By Rev Fr Angelo Chidi Unegbu (26.10.2020) 1) My dear gallant fallen youths; you went out to peacefully march on the streets in order to sooth the scars of your wounded Nation. Carrying nothing in your hands but placards and…
“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. This simply means that a people’s culture sustains them. Culture is a compendium of a…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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’…
“Honesty and fair dealing were pretty much taken for granted in the market. You could price a commodity and then take it out of the seller’s sight to ask the opinion of your friends. An article purchased and found bad…
