Response To The Portrayal Of The Igbo

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I, Obeirika, am writing to you, the District Commissioner, in order to combat your respond to the portrayal of the Ibo. I plan to help you understand the Ibo internal logic so that you can comprehend and value it. We Ibo believe that killing twins is necessary because the earth had decreed that they were an offense on the land and must be destroyed. If we did not exact punishment for an offense against the earth goddess. Her wrath was unleashed on all of the land. If welcoming twins makes the earth goddess angry, then the Christian practice of saving twins is going against our earth goddess. That could and will throw us into chaos. The view maybe barbaric but it’s also our way of living.

You also say that human sacrifice is disgusting and revolting to sacrifice another human being. That it is savage and disgraceful. We Ibo believe that human sacrifice is sometimes appropriate because it is ordered by the oracle and can prevent punishment and devastation for our village. Human sacrifices are most of the time necessary to avoid war, dysfunction and chaos. If the Oracle is meant to be obeyed , the clan must follow and obey the oracle. No questions would be asked, you simply nod and do as told. …show more content…

You might even call it a crime of some sort. The church was burned as a direct consequence of Enoch unmasking and killing a spirt. When this happened a grave crime was committed. If Christianity is leading people away from tribal religion, then we Ibo have the right to defend our own religion. It’s taking away our culture

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