Author: DAVID ANDERSON L. IREGBU

Publisher: DAVID ANDERSON L. IREGBU

Published: 2019-06-24

Total Pages: 201

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Cultures and traditions are the ways of life for Africa. Some of the cultures are rooted in a belief founded by the antecedents in their quest for God. The founding fathers of the African cultures and traditions bore a longing for the divine being, searching with open mind to know the person about whose creation speaks of his supremacy, wonders and existence, the creator of everything: chukwu okike or chukwu abiama. Although, naïve and ignorant of his person and statutes they were deceitfully exposed to mysticism and unnatural powers of dark forces that present themselves, as god the creator. These occupied, diverted and ended their quest to discover the true person of the true creator. Handling them beliefs, some of which gave birth to the way of life and worship of the ancients. These beliefs became tradition while its practices depicts it fetish. In this epic drama, you will find the way of life of the people of eziala ukwu: the sights of mermaids, Burying the priest with ten human heads and the act of the bloodline kissing the corpse, Were all common fetish belief. Furthermore, all that was threatened by the strange belief of the church represented by the catechist And his family. Ezinne, a maiden of akwakariri, the daughter of the catechist of Catholic Church was confined in the middle of this play in action. She was covenanted and betrothed to the osimiri, the god of eziala ukwu by her antecedent. Her antecedent saw it a common available option and a bigger offer to acquire what she needed mostly at the time, With no knowledge of the fierce battle, horrific terror and experience it will confine and expose the innocent maiden to. It is a common way of life for parents to engage their children unborn into such marriage covenant. Hence, it was common to engage a child unborn to a deity, but it is uncommon for that child to emerge Akpakirika the goddess, in eziala ukwu. Though it was common, but will it still be common when the child engaged is of a different way of Life, belief and religion that threatens the common tradition? Against all odds in reality, osimiri the god of eziala ukwu rises to claim his betrothed. Why don’t you discover how Its all going to play out in the sequence of this play. This play sure draws attention to a real possibility of the same battle raging in the lives of many Africans, Asians and westerners. Culture and tradition is our way of life, but we ought to draw attention to the source of it, practices, and checkmate its effects in our lives, spiritual and physical. Find out what becomes of Ezinne in this epic battle of the supernatural, mysticism,