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SOCIAL AND CULTURAL GROUPS IN IKA CULTURE The Reformed Ogboni Fraternity is the best known Secret Society in Ika. Its members are drawn from all walks of life, and they are found in every part of Ikaland. The membership of the society is for life. A respondent said that the number of members has been…
GAMES FOR THE BOYS Ogan This is the most popular game among the girls. It does not require any special pitch. It can be played anywhere in the compound or along a lane.The game involves two players at a time irrespective of the number of the participants. One player must be in the ring, ogbo,…
Igba Koso: The game of koso is played by two boys at a time. Before the modern koso made out of metal or plastic materials were known, koso instrument was made out of akpacha, a kind of snail species. Akpacha is picked from the bush; and the snail content is carefully removed from the shell…
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ONYEKPEZE AND IKA CULTURAL MATTERS Ika community had a glorious and rich cultural past in games and entertainments. The adults as well as the children were always fully occupied. There was hardly any time when people were not occupied in those days. On the days when people were not in their farms, they engaged in…
The Ikengan was one of the religious influences which the Ika people inherited from the Igbo culture. It has since been practised and adopted by them as the symbol of the people’s material cum enterprising spirit. The Ikengan is the symbolic force of Ika adventurism. It is the goal setter spirit of the Ikas associated…
ODINALI IKA When viewed in the concept of Ika cosmology, the Ofo embodies the ideological basis of Ika personality. This conceptual symbol is intrinsically wrapped in Ika traditional belief system. Given the interplay of existing centrifugal and centripetal culture forces of Ika pattern of ideology, Ofo is rooted in Ika pattern of inheritance vis-à-vis succession…
ONYEKPEZE AND IKA CULTURAL MATTERS ODINALI IKA Like any other community in Nigeria, the Ika people cherish and hold tenaciously to their tradition (Odinali) as part of their culture. Odinali Ika refers to Ika tradition by which is meant what happens in Ikaland. It deals primarily with laws of the land as set down and…
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ONYEKPEZE AND IKA CULTURAL MATTERS THE MOMENT OF DEATH IN IKA Generally, the ceremonies involved in burial rites, in Ika culture are varied. Like in other African communities, the moment of death triggers off frenzy of lamentation, wailing and misery. These are soon followed by frantic preparations and performance of some burial rites, which will…
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A seasoned educationist and author, Chief Dr. Ferdinand Onyekpeze JP, has according to tradition, paid homage to the traditional ruler of Akumazi Kingdom on the occasion of the celebration of this year’s new yam festival by the royal father. Chief Onyekpeze who holds the title of The Odozi-Ali of Akumazi Kingdom, who was in company…
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ONYEKPEZE AND IKACULTURAL MATTERS In Ika community, the word priest, oheren-iyi (priests, iheren iyi) is popularly used for an official servant of a god, and he normally ministers at a temple or a shrine. A few of such priests, ihieren-iye, are found in the quarters where there are shrines where offerings are made. Examples of…
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