By Chimezie Nebolisa It is an open secret that our society is bedeviled in identity crisis. In our pursuit of a better life, we are losing the very core of our existence. This very core of our existence is in shambles as such every aspect of our lives are imploding. We as a people have alienated from the values and identity that sum us as Igbo. Human relations have gone sour and unimaginable as we struggle to outclass one another fiercely even if it takes its toll on our lives. In this season of grave moral decadence, brutish lifestyles and erosion of goodwill, truly, elders are home as the goat birthed in the tether. These societal flaws wont have found their way into our daily activities had we maintained and preserved our local values in our quest for foreign lifestyles acclimatisation. In the process of these newfound lifestyles, we lost ideas, cultures and teachings handed down to us by our forebears. Today, couple rarely drink the palm wine offered during marriage rites, many don
By Chimezie Nebolisa In recent times, it is has become evident that societies transcend to higher level of development through historical trajectories. The developed world continues to achieve enormous societal progress because they have harnessed a common ground where historical events, values and artifacts serve as tools for development. Unlike the developed world, African societies have failed to take a cue from their western counterparts to explore their histories and export them to outside world. At times, not just do the people fail to identify with their history, values and cultures, most are oblivious of such events. History as a subject has been relegated to the background in Nigerias secondary school curriculum for over a decade now. A society that wishes to achieve nation-building cannot not attain her predilections if it continues to deny her past and not reconciling it with her present conditions/events. Knowledge of our history will not only help to influence our under