THE CONCEPT OF NWAEZINMADU AS A PRINCIPLE OF GOOD BEHAVIOUR IN ANIOMA SOCIETY By Emeka Esogbue
THE CONCEPT OF NWAEZINMADU AS A PRINCIPLE OF GOOD BEHAVIOUR IN ANIOMA SOCIETY By Emeka Esogbue ABSTRACT This work presents the theory of Nwaezinmadu of the Anioma people of Nigeria as a global model for societal growth and development. It discusses the subject as that which aids the smooth and efficient running of the Anioma society since foundation and is linked to the way of life of the people socially. It will be discovered that in typical Anioma societies, the people strive to be identified as possessing the Nwaezinmadu persona. Among them, this concept serves or contributes in the establishment of acceptable behavioral pattern of life, which also provides an enterprise of social functionalism in Anioma society. Justice is never bought neither is it dispensed on the basis of disparity in status in the society because the people’s forbears long understood that biased or delayed justice, or even lack of justice would cause their institutions charged with that responsibi