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Nku No N’Mba
“Nku no n’ mba na eghere mba nri”. This translates literally as: a people cook/ prepare their food with the (fire) woods available to them.…
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AFRICAN MEDICINE
*See below the pictures of the Greek demigod Asclepius and the two symbols for medicine.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY
Catholics among us will discover that today’s gospel reading taken from John 20:19-31 ends with the following sentence: “Jesus performed many other signs in the…