Blog Articles
Asaba Massacre Memorial Project
Fundamentally, a memorial is built to reflect on the past, address in good faith the grievances occasioned, ameliorate the trauma, and bring dignity and closure to survivors and victims, thus promoting equity, tranquility, and harmony. The Nigerian Civil...
An Ode to Memory
How much of the past should we forget? Is it weakness or bitterness to remember? Does the death of many at once bring us regret? Is it painful or vengeful to remember? Do we have a morbid attachment to the past? to that deep loss that defines us at last? Our lives...
ASABA MASSACRE AND THE APPEASEMENT OF RESTLESS GHOSTS FROM NIGERIA’S PAST:
The land in Igbo cosmology is unqualifiedly sacred and in the pre and early colonial Igbo societies elaborate rites must be performed for cleansing whenever it is violated by certain egregious human misconducts like murder. Otherwise, the particular community in which...