08/14/2020
It takes a village to name a child is a book that took me months to be able to come up with a review... Not just because I was busy but because I have been awestruck by the findings and the revelation in the book.
It comprises of many stories but being from the much talked about Nri town which was aforementioned in the beginning and from where the blacks and most humanity came from, I had a lot of things to grapple with and things to research about. From Wikipedia, to online coverage/histories to traveling and enquiring from the elders whom I know and who can still tell me a story or two about some stories quoted in the book. This book heralds the Igbo culture and tradition, the African values, culture and tradition, history of the blacks and lots more.
This is a book that makes you want to really get In touch with your roots and makes you question a lot of things you have been told as a child and even as an adult. It's liberating as it makes you understand how really superior blacks are and how superior God made the black race... Indeed blacks are wonderful people and quite unique in every way and manner.
I had to make some research on my own about some of the stories told in this book concerning my town Nri and I was amazed at the different renditions rendered and some which I wouldn't have known if this book never existed and some of the elders would have possibly taken to their graves.
Chinazor Onianwah is a prolific writer and one who takes time to painstakingly tell a story and some of these, he has lived through.. You can feel his passion for writing in the way he tells his stories. I hope every Igbo and every black gets to read this and at least reconnect with their origin and roots. Every black man or woman deserves to be proud about being black.
There's no adjective or words I can render to be able to qualify my feelings or what my eyes have been opened to so far through my encounter with this book but this is a must read for every black person especially the Igbo race. It's time we go home and back to our roots... Going home in essence doesn't necessarily mean migrating but getting back to who we really are and what we are known for..
This is a must read for all blacks! Thanks Chinazor for this great piece!
Emmanuella Evans Nwokoye
It Takes a Village to Name a Child: Celebrating the bestowment of ancestry, faith, identity, and legacy of African roots of Biblical Hebrews (African Digital Education Series) (Volume 1)
