By Remy Ilona
The osu, as part of the priestly class, were part of the elites, if one can use the word elite to describe anything in a society which was the most egalitarian in the world, or one of the most…. What do elites do? They try to marry fellow elites. Presently, I am also thinking that the Eze Mmuo, Osu, Eze Nri, Umu Nri, who all served the Igbos in public capacities, like the priests, Levites, and Netinim in biblical Israel, married only within their folds, because marriage between a priest and a daughter of a priest would work more easily. So, as we can see, the barriers against inter-marriage between those in the priestly institution, and those outside it, which we see as segregation today, was present in older times, but was not disabling............
Listserv moderated by Toyin Falola, University of Texas at Austin
To post to this group, send an email to USAAfricaDialogue@googlegroups.com
To subscribe to this group, send an email to USAAfricaDialogue+subscribe@googlegroups.com
Current archives at http://groups.google.com/group/USAAfricaDialogue
Early archives at http://www.utexas.edu/conferences/africa/ads/index.html
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "USA Africa Dialogue Series" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to usaafricadialogue+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
No comments:
Post a Comment