THE WAY WE WERE: BENDE IGBOS

THE WAY WE WERE

BENDE IGBOS

THEIR TRADITIONS, CULTURE, BELIEFS AND CUSTOMS

WITH SPEACIAL EMPHASIS

ON

ALAYI TRADITIONS AND CUSTOMS

BY

WILLIAMS I. EKE

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Our forefathers said that the intelligent man expresses

his beneficence to other men by first accepting

each man's way as best for himeself. But

they (our forefathers) caution: "He

who knows much about others

may be learned, but he

who understands

himeself

is

more

intelligent."

I

did not know how much I knew about myself until

I opted to write this book. My intrest

demonstrates that things which

go together naturally do not

have to be tied; for they

will not be seperated

even

without

bonds.