The Birth of the Ikenga Epoch
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Long before memory took root, when mankind could still speak directly with the gods without fear, there came a time of great reckoning among the children of Ala. The world was governed by the wisdom of women, and the dictates of life pulsed in harmony with the womb of creation.
Yet, in their restless ambition, a band of men sought to alter the divine order, to tilt the scales of power and carve a new destiny for their kind. Guided by pride, cunning, and desperation, they journeyed through the realms of spirit and storm to petition the gods for dominion. What they received was both gift and curse, a covenant sealed in horn and bone, strength and blood.
Thus began the Ikenga Epoch, the age when men rose to rule, and the balance of the world was forever changed.
Onwa n'Eti Ora
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As Uga Aka waned and Uga Chi emerged into existence, the deities looked upon the realm of mortals and sought clarity on dominion, on power, on their places in the unfolding cosmos. It was a time when each god would claim their rule, and when Agwu Nkwo, the sacred bird messenger, flew from the skies bearing petitions that would decide the fate of all.
In the midst of that a decision that would change everything needed to be made: who would claim the moon?
Amidst Gods and Goddesses, Oma (daughter of the earth, mother of the Igbo race) would rise to claim a birthright that would echo across eternity.
The Ghostwriter
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Sept opened his eyes to a world slightly out of focus, like a memory seen through fogged glass. His body lay crushed beneath the crumpled car. Yet here he stood, weightless, silent, driven. He returned to Verrani’s villa not as a man, but as a ghost. The door creaked open without touch. Time loosened. Secrets spilled like ink in water. Sept, the ghost now, watched with spectral eyes as the genius unraveled. And he wrote. With obsession. With love twisted into purpose.
How Mgbe (the Tortoise) Won the Ose (Pepper) Competition
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Otu Ama – Udide the Great Spider, Weaver of Stories and Master of Cosmic Net, put together a pepper-eating competition in the animal kingdom. Udide who was also known and revered as Ududo Okwanka, the Cosmic Weaver of Realities, across different groups in the animal kingdom sent out an invitation to every animal group, challenging them to attend and participate in its Ose Ora pepper competition.
Whoever won the competition which involved eating a bowl of ritually prepared pepper without stopping to shout, was promised the eternal gift of Atu, the ability to always say things that would come true, the power of foresight, and the power to create new worlds with the use of words. Every offspring in the winner’s lineage would be given the same reverence till the end of time.