Must-Read Non-Fiction Books on Odinani, Igbo Spirituality, and Igbo History

Feel free to check back on this list, we’ll be updating it regularly until it reaches its full scope.

I make it a point to read and re-read every book before recommending it, so revisit the list from time to time for new additions.

Please note that inclusion in this list does not imply full agreement with every view expressed by the authors. Rather, each work listed is one I believe can help readers develop a more well-rounded understanding of Igbo cosmology and worldview.

Also feel free to share a book recommendation in the comments below, I’ll be sure to check it out.


WOMEN AND LEADERSHIP IN IGBOLAND: Omoku, Ime Chi, Omugwu Institutions

by T.AKACHI EZEIGBO


A PHILOSOPHICAL CONCEPT OF AGWU IN IGBO LAND (A CASE STUDY OF OHAOZARA IN EBONYI STATE)

by AGWU CHRISTOPHER AGWU


THE BOOK OF DAWN AND INVOCATIONS: THE SEARCH FOR PHILOSOPHIC TRUTH BY AN AFRICAN INITIATE

by OGONNA AGWU


KOLANUT IN IGBO METAPHYSICS: A PHENOMERNALYSICAL RESEARCH INTO ITS SYMBOLISMIC UNIVERSE

by REV. FR. PROF. BONA UCHENNA UMEOGU




Leopards of the Magical Dawn (Science and the Cosmological Foundations of Igbo Culture)

by Nze Chukwukadibia Nwafor


THE WATER GODDESS IN IGBO COSMOLOGY: OGBUIDE OF OGUTA LAKE

by Sabine Jell-Bahlsen


IGBO DEITIES (IGBO AFRICAN RENAISSANCE ART)

by SIRIUS UGO ART


OFO: IGBO RITUAL SYMBOL

by Christopher Ejizu




OMS GUIDE TO SYMBOLIC USES OF COLORS IN IGBO TRADITION

BY OMA via Odinani Mystery School


Healing Insanity (A Study of Igbo Medicine in Contemporary Nigeria)

BY PATRICK IREOGBU


A HISTORY of the IGBO PEOPLE

by Elizabeth Isichei


ROPES OF SAND: STUDIES IN IGBO HISTORY AND CULTURE

by Adiele Afigbo


CHI NA EZUMEZU (DETAILED EXPLANATION OF AGWU, ALUSI, NDI-ICHIE, AS PART OF EZUMEZU)

BY EJEFOBIRI SOMTO


Towards an Igbo Metaphysics

by Emmanuel Edeh


PYTHON AND THE RAINMAKER

by Ugo Eze


Book List

  1. Women and Leadership In Igboland: Omoku, Ime Chi, Omugwuo Institutions by T. Akachi Ezeigbo

  2. A Philosophical Concept of Agwu in Igbo Land: A Case Study of Ohaozara in Ebonyi State by Agwu Christopher Agwu

  3. The Book of Dawn and Invocations: Search for Philosophic Truth by an African Initiate by Ogonna Agu

  4. Kolanut in Igbo Metaphysics: A Phenomernalysical Research Into Its Symbolismic Universe by Rev. Fr. Prof. Bona Uchenna Umeogu

  5. After God is Dibia (Volume 1 & 2) by John Anenechukwu Umeh

  6. March of an Igbo Civilization (Volume 1 & 2) by John Anenechukwu Umeh

  7. Leopards of a Magical Dawn by Nze Chukwukadibia Nwafor

  8. The Water Goddess in Igbo Cosmology: Ogbuide of Oguta Lake by Sabine Jell-Bahlsen

  9. Igbo Deities (Igbo African Renaissance Art) by Sirius Ugo Art

  10. Ofo: Igbo Ritual Symbol by Christopher I. Ejizu

  11. A Simple Introduction to Odinani by Oma

  12. A Simple Introduction to Igbo Numerology by Oma (Volume 1)

  13. OMS Guide to Symbolic Uses of Colors by Oma

  14. Healing Insanity (A Study of Igbo Medicine in Contemporary Times) by Patrick Iroegbu

  15. A History of the Igbo People by Elizabeth Isichei

  16. Ropes of Sand: Studies in Igbo History and Culture by Adiele Afigbo

  17. Chi na Ezumezu by Somto Ejefobiri

  18. Towards an Igbo Metaphysics by Emmanuel Edeh

  19. Python and the Rainmaker by Ugo Eze

 
 
Oma

Igbo writer, mystic and philosopher.

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