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AFRICAN MEDICINE
*See below the pictures of the Greek demigod Asclepius and the two symbols for medicine.
Angelo Chidi Unegbu
HOW ST PAUL WOULD HAVE EVANGELIZED IGBOLAND
Our forefathers succeeded in building a society of justice and equity; a society where political leaders were not paid and yet they were dedicated, sincere and conscientious; a society where doors were never locked and high fences were never built…
THE HYPOTHESIS OF THE CURSE OF HAM AND THE BLACK RACE: THE DANGERS OF ‘HELPING’ GOD COMPLETE THE BIBLE STORIES
In the Middle Ages some scrupulous Christian writers were in the business of expanding some biblical accounts that they considered lacking in substance. One of those biblical accounts that they tried to improve on was story of Noah and his…
DESTRUCTION OF AFRICAN TRADITIONAL VALUES: WHO ARE THE SPONSORS?
The Catholic Church, (other churches and religious bodies), especially, since 1965 has continued to encourage Africans to protect and promote their cultural values. Thus, the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria has not stopped issuing documents on the preservation of our…
21 YEARS AFTER THE PAPAL APOLOGY: ITS RELATION TO AFRICANS
In 2000, Pope John Paul II, in the name of Church apologised to the world for some errors carried out in the name of the Church. Among other things he said: “Let us ask pardon for the divisions which have…
ANARCHY/INSECURITY IN NIGERIA (AFRICA): TIME TO DELETE THE COLONIAL MAP
1) During the harmattan of 1884, as the Africans were busy mending their houses and barns, the European powers gathered in Berlin, round an oak table, to discuss how to launch the mayhem that will for a long time haunt…
IGBO FOREFATHERS: IS IT THAT THEY DID NOT WRITE OR THAT WE CANNOT READ?
By Rev. Fr. Angelo Chidi Unegbu ([email protected]) 24 April 2021 1) Since the beginning of human history, humans have at every age directly or indirectly, knowing or unknowingly documented or preserved their beliefs, fears, abilities, weaknesses, failures, breakthroughs, experiences, joys,…
MOTHERS‘ DAY IN NIGERIA (CATHOLICS)
On the 14th of March this year, many Christian communities celebrated their mothering or mothers’ Sunday in Nigeria. Today being 18th April, Catholics are celebrating theirs. This means that someone whose mother is Anglican and mother-in-law is Catholic will have…
EGO AND RELIGION
I once reproached some Igbo Christians who were demolishing and setting on fire an ancient Igbo native shrine and sacred objects. They told me that it were the villagers or the family that invited them to destroy them. “We did…
ADA JESUS AND ODUMEJE SAGA
1) Any sociologist who has followed meticulously the discussions generated by the Ada Jesus and Odumeje saga would not have any difficulties identifying the reasons for our economic woes and the reasons why Nigerian leaders play Ping-Pong with their citizens’…