‘Properties of the Gods’: Igbo Monarchs Demand End to Osu System
Some prominent traditional rulers in the South-East have renewed calls for the complete abolition of the Osu caste system, describing the practice as discriminatory, dehumanising and incompatible with the equality of human beings. The royal fathers — Obi Alfred Achebe of Onitsha, Igwe Kenneth Orizu III of Nnewi, both in Anambra, and HRM Igwe Samuel…