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3rd Annual Igbo Union`s New Yam Festival (Iriji) 2014

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3rd Annual Igbo Union`s New Yam Festival (Iriji) 2014 @ Hyson Green Youth Club, Terrace Street, NG7 6ER | Sunday 24th Aug 2014

1. Introduction of the MC by Edwin Ubah 2. Procession by the IUNB member 3. Opening Prayer by Rev. Father Stanley Ofegbu 5. Introduction of Members of the High Table 6. Presentation of Cola Nut by the women of the Igbo Union 7. Entertainment 8. Chairman’s Address and Response 9. Cultural Display by Afro Cnection 10. Cutting of the New Yam 11. Entertainment 12. Refreshment and Entertainment 13. Vote of thanks By Barr. Emeka Ogu 14. Igbo Traditional Dance & Other Dances 15. Closing Prayer

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British National Anthem.

(GOD SAVE THE QUEEN) God save our gracious Queen, Long live our noble Queen, God save the Queen!

Send her victorious, Happy and Glorious, Long to reign over us; God save the Queen!

Nigerian National Anthem.

Arise, O compatriots, Nigeria’s call obey To ser ve our Fatherland With love and strength and faith.

The labour of our heroes past Shall never be in vain, To ser ve with heart and might One nation bound in freedom, peace and unity.

IUNB Executives: Emeka Ilione _ ____Chairman Emeka Ogu _ _ Vice Chairman Chidi Nzerogu _ ___ Secretary Paul Dim _____ ASS. Secretary Nze Emele _ ______ Treasurer

Sunny Nzegbune ___ Financial Secretary Edwin Ubah ___ ASS. Financial Secretary Ekewoke Beejer _______ Welfare Officer Elvis Okonkwo _________________ PRO Cajethan Anike _ ____________ Provost

IRIJI 2014 COMMITTEE MEMBERS Edwin Ubah ______________ Chairman Chidimma Nteghete_________ Member Ekewoke Beejer ____________ Member Chibuzor Okolo ____________ Member Chigbo Ezeribe _ ___________ Member Blessing Adiruo _ ___________ Member

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New Yam Festival (Iriji ) and the joy of Harvesting Season in Igbo land

By Edwin Ubah

Yam, belongs to plant species called Genus Discorea. Yam is an edible tuber that contains a reasonable quantity of starch-consumed and cultivated in Africa, Asia ,Caribbean, Latin America, and beyond.

Today , Yam is Increasingly consumed and are available in Europe as result of migration and fusion of cultures. For instance, in the Hyson Green and Radford area in Nottingham, there is now increasing number of shops and stores - where yam can easily be purchased.

The arrival of a new yam in Igbo land , attracts the most remarkable celebration of crops in the world. The reason for this grand celebration can be attributed to a tale that: yam was the major crop that saw to the survival of the people during great famine centuries ago. There is a tale that: yam was discovered in the ancient kingdom Nri - in South Eastern Nigeriaduring the time of a great famine.

The discovery of yam was a mystery to the ancient Igbo’s ( also known as Ibos ). In Igbo culture ,yam is seen as supernatural gift to the communities to ensure their survival. Yam is not the only crop cultivated in Igbo land but the celebration of yam is symbolic as it also represents the celebration of the entire harvest. This festival usually takes place towards the end of raining season ( August - September) . In some town , the above Celebration can last up to four days or more.

Yam, in Igbo Language , simply means ji . New yam festival is popularly known as Iriji or Iwa ji . The word iwa in Igbo Language simply means cutting while iri simply means yam eating.

However, Iriji as a festival- means the celebration of the arrival of new yam -as well as- marking the beginning of harvesting season. Yam is usually the first major crop to be harvested.

New yam festival usually takes place at kings palace or market square. The ceremony is conducted by the oldest man in the community or by the King of the community (called: Igwe) During this festival, the IGWE conducts a ritual of thanks- giving to the gods for the arrival of the harvesting season. It is important to note that due to the huge influence of Christianity in the Eastern Nigeria, scarifies to god or God has become an option with some Christians in some communities choosing go to church for thanks giving God. Irrespective of individual of group changing believe , the celebration of new yam festival remain pretty much the same through-out south Eastern Nigeria.

Before the day of festival, old yams must be consumed or disposed to make way for the new yam and new luck. The celebration begins with going to the farm and carefully harvesting the yam. The harvesting of yam is done manually, as the harvester must make sure that he does not cause any damage to the yam. If any yam is broken during harvest, then such yam is considered unworthy for public display at the celebration arena . Broken yams or yam that has been attacked by paste or animal like goat are usually the first set to be eaten after the celebration period. It is important to note that: Goats like to eat yam and they will eat it wherever they can find it, therefore, new yams must be stored away from the reach of goats and other animal. However , it is not a bad idea to feed the goats with the remaining old yam at the eve of new yam festival.

In some communities, Yam is displayed for viewing at the Iriji arena . This is also a way for celebrity farmers known as ‘Di Ji’ (meaning yam great man)- to advertise their produce to the people.

The man with the biggest yam of the year gets round of applause , and cheers from the crowd and he is also recognised by all as: Di Ji! Various kinds of competition takes place in different communities. The community with most attractive competition usually gets large number of tourist from other communities. For example: In ArondiIzuoagu town in Imo State Nigeria , a competition of magicians called ‘Ito Ebunu’ which means untying the Ram is organized during iriji known as: ‘Ikeji’ in their local dialects. Here, a Ram is magically tied to a tree with a very tiny rope, all great Magicians and masquerades in the competition are expected to advance towards the

Ram to untie and take the Ram homewhile others magicians try to stop him with their charms. If any magician gets beaten by the others, he loses his chance in the competition. This continues to go- on in turns, until the greatest and un-stoppable magician unties and takes the Ram Home to cheer of the crowd.

In Nnewi in Anambra State Nigeria, Iriji is also known as: Afia- olu Nnew i in our local dialect . During the festival , a challenge of stick-flogging masquerades namely: ‘ IKERI UDOR (made from tiny ropes) or ‘ MKPAL A’ (made of colourful sacks), takes place at the market square.

This challenge are usually attended in group by masquerades from four party of Nnewi town namely : Otolo, Uruagu, Nnewichi and Umudim . There can be groups and as well individual masquerade challenges. The reason for this competition is to distinguish the strongest masquerade or group from many others . Each masquerade heats the other with a special light- weight stick to the cheer of the crowd. The masquerade with the longest stamina or the one whose body structure does not fall-apart after repeated flogging by others wins the challenge. In some other towns in South Eastern Nigeria, local wresting , music and acrobatic dancing are the main attractions during their new yam festival.

Igbos in diaspora has continued to gather in numbers every year under the umbrella of Igbo Unions or Associations to replicate the celebration of this unique cultural heritage. This celebration gives us an opportunity to celebrate with brothers , sisters, our children , friends and host communities and other communities around the world.

Ndi-Igbo Mma Mma Nuoooooooo!!!!!!!

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Kola Nut---- Igbo Perspective

By Dr Uchenna Enem

The Igbo is one of the major ethnic groups in Nigeria, residing on the south-eastern part of the country. Igbo is the language of this group of people though comprises of over 20 dialects. The Igbo is known for wisdom, creativity and resourcefulness which predispose them to travel wide and engage in all walks of life hence the Igbo proverb, ”onye ije ka onye isi awo ihe mara”(A traveller is more experienced than an elderly person).Within, the Igbos are notable for significant grandeur cultures and standard philosophical practices of which blessing of Kola nut (IGO OJI) is one. The Igbo, from time immemorial accords a lot of respect and regard to Kola nut, because it is antecedent. This practice of blessing the kola nut is detailed in this paper.

Kola nut(Oji) is a nut content of a pod grown by oji plant in some tropical areas of Nigeria. The pod consists of one or more nuts interlaced in their setting. Kola nut (Oji) is a cotyledons seed, each seed has varying lobes of one to seven in number. The nut is observed to appear in different colours of reddish, brown, yellow or white(Oji Ugo). The white nut is regarded as Oji Ugo. It is the princely kola nut which depicts royalty and purity. “Oji Ugo a na-echere nwa eze”. It is important to note that Kola nut is of two types. The Oji Igbo(Cola Acuminata) and Gworo(Cola Nitida).The former, among other things has a bitter and sweet taste while the latter has no bitter taste.

to him “Oji eze di eze n’ aka (the kings kola nut is in his hand). Whoever the elder is, shows the kola nut to the audience who appreciates and praises the host for his kind gestures.

In blessing the kola nut, the eldest raises it to the ancestors, presents the kola to them as well as invoke their presence in the gathering and the blessing of the kola nut proper. To realise this, he enchants some proverbial statements or phrasal incantations and the audience choruses “isee”.

An analogy is given to elucidate the form the blessing takes “Chukwu Okike Oji abiala” “Igbo anyi ga-adi nuo”

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The breaking of the kola nut follows. In my community, the youngest male who has found favour in the sight of the elders is handed the kola nut for the breaking and the sharing. “Nwata kwocha aka o soro ndi ogaranya rie ihe”. He breaks the kola nut and shares it in the descending order, according to seniority and the title holdings. The women in the gathering are given one lobe of the kola nut to share, their number A scholastic approach to the etymology of Kola nut(Oji) described it thus notwithstanding.

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Put together, ”Oji bu Omenala Jikotara ndi Igbo (kola nut is the tradition that unites igbo people). Oji is a socio-cultural, religious, ritualistic and a political symbolic nut which denotes peace, justice, unity, essence of life, prosperity, hospitality etc. among the Igbos. Suffice it to say, Kola nut must be presented in every gathering irrespective of the purpose, and the location.

Oji is presented to welcome guests as a good will message and hospitality; It is also blessed and broken in the settling of disputes and communal clashes to make peace among the warring factions. Oji is very important in marriage ceremonies, child birth celebrations, naming ceremonies, installation of titles, burial cum funeral ceremonies, different festivals, igbo meetings. It is given as gifts “Oji ruo uno o kaa onye wetere ya (when kola nut reaches home, it tells who presented it). The blessings and breaking of kola nut is also very significant in seniority tracing among the audience. The use of kola nut in divinations, invocations and the appeasement of the gods and the ancestors cannot be overemphasized. Thus a lot of value is placed on the kola nut more than on food or any other nut.

The Igbos regard Kola nut as their prayer book and their communion to liken the Catholic form of prayer and the Act of Catholic Communion of bread and wine especially if the kola nut is eaten alongside with palm wine. In this spirit, (Ukaegbu 2003) opined that “the kola nut is the bread of sacramental communion and must therefore be specially presented, broken, shared and partaken by all parties and families in the gathering.

Myths and Legends of Kola nut (Oji) Kola nut has mythological and legendary inferences. It is the belief that the Igbo founding fathers visited the gods’ orchard and the gods chose the oji as the king of all the fruits in the orchard. As a result of this, Oji becomes of great value in Igbo land, the medium of communication with the gods or the unifying factor between the living and the dead It is also the belief that Oji is sacred and abhors all forms of modernisation and changes, hence the saying that Oji does not hear any other languages (including the lingua franca English) except the original Igbo language. This is the language the gods know it with and they would be alienated from the blessing of the kola nut if any other language is spoken to the kola nut because they did not acquire any other language all their life

Presentation, Blessing and Breaking of Kola nut

Due to the sacredness of kola nut, its celebration is solely the business of the men folk. A woman is not allowed to pluck, present, bless or break the kola nut. In the gathering of just the women, the culture behoves on them to beckon on any man around the corner to perform the tradition of kola nut. The women in their endowed submissive nature do not contest this. They believe it was a question of mentality then, after all the men are not holier than the women.

Perusing the foregoing, there are many settings whereby the kola nut is accorded respect but in each case, follows a symbolic and a euphoric attention. For the purpose of this work, the setting is that of a host presenting Kola nut to his invited guests. The host’s wife tidies the kola nut and gives it to the husband discretely and the husband presents it to his guest. The eldest or the title holder in the group is traced and handed over the Kola nut, whereby the eldest is the host, the kola nut goes back

Another myth held with regards to Oji has to do with the number of lobes in a nut. As explained earlier Kola nut comes in lobes, the number of the lobes in a nut is significant. Some kola nuts are not eaten depending on the number of lobes and some are highly celebrated believing that they represent prosperity and blessings to the audience. The Igbo also believes that the lobes comprise of male and female components which accordingly indicates completeness of human components (male and female).

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Lobes of the Kola nut Oji ogbi(dumb Kola nut). This is a one lobe kola nut. This kola nut implies neither male nor female. Such Kola nut indicates bad omen and so, no one eats it rather it is used to appease the gods or the spirit. It is thrown away to the gods afterwards.

Oji akala naabo: This kola nut consists of two lobes which the Igbo believes it represents; male/female; light/darkness; heaven/earth. It signifies conflict between the presenter and the guests or whatever the audience is. As a result, the kola nut is not eaten. On the other hand, it may be eaten within a close or a nuclear family setting.

Oji Ikenga; Oji Ikenga is a three lobed kola nut. It is all male kola nut. This kola nut is presented to valiants or consecrated people. For instance people who have distinguished themselves in battles, in wrestling or other significant human endeavours.

Oji Ahia: This is four lobed kola nut which represents the four market days in igbo land. The Eke, Orie, Afor and Nkwo. It is regarded a normal kola nut consisting two male lobes and two female lobes. This kola nut signifies peace, unity, and blessings. It is predominantly blessed and broken in marriage ceremonies.

Oji Aka na Okpa: This is a five lobe kola nut. It consists of two male lobes and three female lobes. A five lobed kola nut indicates good omen and signifies productivity and wealth among the partakers.

Oji mkpuru isii: As the name implies, it is a six lobed kola nut which also indicates good omen in the land. The composition of the male/ the female lobes varies. Sometimes it may comprise of four male lobes and two female lobes. Or it may comprise of three male lobes and three female lobes.

Oji asaa mmuo, asaa madu: A seven lobed kola nut is regarded as the mother of all kola nuts. It is of great significant and value. It consists of either four male lobes and three female lobes or three male lobes and four female lobes. This Kola nut connotes perfection, strength, and circles of birth. As the name implies, the belief is that it has both physical and spiritual powers and so a medium of communication with the gods and the spirits.

Conclusion A eulogy to the Kola nut(Oji Igbo) A nut that breeds virtues A nut that brings happiness A nut that ushers in every occasion A nut that is more valued than all edibles A nut that unites the physical and the spirit A nut that deciphers good and bad omen The anchor and the antecedent nut.

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Evergreen Proverbs of Chinua Achebe

By Dr Ogueri Nwaiwu

Chinua Achebe, an illustrious Igbo son is arguably the greatest writer ever to come out of Africa. Please enjoy this short compilation of some of his quotes which are evergreen.

1. “We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own.

The Igbo, always practical, put it concretely in their proverb Onye ji onye n’ani ji onwe ya: “He who holds another down in the mud must stay in the mud to keep him down.”

me to be part of the meaning of existence and everything we value.”

11. “There is a moral obligation, I think, not to ally oneself with power against the powerless.”

12. “You do not know me,’ said Tortoise. ‘I am a changed man.

I have learned that a man who makes trouble for others makes trouble for himself.”

13. “At the most one could say 2. “One of the truest tests of integrity is its that his chi or personal god was blunt refusal to be compromised.” good. But the Igbo people have a 3. “Storytellers are a threat. They threaten proverb that when a man says yes his chi all champions of control; they frighten says yes also. usurpers of the right to freedom of 14. “People from different parts of the the human spirit in state, in church or world can respond to the same story if it mosque, in party congress, in the universays something to them about their own sity or wherever.” history and their own experience.”

4. “A man who calls his kinsmen to a 15. “Every generation must recognize and feast does not do so to save them from embrace the task it is peculiarly designed starving. They all have food in their own by history and by providence to perform.” homes. When we gather together in the moonlit village ground it is not because 16. “A man who pays respect to the great of the moon. Every man can see it in his paves the way for his own greatness” own compound. We come together be17. “A child cannot pay for its mother’s cause it is good for kinsmen to do so.” milk.”

5. “When we are comfortable and inatten18. “That we are surrounded by deep tive, we run the risk of committing grave mysteries is known to all but the incurinjustices absentmindedly.” ably ignorant.”

6. “Age was respected among his people, 19. “Procrastination is a lazy man’s apolbut achievement was revered. As the ogy.” elders said, if a child washed his hands he 20. “An old woman is always uneasy when could eat with kings.” dry bones are mentioned in a proverb” 7. “Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs 21. “A toad does not run in the daytime for nothing” are the palm-oil with which words are eaten.”

22. “Those whose kernels were cracked by 8. “When Suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat left for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool.”

benevolent spirit should not forget to be humble.”

man carries his own.”

28. “Eneke the bird was asked why he was always on the wing and he replied: ‘Men have learnt to shoot without missing their mark and I have learnt to fly without perching on a twig.’ ” 29. “The fly that refuses advice follows the corpse into the grave.”

30. “If you had been poor in your last life, I would have asked you to be rich when you come again. But you were rich. If you had been a coward, I would have asked you to bring courage. But you were a fearless warrior. If you had died young, I would have asked you to get life. But you lived long. So I shall ask you to come again the way you came before.”

31. “If you don’t like someone’s story, write your own.”

32. “Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am and what I need is something I have to find out myself.”

33. “To me, being an intellectual doesn’t mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them.”

34. ‘’The world has no end, and what is 23. “When a man is at peace with his gods good among one people is an abominaand ancestors, his harvest will be good or tion with others.” bad according to the strength of his arm.” 35. “Writers don’t give prescriptions. They 9. “Privilege, you see, is one of the great adversaries of the imagination; it spreads 24. “When a coward sees a man he can give headaches!” a thick layer of adipose tissue over our beat he becomes hungry for a fight.”

Ndi Igbo Udo diri uno OOOOOO! Enjoy sensitivity.”

25. “As our fathers said, you can tell a ripe the Iriji day!!

10. “Oh, the most important thing about corn by its look.”

(Senior Research Manager, Alpha Altis me is that my life has been full of changLtd, Sir Colin Campbell Building; Univ of es. Therefore, when I observe the world, I 26. “When mother-cow is chewing grass Nottingham Innovation Park, NG7 2TU, don’t expect to see it just like I was seeing its young ones watch its mouth” ogueri.nwaiwu@alpha-altis.co.uk) the fellow who lives in the next room.

27. “Wisdom is like a goatskin bag; every There is this complexity which seems to

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This year the Big Parade will be larger and more spectacular than ever before with more Nottingham based carnival troupes participating. In addition, there will be carnival troupes from Derby, Leicester, the fabulous Rampage from Luton and Notting Hill’s top Carnival Band, Mahogany.

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Ojeikere is widely regarded as one of the greatest 20th century African photographers. His Hairstyle series began in 1968 and grew to encompass 1,000 photographs spanning 40 years- only reaching its conclusion following the artist’s death earlier this year.

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New Art Exchange (NAE) presents Nigerian photographer J.D Okhai Ojeikere’s prolific collection of ornate hairstyles and headdresses. The elaborately sculpted hair of female African models is captured in detail through beautifully composed black and white photography. The series celebrates hairstyling as ‘art’, and reflects Nigerian cultural traditions.

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18 troupes will be displaying their amazing costumes with a true international feel leaving from Castle Gate in the City Centre at 2pm arriving at The Carnival Site at the Forest Recreation Ground around 4.30pm.

Free entry | All are welcome

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