Emeka Esogbue

  A Study of Ilo Nmor, the Ibusa Form of Religion and Practice   By Emeka Esogbue BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF RELIGION For the scholars of religious studies, defining religion has never been a simple or easy task but that which strives on controversies. Incidentally, this is also associated with the usual slipshod attitude of writers on the subject who inaccurately assume that everybody knows what religion defines and for this reason, there is no need to delineate the subject. Many scholars agree that religion is not an easy task for the students of the subject but they also think that it is necessary to define it and that the subject should be well-defined as a prelude to showing adequate understanding of the area under discussion.   Philip A Pecorino agrees with the complexity of defining religion but goes on to adequately explicate that there are many definitions of religion that are necessary. He however, introduced another dimension to the topic on definition whe...

  Ibusa: Rich in Okpuzu Waterfall, Poor in Tourism - Emeka Esogbue One area the Ibusa community is lacking in development is the tourism sector. To think that the Ibusa community has everything but tourism is an unfavorable omen to the loaded people of the community. To further think that the community has what other communities do not have in the distinctive Okpuzu Waterfall is to be curious about what the people do with this endowment. In 2008, an article appeared online in which compilers called for the contributions of tourist sites in Delta State. This author (Dr. Emeka Esogbue), quickly listed the Okpuzu Waterfall, the steep descent water of the Oboshi River in the community as a potential site for tourism in Delta State. A few years later, the author received a call from a crew of researchers who attempted to dig into the waterfall for identification and documentation. Sensing that the researchers whose planned journey to the fall had been announced would be accompan...