01/07/2025
EZINSEH THE JEWEL OF DONGA
by Dan Ichen of Yamuje TV
In the green valleys of Donga, surrounded by rolling hills and whispering trees, lived a young woman named Ezinseh. Born into the Ichen tribe, she was known for her calm spirit, deep respect for tradition, and a heart as generous as the flowing rivers that watered their farmlands.
She married Emoseh, a humble, hard-working farmer who loved his people and honored his roots. Their union was celebrated not just for love, but for the blending of two souls who believed in family, respect, and faith in the ancestors.
From the early morning sun to the calm of the night, Ezinseh proved herself to be a true wife material not in riches or status, but in character.
She woke with the birds, lit the fire, and prepared Egyua for Emoseh her husband before he went to the farm. Her hands were never idle weaving baskets, tending to the goats, teaching the younger women the old songs and proverbs passed down by their grandmothers.
But what made her special was not just her service it was her wisdom.
Whenever conflict rose in the compound, Ezinseh was the one they called. Her words, soft yet firm, brought peace between quarreling neighbors, between mothers and daughters, even between elders who held grudges for years.
Emoseh never took her for granted. He always said, “A man may plant Maize, but it is the woman who turns them to food.”
When drought threatened the village one year, and many families began to fight over water, it was Ezinseh who led the women in digging a new well, drawing from her grandfather’s stories of the hidden stream beneath the old mango tree. Her wisdom saved them.
The elders called her "Matar Ichen da hankali" the Ichen wife with deep sense.
On the day of the annual Ichen festival(ICADA), as drums echoed and dancers spun with energy, Emoseh rose before the crowd and said:
If all men were blessed like me, with a wife like Ezinseh, our land would know no sorrow. She is more than a helper she is the pillar of my home, the fire in my heart, and the pride of Ichen womanhood.”
Ezinseh smiled, not out of pride, but gratitude.
For in her heart, being a wife was not about perfection, but about patience, love, respect, and building not just a home, but a legacy.
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