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

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.


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

BY AGWU CHRISTOPHER 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


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

BY EJEFOBIRI SOMTO


Book List

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

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

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

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

  5. Leopards of a Magical Dawn by Nze Chukwukadibia Nwafor

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

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

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

  9. A Simple Introduction to Odinani by Oma

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

  11. OMS Guide to Symbolic Uses of Colors by Oma

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

  13. Chi na Ezumezu by Somto Ejefobiri

 
 
Oma

Igbo writer, mystic and philosopher.

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