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May 09, 2016

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A BRIEF HISTORY OF OKPANAM

The town called Okpanam is bordered by Asaba and Ugbolu (a vassal of Okpanam) to the East, Igbuzo (Ibusa) and Ogwashi-Uku to the South, Issele Azagba and Azagba Ogwashi to the West and Akwukwu Igbo, Atuma and the River Niger to the North. With a population of nearly 70,000 made up mainly of civil servants and farmers, Okpanam is indisputably the oldest human habitation in the Delta State Capital Territory. This is evidenced by the huge land mass available to her compared with that of her more prosperous neighours such as Asaba and Ibusa. In deed there are still records showing that the Zappa Primary School and Catholic Church by the Water works in Asaba are located on Okpanam ancestral lands. The coming of the State capital to this area has unfortunately given the government an instrument with which to grab more land freely from Okpanam and transfer to others under the guise of development. The other members of the triumvirate making up the State Capital Territory are Ibusa and Asab

MYSTERIES IN OKPANAM HISTORY: the Veneration of the Ram

By Larry Happiday This ancient Greek ram rhyton was used in pouring libation to their gods . Pic Credit: Wikipedia There are man mysteries that are accountable in Okpanam history. Among the many mysteries that still remain curious events are: the emergency of ram as the town's chief totem; the death of one-man kingship; the voice at Ogwugwu; the role of birds ( eneke ) in the deliverance of Okpanam from the massacre of Nigerian army officers during the civil war years and the role of some elders and a strange white horse in that series of "coincidences" that saved the people from mass murders as seen in the neighbouring town Asaba. In this series, I intend to write on these events, interview elders who should know about them and get you the details first hand. Keep a date with Okpanam Forum . Ram: Forbidden by the people of Okpanam Veneration of the Ram In addition to ogbono and ugu vegetable, the ram is one of the most respected b

EGWUGU MASQUERADE DRAGGED INTO POLITICS

This masquerade from Steve Kasher Gallery shows a typical African masquerade A dangerous twist was introduced into electioneering in Okpanam with the deployment of the revered traditional masquerade into election matters. Reports getting to us indicate that some misguided youths came out with the masquerade on Saturday with intention of coaxing people to vote for their favoured candidates. Matters got worse when in the process of enforcing their wish, the youths began to beat and extort money from people. It is a well known fact that the "egwugwu" was the enforcement arm of Okpanam socio-political life before the coming of modern civilisation. In the haydays of its introduction, it was used as the local equivalent of the police which forced communal decisions on the recalcitrant. However, so much has changed. the coming of modern police has taken away the attraction of policing leaving the group a shell of its old self. Now desperate for relevance, some politicians have

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