Reincarnation can explain some of life's mysteries, it is confirmation that life does not end at death.

ILO/INO UWA (REINCARNATION)….

Reincarnation can explain some of life's mysteries, it is confirmation that life does not end at death.


In Igbo land when a child is born, the parents normally goes to Afa (divination), to inquire about the life of the child.

Many people visiting Afa are doing so to know who among his ancestors reincarnated in his family, this is usually done before the 8th day after child birth. Children are given names on the 8th day from the date of their birth which is also the day of circumcision in Igbo land, though some may take long in finding the exact ancestor that reincarnated into their family.

There had been vivid cases of reincarnation in Igbo land, Especially after the civil war, where many people do not know the whereabouts of their loved ones who went to the war.

Because the tradition in Igbo land is that when a person is presumed lost, the family should wait for 7 years before doing the burial ceremony of the lost person.

Many had reincarnated with different degrees of injuries, some children were born with open bullet wounds which miraculously heals without treatment after births. Some were born with injuries in the place that caused the death of the person. These were pure evidence of reincarnation, which nobody can dispute. Because when these families sort to know the reasons for these strange happening, they were normally told that their relatives who died on the war front, has reincarnated so that they can do the burial ceremonies. Then the family will welcome the reincarnated spirit, through some ceremonies. Stories abound of elderly people who told their children or grand children, that when they die they will reincarnate as one of their children. Some children has demonstrated vivid examples of their past lives, through telling stories that happened in the lives of those who are their reincarnates, like the case of a little girl who mentioned the name of her great grandmother who even her parents do not even know her name.

There are children who had suffered various degrees of misfortunes, because parents thought it is not worth it to find out about this or simply put, they don't believe in reincarnations.

Ilo/Ino Uwa is a term commonly used to describe reincarnations. 

Reincarnations is part of Igbo belief, it is believed that those who died prematurely or those who are not perfect to work with Ndị Ichie, always comes back to earth and they choose the family at which they can reincarnate, they decides how and when to reincarnate.

There are stories of people who died as a result of juju, domestic violence, woman who died as a result of wickedness from a man or a man who died as a result of betrayal from a woman.

people vowed that in their next life, they will never die of these circumstances. And when they are reincarnated, these things are evident in their lives.

So the belief in life after death is rooted in Igbo culture, through this reincarnations.

There is this believe that Ndị Ichie Who has no need to reincarnate, stays back and are working in the spiritual world, Guarding, protecting us from evil and guiding us to the right path.

This is why we pour libation, offer them kola nuts which is of great importance to the Igbo culture, we drop foods to them before we eat, This is also the reason Burials Rites and Funerals are important to the Igbo People, because it is the right of passage of the deceased. If burial rites of a deceased is not performed, it is believed that the person has not right of passage to the spiritual world that his spirit is wandering about in the universe, until such a time it will be done. 

But lately in Igbo communities, reincarnation is viewed with disdain and reproach. Because the foreign religion that took over Ndị Igbo started demonizing reincarnation, as such 85% of today's Ndị Igbo do not know the person that reincarnated them. For me, I am my father's Grandfather (i.e My Great Grandfather) His name is NWACHINEMERE, that's why am also referred to as High Priest Nwachinemere….

But today Religion has made it a taboo to observe these things now and one do not need to be a seer to see the effects in the overall society. The chaos of our present societies, can be traced not only to the neglect of reincarnation but to various aged traditions that today's world believes are evils. 

The church fought against reincarnation, just to weaken the spiritual base of Ndị Igbo.

Because even the bible adopts the ideology of  REINCARNATION, this was why many people believed that John the Baptist was the reincarnation of Elijah. Through out the bible there are numerous stories of reincarnation, but because my Christian brothers and sisters do not even understand or read the bible. Their interpretation of Bible is according to what the pastor says, not what is actually written in the bible. They were manipulated to abandon the practice of finding out who reincarnated who. Because the pastors do not have the capacity to find out who, and also allowing this practice is admitting that our ancestors were right. So the church decided to abolish this practice, today in Igbo land, if you talk about REINCARNATION the so called Christians will see you as a pagan.

The major reason the church fought against reincarnation, is not because it is not in the bible, but because it will confer some kind of legitimacy to our ancestors who they denominated as pagan and worshippers of devil.

But nevertheless, it is important to note that 90% of successful Igbo men/women, at one point in there lives. Had to find out who reincarnated them and do some rituals to appease them and reunite with them. Infact I want to say categorically that this is one of the ways to success as an Igbo person. But because we are living in a Christian society Where admittance of this FACT  is associated with idolatry, many people keeps it secret. It is only when you are too close to some people that they will tell you what to do, because knowing who reincarnated in you will help you understand the course your life will take.

Ignorance of this this has led many young people to engage in money rituals and other get rich quickly, with the resultant consequences. Because they believe that, to make money or to be successful they should engage in this demonic acts, simply put these young people are misguided. Because they were not told the truth rather, they were indoctrinated that all their woes are caused by devil. So they focus their attention on fighting the devil they do not know, and the pastors in helping them to fight this devil, is making a lot of money.

REINCARNATION is part of universal law of continuous existence, life is infinite. At that we only changes forms. When people say that our ancestors were pagan or that they worship idols, I just sit down and laugh. Because most of the people saying this when you ask them to give reasons, usually they point to shrines scattered all over Igbo land as evidence of idolatry. Another day we will talk about shrines maybe we will learn one or two things, from that.

The old wise people said, true knowledge is to admit that you know nothing, learning from everything, everyone around is the demonstration of wisdom.


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