MrBigiman:


Pls I heard that marrying an OSU lady causes unwanted misfortune and ill-luck. Can u confirm this?

who told u that. They are the most favoured. Blessed people

adecz:


Such things can be "abolished" by mouth.
But everybody still know who be osu.

When a traditional leader takes an osu
for a wife, then we shall know it is finally over..

Not everyone know who be osu. I don't know any and I don't know anyone that knows anyone who is an osu... but I'm sure I've unknowingly been in good relationships with someone who was born into an osu family. it didn't change the way I treat him- as a fellow human. It won't even change the way I'd treat him if I knew.

A step in the right direction. However, some bigots will need more than laws to change their mentality.

ikennaf1:

They want to go.

To lagos and Abuja. .......

Cc Immhotep lzaa lzaa lzaa b'stds

liberalchick:
Story... try to marry and see if it has really been abolished

So you expect a practice that has endured for more than 1000 years just to disappear in a jiffy?

maestroferddi:
So you expect a practice that has endured for more than 1000 years just to disappear in a jiffy?

I heard Rochas okorocha is an Osu....

Is that true?

KillaBeauty:
What a joke! It might be abolished but trust Igbo people to still subconsciously practice it. The Indians abolished their own caste system and infact made it illegal many years ago but till today, people are still treated according to the caste system they belong to. Let a “free born” first try and get married to a person that is an osu, you’d see how the free born’s whole family will kick against it. Abolished my yansh

one gboza for you. your brain legit.

MrBigiman:


Pls I heard that marrying an OSU lady causes unwanted misfortune and ill-luck. Can u confirm this?

Nonsense.

ikennaf1:


Not everyone know who be osu. I don't know any and I don't know anyone that knows anyone osu... but I'm sure I've been in good relationships with someone who was born into an osu family. it didn't change the way I treat him- as a fellow human.

Such things only matter to the
indigenes & has no bearing whatsoever
on outsiders.

"freeborn" lgbo will not even eat in the home
of socalled osu.

Funny enough this tradition always show up when marraige arise.my cousin sister that is already pregnant for a guy went and find out the boy family is osu.refuse to marry him.we advice her to marry the guy and leave old culture or she will become "nna ga nu"

maestroferddi:
So you expect a practice that has endured for more than 1000 years just to disappear in a jiffy?

Stop lying. Nothing is traceable back 1000 years in igboland. Not even 120 years ago.....

adecz:


Such things only matter to the
indigenes & has no bearing whatsoever
on outsiders.

"freeborn" lgbo will not even eat in the home
of socalled osu.

How do you know that from under your rotten roof in muslim oshogbo?

Ok

KillaBeauty:
What a joke! It might be abolished but trust Igbo people to still subconsciously practice it. The Indians abolished their own caste system and infact made it illegal many years ago but till today, people are still treated according to the caste system they belong to. Let a “free born” first try and get married to a person that is an osu, you’d see how the free born’s whole family will kick against it. Abolished my yansh

sorry whats the caste system. I am not getting it

maestroferddi:
So you expect a practice that has endured for more than 1000 years just to disappear in a jiffy?

The stigma of being a caste was never about any laws, there was NEVER a time ( since after the civil war, at least) anyone was jailed or banished from associating with a caste, so it has been ‘abolished’ a long time ago. The real problem is the HUMAN element, unfortunately it is very very very hard to abolish prejudice in Nigeria.

MrBigiman:


Pls I heard that marrying an OSU lady causes unwanted misfortune and ill-luck. Can u confirm this?

Well yes and no.

If I tell you that I have no seen severally people suddenly come to ruin in flouting this practice, then I will be getting economical with the truth.

But then we are in the Christian era and the evangelisation by the church has done so much in breaking satanic influences in most Igbo communities.

Liberation has been impactful in that consequences are gradually fading out.

adecz:


Such things only matter to the
indigenes & has no bearing whatsoever
on outsiders.

"freeborn" lgbo will not even eat in the home
of socalled osu.

Lol you're funny. I'm sure that in my interactions with people, I've eaten from osus and they have also eaten from me. I don't get why people like you carry these things for head. majority of Igbos have left this behind.

Finally, civilization is reaching that side gradually.

phase1:

Nonsense.

Phase 1 are u answering my question?

maestroferddi:
Well yes and no.

If I tell you that I have no seen severally people suddenly come to ruin in flouting this practice, then I will be getting economical with the truth.

But then we are in the Christian era and the evangelisation by the church has done so much in breaking satanic influences in most Igbo communities.

Liberation has been impactful in that consequences are gradually fading out.

God bless u and keep u sir, for saying the truth.

chibuzorAbia:


To lagos and Abuja. .......

Cc Immhotep lzaa lzaa lzaa b'stds

You know what I mean so I won't even bother myself. you people will still keep having headaches on how to keep those Igbo people with you till tomorrow. No be curse. na so e be.

Princeofnigeria:
Ibo people and their archaic culture.

I detest those people way of life

Aturu! We don't know if you have a life not to talk of a way! Sniper is not so expensive, Efulefu!

KillaBeauty:
What a joke! It might be abolished but trust Igbo people to still subconsciously practice it. The Indians abolished their own caste system and infact made it illegal many years ago but till today, people are still treated according to the caste system they belong to. Let a “free born” first try and get married to a person that is an osu, you’d see how the free born’s whole family will kick against it. Abolished my yansh

true

Like if you from Irete pls

liberalchick:


The stigma of being a caste was never about any laws, there was NEVER a time ( since after the civil war, at least) anyone was jailed or banished from associating with a caste, so it has been ‘abolished’ a long time ago. The real problem is the HUMAN element, unfortunately it is very very very hard to abolish prejudice in Nigeria.

You are getting it now.

Previously the people labelled osu were known for perpetrating social and sundry vices across communities. The word osu was also synonymous with extreme poverty.

As education and modernism begin to permeate the society, the stigma will begin to recede, even if gradually.

Great! Pls lets add the abolishment of exorbitant price bride to it..scrap all

the osus seem to progret more than the so called isiala(owners of the land), the only problem is that the can't be made ogbuefi & discrimination during marriage.
i once asked my dad the meaning of osu, he just the are just normal immigrant i.e not owners of the land.

Juliusmalema:
July 14, 2018 was a day of wild jubilation for indigenes of Irete autonomous community, Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State, when the amiable king of Irete, His Royal Highness, Eze E.C. Ekwelibe (Agubiam 1, of Irete Community) declared the Ohu, Ume, Diala and ‘Osu’ Caste Systems abolished.


Eighteen villages had since joined forces to advocate for the abolishment of the the Osu caste system; many thanks to CY Amako (Irete 1), Lolo Uche Amako, Chief Chris Anukam (Omeudo Irete) Phillian Chima Duru, Smart Monye, Duru Sunny George, who pretty much coordinated event logistics, and the indefatigable Rev. Dr. AJV Obinna, who has become a field marshal in the anti-osu movement.
His Royal Highness, Eze E.C. Ekwelibe (Agubiam 1, of Irete Community) had an unforgettable encounter with an ‘Osu’ elder in 2009, which left in him a piercingly hunting and remorseful impression. That impression would later elicit the anti-osu revolution that culminated into the historic abolition of this obnoxious practice on July 14, 2018.
Recounting his experience to Vanguard, he said “The encounter was at a village gathering. After drinking palm wine, the eldest man in the village at the time, who was regarded as ‘Osu’ wanted to pour out the remnant of that wine on the ground for libation, as the custom requires, but I intervened and stopped him, simply because he was regarded as ‘Osu’.
He then politely asked me, “Ethel, why are you stopping me”? And I arrogantly retorted, “Why do you want to do this? Do you not realize that Sunday is here?”
“By age and by right, Sunday was much younger and shouldn’t be doing the libation. But because the eldest man was regarded as ‘Osu’, I stopped him and made Sunday pour the libation. Rather than protest it, the elderly ‘Osu’ man simply said, “Well, let it be to you people, and you’re Christians”.
Now, the humility with which he surrendered and gave up the function to Sunday shook me to my bones. His words, “Let it be to you people, and you’re Christians”, began to hurt and hunt my conscience endlessly. It never stopped. So when I became the king on December 28, 2013, I made up my mind to deal with this problem. Today, the rest is history. The journey that got us here has been succinctly captured in a tell-all book titled The Osu Caste System: The Myths, Realities & Its Abolition.”
To demonstrate their seriousness, a chieftaincy title that until July 14, 2018 could not have been given to a so-called ‘Osu’ person, was conferred on an illustrious Irete son and medical practitioner, Isaac Ugorji, who was once regarded as ‘Osu’. Isaac, who flew in from the United States of America to witness history in his home town, was almost in tears.
Another Abuja based politician and highly revered elder in Irete, C.Y. Amako a.k.a Irete 1, openly announced that he has two beautiful daughters ready to graduate from the University and that he will never ask questions about their suitors, regarding caste identities as ‘Osu’ no longer exists in his vocabulary. He boasted that his daughters were in full agreement!
Popular Nollywood actor, Joseph Okechukwu, who had been at the forefront of the campaign to summarily abolish the Caste Systems in all Igbo Speaking areas of Nigeria and beyond, was live at the epochal event.
According to the Nollywood star, “It was arguably the best day of my life, I couldn’t hold my joy. I had been following the development and praying that nothing would stop July 14th from coming to pass, and nothing did, it happened. The journey to the freedom of the Igbo nation in Nigeria begins.
Few months ago it was Ozalla in Nkanu West Local Government Area, Enugu State, today it’s Irete in Owerri West, Imo State. We want it abolished everywhere in our land. In Nigeria, Igbos are like people in a giant prison. And this nonsense is the reason for our imprisonment. God told me that and I made a video about it. We’re breaking loose!”
The obviously elated Nollywood star hinted that a bigger event billed for December is in the offing. He promised that the December event to abolish the Osu Caste System in Igbo land will be much bigger and all encompassing, and will see prominent Igbo sons and daughters, home and abroad grace the occasion.
African-Americans or foreign nationals who identify as Igbo by ancestry will also be invited to the big event in which forgiveness for slavery and casting shall be sort from God by elders of the Igbo nation in Nigeria.


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/07/jubilation-celebration-as-osu-caste-system-abolished-in-irete-owerri-west-lga/

Slave trade/slavery that has been abolished in west Africa since 1861,you people were still practicing it up till 2018,why such backwardness? You label your fellow indiegenes "Osu",slave. That means the African Americans are also "Osu" since they were sold to slavery to the whites. "Kunta kinte,you wanna go on a cruise?".

chibuzorAbia:


Stop lying. Nothing is traceable back 1000 years in igboland. Not even 120 years ago.....

You appear to have a sub-par IQ or low intelligence.

I have little time for distractions.

yemmight:
I hope someone from that end can explain the meaning to us.

The osu system is a very old one but I will try to explain the various legends associated with it bcoz u sought for knowledge rather than tribal bigotry. In those days there were some people that pledge their life and ancestry to the service of a deity (like d levites of Israel). These people were protected from bodily harm and married themselves. Also during the slave trade, many heads of families thought it was wise to become osu bcoz u dare not hurt an osu let alone sell a property of the gods. Even during the civil war osu were not forcefully conscripted bcoz once again they belong to d gods. Another older legend has it that when the igbos arrived present day igbo land many centuries ago, their priest king ERI was going about cleansing the land occupied by the igbo, however some particular igbos did not want him cleansing their land and so they were naturally ostracized bcoz of their uncleanliness. Any which ways the Osus were ostracized bcoz of psychological factors. If u go to marry a girl and u hear that her family linage was pledged to serve ogun forever wouldn't you pause?