Mythology, Functionality and Symbolism of Okpesi in Igboland

This book provides an insightful account of Igbo mythological origin through Okwa-Umuoku as an aspect of Okpesi structuralism, as well as the embattled transformation of Igbo society, arts, norms, mores and political economy since the advent of Christianity.The study brings to fore African/Igbo indigenous knowledge necessary for rapid information and technological growth in the emerging world technologies. Its coverage encompasses,art cultural anthropology,art history, political economy, religious, literature, sociology, Igbo cosmology, worldview, Igbo origin, philosophy and tradition.The entire corpus is of absorbing interest and gives us a wealth of highest historical knowledge, symbology, and philosophy of Igbo artifacts as well as curious information of great variety of core Igbo values necessary for understanding the character and trajectory of the transformations that occurred and how the Igbo reacted to these transformations in local and international contexts. Certainly, this book provides a much needed overarching frame of reference and point of departure for the study of African arts especially the Igbo, resulting from artistic expressions in art for life.

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Dr.Francis Nnamdi Ikwuegbu was born in Warri,Nigeria in 1967. He is a native of Oba-Uke, Idemili, Anambra State, Nigeria. A renowned traditional woodcarver, masquerade builder, bronze caster. NCE from I.M.T.Enugu, B.A.(Hons) Sculpture, UNIBEN, M.F.A. Sculpture, UNIUYO & Ph.D in Art & Culture in Anthropology UNIUYO. A Senior Lecturer in IMSU Owerri.