue.

Justfollowit:


I did 3months of Geography and more than 36 months of Social studies before I could proceed to senior high. What about you?

N, E, S, W

NE
NW
SW
SE
NC(entral)
SC



And SS -used in Nigeria for emphasis

We took those subjects for a reason.

sorry sis...he is right

I think every culture has their own story about creation and GOD..... but it looks like the colonialists tried to destroy ours. The colonialists attacked everything we have, including our language, that you would be fined for speaking what they called "vernacular." You speak your language and you are whipped.... This is one of the biggest cultural disasters ever experienced. They say your culture is evil; they say your language is backward; they say your religion is demonic......

And they dump all these for the Jewish methodology? Even if they are all bullshît what makes you think that the story of the nailed clown is a sweeter bullshît than your chukwu fairytale?

The Igbo understanding of the relationship between God (Chukwu) and Satan (Ekwensu) appeals to me better than the Christian version. From the writeup I see that the Igbos take Ekwensu to be serving the purposes of Chukwu and is therefore subservient to Him. This is clearly contradicted to the Christian view of Satan who is always at war with God, and winning most of the time. This view has made God not omnipotent but most of the time helplessly unable to help while his arch enemy, the Satan, wrecks havoc everywhere.

Ekwensu as a god or "god of evil" does not exist in any traditional Igbo religion. Its purely a christian creation to serve as an equivalent to Satan. Please do your research.

and this fools(Christians) come change our god to their gods.fools.in my next world,I will remain igbo man.proud igbo boy.GEJ 2015

Nobody believed d dog shey......?

So now that u know that when u bury someone in ash they will return to life y don't u start practicing it......

U de learn how to talk

okonelfg:
abeg can someone explain the first paragraph for me...imagine just finish readin but can't get anything into this my komkom head....only igbo and chukwu is the only thing i can boast of to understand.

Wat is there not to understand, this coconut head, shoould we break your head and put this post for u to understand

kmariko:
Ekwensu as a god or "god of evil" does not exist in any traditional Igbo religion. It purely a christian creation to serve as an equivalent to Satan. Please do your research.

No it is not , it's among the mmuo ojo (evil spirits) that are believed to cause havoc on earth .Ekwensu is just god of tricks and feeds on evil deeds... so there is nothing Christian about it...

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Scholes007:

No it is not , it's among the mmuo ojo (evil spirits) that are believed to cause havoc on earth .Ekwensu is just god of tricks and feeds on evil deeds... so there is nothing Christian about it...

Spirit is not a god.
What is equivalent of spirit in Igbo language is it not nmuo. Is nmuo a god?

kmariko:


Spirit is not a god.
What is equivalent of spirit in Igbo language is it not nmuo. Is nmuo a god?

alusi is the equivalent of god .while nmuo is the equivalent of spirits.

IyfeNamikaze:


alusi is the equivalent of god .while nmuo is the equivalent of spirits.

Is alusi not a place where you worship the Gods. Its like saying that the church is a god. No alusi is not a god

kmariko:


Is alusi not a place where you worship the Gods. Its like saying that the church is a god. No alusi is not a god

nope alusi means god. have you ever heard this words ... "alusi na eje uka".. meaning " a deity going to church "

mezebel:
Ekwensu go behind me....
Chukwu all the way.

You do realize certain people pray for Ekwensu's blessings

Get a change...stop listening to ur dumb pastors who are only after ur money
Embrace your Igboness in full...nt jst by claiming Igbo but living Igbo

Interesting article,as an Igbo,it's the first time am learning that the deity Ekwensu actually represents much more than the Igbo equivalent of Satan in Igbo Mythology,am impressed OP,keep it up..