BY
Hon. Chinedu NkwontaIn Igbo land, names a given with due consideration to the circumstance surrounding the coming of a child or the better expectations of the parents in the future. In the same vein, titles are given with due consideration to the disposition of the individual, what one has done for the community and how one is perceived. It is not possible in Igbo tradition for one to be bestowed with a name like "Onapuluagunma", the man that collected the knife from the hands of a tiger when the person concerned is a mere achiever. In the same vein, Aguleri people could not have bestowed a title like "Akpokuodike ozaa" on an effeminate.