clerkent:
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"

u must be heartless for telling her to do such thing......

will u allow ur own sister to do such?

This is a welcomed development. Though most ala igbo have absolutely abolished the practice.

NB: the skull miners that are here talking rubbish, this is another plus for ala igbo as we have seen what is hindering our unity and progress and done away with it yet you guys are still mining skulls, raping your daughters and mothers, killing yourselves in the name of Oro festival and most importantly still trembles at the sight of omo igbo. Wake up,, the igbos have since left you guys behind. Nonsense vote selling people of the brown roofs enclave.

Princeofnigeria:
Ibo people and their archaic culture.

I detest those people way of life

hateful and bitter soul.free yourself from self imposed bondage

els0nm0rali:
Finally, civilization is reaching that side gradually.

osogbo and ogbomosho......

I remember how I bleeped one of them for about six month then a guy from Enugu alerted me that's she Osu quick quick I dump her like hot potato .
The gal sabi do the thing Shia .

So when will His Royal Highness Eze Ekwelibe abolish the cocaine courier business ?

Princeofnigeria:
Ibo people and their archaic culture.

I detest those people way of life

you fool ooo yhu dey hate wetin yhu no understand

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

OSU na half-cast (slave)

MrBigiman:


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

Confirmed!!

In fact the hair on your head will fall off one after the other till you go bald.

oluwaahmed:


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?

which state are from and from which Wikipedia or bing u copied this from?

I remember how I bleeped one of them for about six month then a guy from Enugu alerted me that's she is Osu quick quick I dump her like hot potato .
The gal sabi do the thing Shia .

chibuzorAbia:


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

and yhu so sure how old yhu come be

Where is the guarantee that you will see tomorrow? Foolish osu guy cursing up and down on social media.
Your prayers hasn't been answered and you are now cursing.
All your curses are back upon your head.

baddosky1:
It has been already abolished in most parts of Igboland.

It is only some idiotic foools here on nairaland from the gbegiri land that are calling Igbos here Osu.

May anyone who does this here in nairaland not see December

oweman:


I remember how I bleeped one of them for about six month then a guy from Enugu alerted me that's she Osu quick quick I dump her like hot potato .
The gal sabi do the thing Shia .

and in ur mind u just made sense.

Let the eze cast the first at one by marrying one osu for himself or his son . It's a bad traditional that has deadly impact.

chibuzorAbia:


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

yhu so sure how old yhu come be

Unofficially, no "nwa" would marry an OSU.

.

I REMEMBER THE EFFECT OF ALL THIS BAD CULTURE IN NOLLYWOOD MOVIES SHAH! SO BAD

ikennaf1:
One of the disadvantages of Christianity at the time. The people regarded as osu are just people who devoted themselves and family and future families to the worship of a fetish deity.... mostly due to safety reasons or hunger.

Due to influx of Christianity at the time, those people were therefore declared outcasts. They and their descendants. It's all shades of wrong. Whatever one does in a bid to protect himself, he should not be judged for it. During the civil war, a whole community dedicated themselves to a deity when their community fell to Nigerian soldiers. They shouldn't be judged for it, but they are. Religion is not hypocritical but it turns on the hypocrisy in us.

Christianity didn't declare them as outcasts... it was the hypocrisy in humans that did.

This is a partly untrue story. OSU people are those who are regarded as slaves to one deity or the other, they are chosen by the deity and not the other way round. Osu people are discriminated against beca.use of the bond they have with a deity. They were usually used as sacrifices to the deity and were considered as the deity's properties. OSU system started way before the civil war and even before Christianity came to igboland

Long overdue. But no do am for money sha. All this honored hold side

Long overdue. But no do am for money sha. All those honored hold side

I hear


I hear

Princeofnigeria:
Ibo people and their archaic culture.

I detest those people way of life

Like the know you exists. Stay in your perfect culture. Serial ritual killing to the extent of killing and mutilation of ex- deputy governor's final year daughter happened in Igbo land? Nonsense

So na true
These people are still living in the 17th century.

until I see the king marry from OSU or allow any of his children to marry osu then shall i believe they are
serious, after all leaders are lead by example

baddosky1:


How can you tell a "set of people" to abolish what is part of their culture?

Stay there and be spreading rumors.

That osu exists is undiputable though

Juliusmalema:



which state are from and from which Wikipedia or bing u copied this from?

If u have a contrary opinion or further knowledge about the subject, why not state it?

oluwaahmed:


If u have a contrary opinion or further knowledge about the subject, why not state it?

that's what am saying which state are u from so we can use the state as case study to prove our points.....my dear Oluwaahmed.

true that it has been abolished in most part of igboland. what most peeps do not know is that it is still deeply rooted because no one from such towns agree to inter marry with them even after the abolishment. an example is from my town, when the then Igwe abolished the osu cast system, his subjects accepted it whole heartedly and urged him to show a good example for others to follow by marrying a girl from one of the numerous osu families, till date, that igwe never did it. so on the surface level it's been abolished, but nobody still wants to marry them, except the person is coming from another town or state. to me, i say it's still very much alive

Keegan:
Where is the guarantee that you will see tomorrow? Foolish osu guy cursing up and down on social media.
Your prayers hasn't been answered and you are now cursing.
All your curses are back upon your head.

It seems you were also given expired vaccination as a child too abi?

https://www.nairaland.com/4623770/man-raises-alarm-over-alleged/1#69485123