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NKE M JI ALA (I)

Okpala Marcellina E.
O.L.A.C. Nnewi.
08064448631

1. IHE ỤWA
Akpaala m ericha ericha.
Igwe ọgụego ka e jizi agụrụ m ego.
Ijeri kwuru ijeri,
E riwe a gwụ agwụ,
A na-ewepu,
Ọ dọrọ ka ọ dọ,
Ọ bụ m.
Ọ nwekwaa aha karịrị akụnaatakasị,
Kpọwa m ya,
Ọ bụ m.

N’ala anyị,
N’obodo dum gbara anyị gburugburu,
Na mba ofesi,
N’Ohu na n’Igbo,
Chọba:
Ụlọ m dị na ha niile.
Kedụ maka ala,
Ndị tọgbọrọ n’efu?
Ha karịrị aja dị n’ala.

Ụgbọelu, ụgbọala, ụgbọndụ,

IME ỌMỤGWỌ
Mazi Eze Emmanuel Mary Okigwe

Rich. N. Ekegbo; richploughman@yahoo.com [Onye Ndezi]

DEAR D R U N K S , R E A D T H I S !

DRUNKENNESS
EXPELS REASON
DISTEMPERS THE BODY
DIMINISHES STRENGTH,
INFLAMES THE BLOOD;
INTERNAL
CAUSES { EXTERNAL} WOUNDS;
ETERNAL
INCURABLE

IS
A WITCH TO THE SENSES,
A DEMON TO THE SOUL,
A THIEF TO THE PURSE,
A GUIDE TO BEGGARY, LECHERY, & VILLAINY.

IT IS
THE WIFE’S WOE, AND
THE CHILDREN’S SORROW.

MAKES A MAN
WALLOW WORSE THAN A BEAST, AND
ACT LIKE A FOOL.

HE IS
A SELF – MURDERER;

“The child is the father of the man”, is well said where the good man is seen in the child. Evil conduct corrupts good manners, and many a time parents never care about the manner of their children. Good trees produce good fruits may not be said of some parents, especially if they fail to do their parental duty on their children. Whether the children begin early to sin, or otherwise depends on the hand that made the shape. Better have a child or two you can be proud of in all weather than litter like sow and live sorrowfully.

THE IGBO PEOPLE
The Igbo people is one of the largest ethnic groups in Nigeria. Among Igbo are variations in the language, which can be seen as dialects; but it is a part of affinity and affiliation of the people. There is no real oral tradtion about Igbo people. Mbaegbu (2012:2) opines that dearth of oral tradition has made Western authors claim that Igbo are people without history. It also goes that they were not ruled by a monarch. But there was a council of elders known as ‘Nze na Ozo’.

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