OFOR HOLDERS AND THE IGBO NATIVES
'Ofor Holders And The lgbo Natives. GISTERNEWS Ofor ( ofor na ogu ) and the images that its conveys among the lgbo people of south eastern Nigeria, in the west African region. The lgbo’ traditional ‘ofor’ is gotten from a tree called Detarium Elastica, this particular tree is essential in the life of lgbo people generally, in some places in lgbo land, it is found in the village squres and communities playing grounds, where it also serves as a canopy or shades that’s protects people, from direct sunlight. it is important instrument and material of social and cultural order . It also have a material and mundane dimensions in the lgbo traditional belief system. It is called ofor by the lgbo people generally, but the tree from which this material come from is called, ‘ohoo tree’ by the people of ‘ Isukwuato ’ in Abia state, Nigeria west Africa region, this people uses the ...