OFALA: EMBRACE VALUES OF OUR FOUNDING FATHERS – VC TELLS NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT

Awka: Obiorah Anthony Ugwonwa The Vice-Chancellor, Ahmmadu Bello University, Zaria, Professor Kabiru Bala, has described Igbo culture and traditions, Onitsha community in particular as wonderful, outstanding and very impactful. The Vice-Chancellor, who spoke during press interview at the 2024 Ofala festival of the Traditional Ruler of Onitsha, Obi, Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe, held in his palace, over the weekend, maintained that a story of a people with culture and well defined identity are clear indication that the people are proud of themselves. Represented at the occasion by Professor Ahmed Doko Abraham…

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Agbogidi: The Dance of a King

It is customary that the king must dance during his Ofala to the cheers and the admiration of his guests and subjects.So, Agbogidi the Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe stepped out in his royalty to the enchanting percussion of Egwu-Ota, war dance, to show his appreciation to the gods and make a formal public appearance. Of course joy, he must exude as custom demands because the gods averted the calamity that would have befell the throne. A precursor to his spiritual isolation, Inye Ukwu Na Nlo which every…

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