The Igbo Caste System

"Okirikiri ka anagba ukwu ose anaghi ari ya elu", chants the chief priest commonly believed to be the gods' representative and mouthpiece. "Okenye anaghi anoro n'ulo, ewu a muo nwa n'ohia"; he continues. Hmmm!!! The gods are hungry and that is why they are angry. They have sent down famine and pestilence upon the land,…

A Friend

Do you know who a friend is? Do you know what friendship is all about? What it entails? Who is a friend? Some say a friend is one who accepts you the way you are (whether obese, thin, ugly, disfigured etc), but how true is that? Is that definition a complete one? It’s totally a…

My Journey

Yahoo! I did it! Although it's just the start of my journey, it's a perfect one. Yay, I'm so excited about this. It's really amazing, you know. Well, life has been treating me fair enough with the kind of friends it throws my way and the beautiful family it gave me, but what have I…