Why Igbo attach importance to names - Vanguard News
Vanguard News Why Igbo attach importance to names On • Some people believe that names connote good or bad luck • Names of communities reflect their roots • Our names immortalize our linage —Nveneh, Ishi-Ozalla PG • They reflect the attachment of the people to their god —Akwukwegbu • Names have ancestral meanings in Igboland —Obasi •Ohanaeze chieftains in a meeting By Anayo Okoli, Vincent Ujumadu, Dennis Agbo, Chimaobi Nwaiwu, Ugochukwu Alaribe, Chinedu Adonu, Chinonso Alozie, Ikechukwu Odu & Steve Oko NDIGBO attach a lot of importance to the names they bear; both individual...
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