CONTEXTUALITIES OF INDIGENOUS IGBO NAMES.
“Both Igwe,Eze Ngene,Agwu,Njoku,Arisi,Agbafo, etc are oracle names. In the olden times when African Religion was Popular,when parents go to Oracle for consultation in regards to issues of children,when they give birth as the oracle prophesied, ,they would namesake the child the oracle as a mark of respect and honour. Though names like Igwe, Eze, Njoku,Ngene,Agbafo, etc. are exclusively reserved for male children. And because of namesake tradition in Igbo land,such names had multiplied overtime,and younger generation had lost touch with their origin because of modern Religions and religious practices”
…….An excerpt from yet to be published “interlocutory of Africa and civilization”
ISN: Nebeolism-Igweism
(2022/04/16)
