In a narrative by the reverend Prof. Chinua Achebe, he opined that because of
the natural apprehension to creating an all powerful individual as evinc
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WHAT IS A NAME?
George Redmonds defines names as “…special words that we use to identify a
person, an animal, a place, or a thing, and they all hav
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"Onwu" expressed as "Ọnwụ" in the Igbo orthography and pronounced /Aw-nwu/ means
death in the Igbo language. Typically, Ọnwụ as a name could be a shor
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As no one would carry live eagles about to make the point, Eagle feathers symbolically feature prominently in Igbo social and religious activities.
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Before you read this, I recommend you click to read this register of Igbo
vocabulary in the blacksmith vocation [/a-register-of-igbo-words/]
People o
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I foraged a little and found a few things
Akpụtaakpụ/Chikereguru/Chikelụagụlụ/Ọgadazụ/Anya Ụzụ= god of the smith
Agụlụ= Smith
Ụ́zụ́= Smith
Nsó= Chise
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When you search "Ofor", Google returns diverse images of items presented as Ọfọ.
Images were often at variance with what multiple sources describes
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There is an Igbo saying re-echoed in a song by a popular Igbo highlife group:
> “Onye ukwu siri na ya ji Ọfọ, onye nta siri na ya ji Ọfọ. Mana Ọfọ m
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In a song 'Ka esi lee onye isi-oche' from the album 'Akụkọ n'egwu', Gentleman Mike Ejeagha, sings about the story of Mbe (Tortoise) and Ényí (Elephant
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> In the worship of the gods one ever-present tool was the Ofor
[http://www.myigboname.com/entries/Ofor]/Awfaw/ and /Ọfọ/ in the Igbo
orthography. Ọfọ
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The Afamefuna Project
The Idea behind this project is to build a repository of and preserving the meaning of Igbo names. This
goes beyond the archiving of conventional Igbo names or suggesting baby names. We also seek to understand
the onomastics of older names which often make up our surnames. We hope that this becomes a platform you can
trust for Igbo names.
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