Metro

Aug

2019

Ututu Arochukwu, Onoli Eze Enugu, Orofia Anambra; Descendants of Ohafia (Mben)

Abia State, Amos Oge Kalu, News, OhafiaAbia State, Africa, Biafra, Metro, Ohafia

OHAFIA AND COMMUNITIES FROM OHAFIA. EZEMA ATITA AKPO, the founding father of OHAFIA had 4 sons, namely, in order of seniority: Amogu (Ama) Ezema Atita, Ukpai Ezema Atita, Otutu Ezema Atita, and Uduma Ezema Atita. Uduma Ezema Atita, the last of these sons, in turn, had 4 sons as his father and these are (again in order of seniority): Ezema Uduma Ezema, Chieze Uduma Ezema, Olori Uduma Ezema, and Uduma Uduma Ezema. In line with our topic above and for the purpose of this write-up, we shall concentrate on communities whose founding fathers are sons are from Ohafia and from…

Sep

2016

By Amos Oge Kalu

Ohafia Community History, Culture and Heritage

Abia State, Amos Oge Kalu, OhafiaAbia State, Metro, Ohafia

The Ohafia are an Igbo speaking people who live in a region of about 100 square miles located west of the Cross River in Southeastern Nigeria. On these rolling hills twenty-six villages are found, the smallest are comprised of only a few households. The largest is the village of Akanu, the population of which was estimated by Phillip Nsugbe (1974:8) in the mid-sixties to be around 12,000. The ancestral capital of Ohafia is the centrally located village of Elu. The old part of Elu centers on the site where Udumeze, the founder, first built his fire. This is where the shrine of…