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The Culture of Odo Masquerade and the Question of Identity, Ancestry and Sainthood in Igbo Worldview
Ugwu Anayochukwu Kingsley
Article Number - 670F953C68714 | Vol. 4(3), pp. 22-34, October 2024 |
Received: 26 August 2024 | Accepted: 1 October 2024 | Published: 16 October 2024
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Abstract
This paper is of the
opinion that the effects of foreign culture have played down on the cultural
and ontological values of Òdò
masquerade, hence the minimal observance of identity and ancestral implications
of the culture among Igbo-Africans. With regards to this, the paper argues that
the culture of masquerade stands as a fundamental phenomenon that expresses
identity, ancestral history and the Christian equivalence of Sainthood in Igbo
worldview. The paper is significant as a framework that addresses the issue of
identity crisis and as a work that shows the idea of sainthood among the
Igbo-African people. It therefore suggests that upholding the culture of
masquerade implies upholding the Igbo-African cultural ideals, identity and
value to the honour of ancestry and response to the question of sainthood from
an African perspective. In the paper historical and comparative methods were
adopted. Keywords: Mm?nw?, Òdò,
Masquerade, Igbo, Africa, Culture, Identity, Ancestry, Sainthood, Igbo
Worldview.
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Authors
Ugwu Anayochukwu Kingsley
Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Social
Sciences, Madonna University, Nigeria. Email: [email protected] and [email protected]
How to Cite this Article
Ugwu, A. K. (2024).
The Culture of Òdò Masquerade and the
Question of Identity, Ancestry and Sainthood in Igbo Worldview. Journal of Culture, History and Archaeology,
4(3), 22-34.
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