Ohuhu Marginalisation: Okpara’s Ghost Must Be Weeping
Ohuhu Marginalisation: Okpara’s Ghost Must Be Weeping Don Norman Obinna – Agu Ibeku – An Igbo threadbare aphorism holds that an elder does not sit at home and watch the doe (she-goat) suffer the pain of childbirth tied to a rope. In other words, an elder should take hard-headed action when things are about to go wrong in his presence. This standard practice amplified my suspicion of the Ohuhu elders' silence in the face of the disparaging violation of the clan's political rights because it is an aberration to sit on the fence in political affairs. The silence of the…
