An Anthropolinguistic Perspective to Ịgọ Ọjị (Kola Nut Invocation) among the Igbo People of Nigeria
Chiamaka Ngozi Oyeka — Department of Linguistics, African and Asian Studies, University of Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria | ISA 22nd Annual International Conference (2025)
One of the outstanding features that mark Igbo culture is the kola nut. Traditionally, the kola nut goes through a ritual termed igo oji ‘the kola nut invocation’ before it is eaten. Research have been carried out by Igbo scholars …