NGOZI OSUOHA

NGOZI OSUOHA

BEAUTIFUL MOTHER

Good and beautiful mother

Prestigious mother,

Wise and intelligent

Safe and sound boundaries

Selective and conforming to norms,

Excellent mother

Cherry of birth

Ever smiling, loving and caring

Respected and respectful

Harmonious mother

Amazing, historic and gigantic

Melodious Africa

Beyond description.

NNE OMA

Nne oma, nne mara nma

Nne nwere ugwu

Nne ma ihe

Nne n'aso otutu ihe

Tumadu ihe ojoo

Nne puru iche

Udara omumu,

O ji ochi eme orji

Nne nwere nsopuru

N'asopukwara ala

N'emeru ihe n'oke

Nne di elu, dike na dimkpa

Mama Afrika

Nmadu apughi i kowatacha gi.

CULTURE

Culture is the characteristics of a people,

It is all the things that describe and differentiate them.

Culture is important and mysterious,

It includes attire, language, religion, ceremony amongst others.

Culture says a lot but can be summarized thus:

A people's partridge laughs differently

A people's food is a people's poison

A people's firewood always cooks their food.

Different people, different culture

Culture is the people's identity, their way of life.

OMENALA

Omenala by ejirimara ndi,

O bu ihe di iche iche mba n'eme iji wee pu iche.

Omenala di omimi, dikwa oke mkpa

O gunyere ejiji ma obu ekike, asusu, okpukperechi, emume na ihe ndi ozo.

Omenala na-egosiputa otutu ihe,

Ma egburu ya mkpukpu otu a:

Okwa mba na-achi n'olu n'olu,

Ihe mba n'eri ka mba n'aso,

Nku di na mba n'eghere mba nri.

Omenala by ejirimara ndi

Mba obula puru iche na nke ha.

OBEDIENCE

Ojadili, listen and hear me

Odumodu's journey might be good

But it does not mean that the bunch of palm nuts has not been soiled.

Listen and hear me

He who gives in lack

Differs from he who gives when he has,

Remember as you make your bed, so you lie on it.

Never make unnecessary haste

Because there is a time for everything,

Details simplify issues

Let none trouble another

For whatever a man sows, that he shall also reap.

Heed to this advice in life

For obedience is better than sacrifice.

NKA DI NA NTI

Ojadili gee m nti n'olu

Ije Odumodu jere nwere ike idi nma,

Ma o putaghi na isi akwu dara n'ala edetubeghi aja onu.

Gee nti nuru olu m

Onye n'enye n'uko

Di iche na ome mgbe o ji,

Mkpuru onye kuru ka O ga aghoro

N'ihi na ihe onye metara, o buru.

A gbala oso a rasa mkpuru aka maka na I gaghi afali ya n'elu.

A koruo, e geruo

Nmadu e megbula nwa nmuo, nwa nmuo e megbukwala nwa nmadu,

Nuru olu m maka na nka di na nti.

Ngozi Osuoha