05/06/2024
The Igbo people hide their wisdom in their sayings and in their. This way, generations of wisdom have been encoded in the most unusual of ways.
Such sayings or names carry our world view, and stores it in our subconsious.
IFEDIKA NWANNE!
Wisdom profound, love etched in words that cannot be broken.
IWE NWANNE ELU NA OKPUKPU!
The word nwanne itself, loosely translated "My Mother's Child" is broken by the gender rules of language.
NWANNE DI MMA!
NWANNE KA!
Ozu si kalia isi, eyi ka nwanne ana.
IZU KA MMA NA NNE JI!
ONULU UBE NWANNE AGBANA OSO!
These are the Igbo worldview on Nwanne which generally explains "Somadina or SO Mu Adi Na"
May I not be alone.
May I have a brother. May I have a sister.
Ututu dili anyi mma
Oja Ndi Mmuo
Anya Ana A*o Ngwuru
Afor,