Today, 25/04/2014: On my way to 042; Coal City Headquarters of the Igbo people which is Enugwu -- just within a considerable distance on the coal-tarred Enugwu/PHarcourt axis -- a womans phone blared. She picked it up and answered her interlocutor. She was fat and bossy. After shes talked for a few minutes with her caller, she then thundered back on the phone to everyones hearing; in Igbo: Ngwa, chelunu m. M bata kitaa ka m MEELU ya ekpele. M ga-emelu ya ekpele, inugo?; Do wait for me. I am coming back right away to MAKE prayers for him. Well, she seemed to be an exorcist. From what I gathered eavesdropping into her communication, she was actually believing that a certain sick boy was riddled by evil spirit. And the boy needs her services not that of the doctor, hence, her orders. My indaba isnt this. Im actually concerned about the illiterate, stupid and ignorant language that has become popular amongst many religious fanatics of the Igbo extraction. And that is: I ME EKPELE. I have even had to hear such shameless language from some rather educated Catholic, Anglican and Pentecostal exorcists/clergies who should have known better and taught their followers better. All over Igboland, you hear my Igbo people saying that theyre going to one Fr. This or Bishop that or Pastor that to MAKE PRAYERS for them. And when one zeroes in on this language, one would see a people who dont really believe in being prayed for but in having prayers made for them. What a sanctified ignorance! And I would ask: *Are prayers now made or said? A na-emezi ekpele eme ka a na-ekpe ya ekpe? *Are some of these exorcists and clergies really praying to God on behalf of their followers or are they manufacturing some of these their repetitively lazy clichés for their vulnerable followers who are desperate to solve their existential problems? I wonder!
Posted on: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 16:45:58 +0000
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