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- An ọgbanje is a term in Odinani (Igbo: ọ̀dị̀nànị̀) for what was thought to be an evil spirit that would deliberately plague a family with misfortune....
- Emezi's debut novel, it tells the story of Ada, a girl with multiple ogbanje dwelling inside her. A TV series based on the novel is under development...
- corpse. An ọgbanje is a reincarnating evil or revengeful spirit, that would deliberately plague a family with misfortune. In folklore, the ọgbanje, upon being...
- object from Igbo mythology that binds the spirit of a dead child (known as ogbanje) to the world, causing it to return and be born again to the same mother...
- oneself of an ogbanje was to find and destroy its iyi-uwa, a buried object tying it to the mortal world. Many scholars now believe that ogbanje stories arose...
- talisman for the ọgbanje to return to the human world and to find its targeted family; destroying the Iyi-uwa cuts the connection of the ogbanje and frees the...
- “iyi uwa”. the ATR way)). Ogbanje is an Igbo (Nigeria) term that means a repeater or someone who comes and departs. Ogbanje is not a bad spirit in Igbo...
- Ekwensu Ikenga Legendary creatures and concepts Mmuo Ogu na Ofo Inouwa Ogbanje Topics Chi Ekpe Osu Inouwa Nze na Ozo Calendar Sacred places Earth Nri...
- Ekwensu Ikenga Legendary creatures and concepts Mmuo Ogu na Ofo Inouwa Ogbanje Topics Chi Ekpe Osu Inouwa Nze na Ozo Calendar Sacred places Earth Nri...
- tells the semi-autobiographical story of the protagonist, Ada, who is an ogbanje (an Igbo evil spirit). Emezi explores their Igbo heritage's spirituality...