USA Africa Dialogue Series - Why a Town Union Matters

"The town union is also a very good context for learning. Any person
that has stopped learning is dead! Ikwu amaghi, ibe ezi ya! (If one
relative does not know, another relative can teach that person). Is it
in how to talk in public, how to address issues in public? Is it in
ita okwu eze were ekwu? Is it proverb lore and situations in which one
could deploy a type? Is it how to look at issues critically? Is it in
knowing who is who in your community, who to consult when the occasion
arises, and who is what nwannadi? Indeed, ikwu amaghi, ibe ezi ya. The
town union meeting is an important classroom, and each time a member
misses a meeting or an activity organized by the group, such a member
has missed important matters (You could say important classes for
learning). The person would need to update notes! When members who
missed meetings or activities are asked to pay fines, we see such as
ordinarily a punishment. Really, such members are losing double. They
are losing money, plus the knowledge they could have gained if they
had attended."
---Obododimma Oha; read the full piece by visiting my blog through this link:

http://x-pensiverrors.blogspot.com/2018/06/why-town-union-matters.html



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B.A.,First Class Honours (English & Literary Studies);
M.A., Ph.D. (English Language);
M.Sc. (Legal, Criminological & Security Psychology);
Professor of Cultural Semiotics & Stylistics,
Department of English,
University of Ibadan.

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Centre for Peace & Conflict Studies,
University of Ibadan.

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