Author: chukkyibe
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The wrong way home
Who said to the people “when you go home home will be there Waiting Arms akimbo Who said when you go home The door will be open The house will be standing The trees will be planted on the earth And the earth will be planted on the ground Who said there will be a…
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Ikenga- reasons for sacrifice
What we are about to start will prepare you in the ways our forbearers taught us to prepare the guardian of Ikenga. These rites were last performed by my grandfather on Onwudi, your grandfather, who marched bravely into Biafra, and has not yet returned. The rites were not performed on your father, Umemnaeku, as he…
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A playlist for the end/ start of the world
I feel my playlist is having a conversation with me. It is reflecting back to me what is happening in my subconscious. The music is helping me see where i am emotionally, what i am hopeful for, what i am anxious about, and how i think this all ends.
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Faith, Family, Feminism, and international diplomacy and political espionage.
An interview with Her Excellency Justina Eze O. Eze by Chukky Ibe She had lived in three countries, before she even left her home town. The rate of change in her community had been so rapid, new worlds emerged and old ones washed away. Sometimes through prayer, sometimes through marriage, and sometimes through political struggle…
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A Cow never Dies
In an Igbo household just by looking at an animal standing, before it is slaughtered, one would know what part belonged to what member of the family. The head belonged to the Opara first son. The thighs belonged to Ada; the first daughter. The titled man Ichie; receives vital organs like kidney. Igbos are known…
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