Author: Ekene Ugwuanyi

Have you ever wondered why there are such names as Ọfọma (Ọfọ knows) which is a short form of Ọfọ ma onye ji ya (Ọfọ knows who holds it), Jideọfọ (hold Ọfọ) Ejimọfọ (I hold Ọfọ) Ọgụejiọfọ (the fight fought with Ọfọ) Ọfọkansị (Ọfọ is greater than poisonous charm) Ọfọefule (Ọfọ should not be lost) Ọfọdile (Ọfọ is efficacious) etc. among the Igbos. Ọfọ is a tree in Igboland, the botanical name of which I don’t know. Like many African tribes, the Igbo man is a pantheist, sort of. He believes that God is everywhere and can reveal His (although…