Rape as a Weapon against the Ngwa Community
I have not written anything in a while. A lot has been happening in our community that not only shocks but it brings tears to my eyes. A few year ago we had the "Utu" phenomenon. A self confessed once professed secretary to witches for a fee was sanitizing the community of people who he once claimed to serve with. He went from village to village and in the process destroyed people who were institutions in their communities. The order of things were now upside down. The youth ran the show and the elders cowered in fear. People found it acceptable to watch 70 year old men and women receive beatings from young men, based on the accusation of a stranger. People found it acceptable to make people drink their own pee. People found it acceptable to banish people from communities they had lived in all their lives because a stranger came into that community and pointed a finger. People used this exercise as an excuse to settle scores. After "Utu" was finished with his e