Author: Smart Obiaraije

There is the existence of castes and cadres in our society that really needs to be abolished. In India, some classes of people are never allowed to mingle with other classes of people.

Among the Igbos, a tribe found in the South Eastern part of Nigeria, the Osu are not allowed to interact with the Dialas.  The Osu, people believed to be sacrificed to the gods of the land are denied communion and intercourse with the Diala( people believe to OWN the land) in the areas of marriage, chieftaincy title and appointments. In places where this segregation is extreme, these people (Osu) are openly killed.