The Ibo culture is unique and filled with many traditions built around pleasing the gods and living a good, kind-hearted life. From their hospitality to their leadership the Ibo are a very respectable and honorable tribe.
A main concept in their culture is to be as hospitable as possible. Guests and strangers are typically shocked to see how well they are treated when in the presence of the Ibo. A joke made of this hospitality goes like this (translated): “If you greet an Ibo man coming from his prayer with palm wine, he will not reply because he is obliged to offer you a palm wine.” It goes to show that their culture is known as a very kind-hearted and selfless one.
On important occasions it every family is supposed to send neighboring families some food. If that family has a visitor or guest the wife will go and invite them over. Before inviting them over, she will have figured out what food that guest enjoys most, and have it prepared. When the guest first arrives she would offer him or her a kola nut and then the main course is brought. Being a guest, it is disrespectful to refuse the food, but on the other hand they are not supposed to finish it. They should leave a bit of it left to show that they had enough food to get full.
The religion of the IBO is Christianity and they make up one of the largest block of Christians in Nigeria. Before Christianity the Ibo culture revolved around one god, “Chi”. The Chi can be personalized and shared with the community, which is thought to be why they later like Christianity.
The Ibo people have a very complex and sophisticated form of political life. They followed the following slogan, “no representation, no support”. Representation is built around the elders and the chiefs. The governmental power was much more diffused in this region in Nigeria.
In an Ibo family the husband s the head of the household and his most important responsibility is the well-being of his family. They followed an extended family system and perfected it. Families were involved in trade and commerce having to do with farming, iron works, and they also organized in trading blocks for the exchange of goods. The Ibo people rarely moved because they found it unnecessary. Communities wanted sons and daughters from far distances to come back and bring their children to their ancestral home.
The Ibo culture is clearly one of great honor where respect and hard work are valued strongly. It is very interesting to see that such an old tribe was so wise about how to deal with people and government. The Ibo are a strong people and should be looked on with great pride.
http://www.oraifite.com/culture-and-traditions
http://www.africaguide.com/culture/tribes/ibo.htm
http://www.stfrancis.edu/en/student/achebe/chinua/igbo.htm
2 comments:
Steven, good job finding out about basic Ibo values. I liked the joke you found about the palm wine. Also the fact that nobody ever moved very far away. Thanks.
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