Publisher: Nze Chukwukadibia
Authors: Nze Chukwukadibia
Publish Year: 2016
Pages: 297
ISBN10: 122110
Igbo traditional life is ritual-centric, quite simply, for Igbo culture is
primarily and largely a mystical culture, propelled by a deeply
primal awareness of the spirituality of life. Igbo culture gravitates
towards an ordered universe of interconnectedness life. Hence, if
ritual is the language of the spirit, the language which speaks to the
interconnected whole of life, it is only surmisable that, a culture in
continuous adherence to its own rituals is a culture in unbroken
communication with its own spirit. Given the current state of Igbo
cultural consciousness, one is nearly moved to tears in the face of
such overt realities. However, the study of Igbo culture and her
civilizational antiquity has seen quite a great deal of revival in the
last few years. This overly due resurgence is mostly owing to the
continued efforts of Igbo scholars, at home and in the diaspora,
towards ensuring that the renowned timelessness of Igbo culture
never becomes a thing of axiomatic expression. Nevertheless, it still
fosters a great unrest to notice the paltry level of interest and
resources that go into the appreciation, perpetuation and in-depth
scholarship of Odinala.