By Nwankwo Tony Nwaezeigwe In Igbo cosmology of identity definition, a family of criminals does not stand for a family without good persons but a family where the criminals predominate, and the good ones are unable to act to remedy the bad reputation of the family. This is idiomatically expressed in the Igbo saying: Ofu aka luta mmanu ozuo ora aka onu—“when one finger touches the palm oil it spreads to the rest.” That the Igbo as a people are collectively deemed bad by both outsiders and some sections of…
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