AWA: Legends & Heritage

AKWARI OMUMU: The ancient AWA tradition that must not be ignored The saying will always be true: If a man does not know when the rain started beating him, he cannot know when it stops. Suffix it to say that whoever fails to dig out his past will certainly pay for it. My good friend and brother, Chuks (Chukwuma Okeke of Ajango village), had one of the most beautiful child dedication and Nkuputa Nnwa ceremonies last weekend (July 29 th ). It is always lovely to be in a feast hosted by a jolly good friend. Yes, Chuk’s event yesterday showed me that this amiable Awa guy is a jolly good friend. The class and quantum of friends, well wishers and business associates that attended the event said it all. Above, Ndi-Awa in their numbers were present to cheer with their beloved that decided to expresses a heart of gratitude to the Almighty who blessed his young family with a bouncing baby boy. Indeed, our Awa tradition has from the time immemorial recognised that children ar...

WHY WE SHOULD CELEBRATE Abraham J. Heschel, a Polish -born American rabbi and one of the leading Jewish theologians was quoted in The Wisdom of the Heschel of saying, “People of our time are losing the power of celebration. Instead of celebrating we seek to be amused or entertained. Celebration is an active state, an act of expressing reverence or appreciation. To be entertained is a passive state--it is to receive pleasure afforded by an amusing act or a spectacle.... Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one's actions. ” Behind the thin lines of the above quote are the reasons why Ndi-Awa and her legends shall be celebrated. Looking back in time, a few decades ago, one would agree that of a truth, a number of our sons and daughters have achieved great feats in their careers such that it is proper to say, well done! – agu nnaa bia nara aka! This is more so when these great Awanians have applied their hard earned resour...

AWA TOWN, ORUMBA NORTH L.G.A, ANAMBRA STATE About Awa Town Awa is an autonomous community in the present day Orumba North LGA, Anambra State. It prides itself as one of the most popular towns in the local government, being blessed with abundant bounties of nature necessary for luxuriant living and development. Awa can properly be described as an island community for it is bounded by rivers. This is, perhaps, the most distinctive physical feature of the town. By road, through the bush, or by any other means of movement, one must cross a body of water before entering the community. Beyond these waters are the neighbouring communities: Akpugoeze town by the East, Ndikelionwu by the west, Ndiukwuenu by the north and Ufuma by the south. There are four motorable road entrances into the town. These include: 1. Ufuma - Awa road through the southern part and  crossing  Ofii  River. 2. Umuonyiba-Ufuma - Awa road also through the southern part and crossing the southern...