CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the study
The question of the reality of human freedom and human destiny as both drawing from Chukwu or Chineke (God or God the creator) who is also called Ezechitoke - ‘the provident king that apportions lots’ - which is one of the names with which God is addressed in Igbo Obollo dialect, is one of the most fundamental questions of philosophy and a central question in both metaphysics and existentialism. Man is a creature of Chineke; freedom and destiny are Chukwu’s products not man. It is generally believed and accepted that all things derive their existence from God, and so by an original plan proceed from Him and also strive back towards Him. However, unlike other creatures, human beings have reason and they exercise religion. Man knows Chukwu as his origin and goal; his beginning and end and he is fully aware of his inseparable relationship with Him who has released him (man) into the universe. But as a rational being, freedom is man’s highest inalienable quality and right. Man deliberates and takes decision as to what affects his life on earth. Chukwu, for the Igbo not only creates and orders the functionality of things in the world; He also endows man, fixes man’s longevity on earth and sets how, where and when man’s destiny manifests itself. It is taken for granted that no power can stop what God has ordained from coming to pass hence, their view about uche Chi and oge Chi (the will of God and God’s time). The Igbo firmly believes that Uche Chi ga-eme n’ oge Chi - the will of God happens at the time of God. They also have a saying that: ‘anaghi eji aka etinye anwu n’ uju’ (one does not use hand to drag a bee into the bee hives) this means that fortunes are preordained not acquired and since they are preordained, they manifest themselves are the appointed time. Hence, another saying that Ukwa ruo oge ya O daa – Ukwa is a seed plant that drops to the ground when it ripens. Armed with this obscured knowledge of God, man in his survival attempts is akin to wait for Uche Chi and Oge-Chi (Will of God and God’s Time) and the final analysis as to what happens to him is O bu ka Chi si choo ya – ‘that is how God wanted it,’ irrespective of whether what happened was good or bad.
| Project details | Contents |
|---|---|
| Number of Pages | 98 pages |
| Chapter one | Introduction |
| Chapter two | Literature review |
| Chapter three | methodology |
| Chapter four | Data analysis |
| Chapter five | Summary,discussion & recommendations |
| Reference | Reference |
| Questionnaire | Questionnaire |
| Appendix | Appendix |
| Chapter summary | 1 to 5 chapters |
| Available document | PDF and MS-word format |
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