Ma-2011

           




AGNES 

NWANGB'ILLO OKAFOR

(February 1918 to December 2009)











Installation as Nne-Ife in 2006




                                                                                                                           
                                                                                       

                                           
     
Mama's Photo

Mama in her 40s
Photo: Aged Mama

Mama at the Illo home in 2007


 IN HER OWN VOICE - AGNES OKAFOR TELLS HER STORIES


Contributing Authors

Michel Eneja
Charles Okafor
Beatrice Madike
Ngozi Nwosu
Andrew Okafor
Cosmas Madike
Jesephine Okafor
Chinyere Okafor
Adeline Asuquo-Brown
Chioma Amalu
Orbi Edozie-Ighofose
Okechukwu Okafor
Kelechi Anyadiegwu
Brendan Okafor
Halima Akinlade

                                                                       Contents

"Tribute to Mama: Achala-Ugo-Nwanyi," by Charles Okafor
"Introduction," by Chinyere Okafor
"Di Ma-ama Speaks: Interview with Mrs. Agnes Nwangbo Illo Okafor," by Chinyere Okafor
"Mama's Wedding Shoes," by Orbi Edozie-Ighofose
"When God Saved my Mother," by Cordelia Nwosu
"Update: the Proposed Travel," by Cordelia Nwosu
"Mama's Visit with the Blessed Virgin Mary," by Charles Okafor
"The Virgin Mary Story: Interview with Mrs. Agnes Okafor," by Chinyere Okafor
"From a Soul in Purification," by Andrew Okafor
"Mama Blessed Everybody," by Beatrice Okafor
"Ogo-Mu-Nwanyi: The Best Mother-in-Law," by Cosmas Madike
Family
Arochukwu-home "Necessity in the Mother of Invention," by Michael Eneja.
"Special Moments with Papa and Mama, My Parents-in-Law," by Josephine Okafor
"Ever-Ready," by Chinyere Okafor
"My Grandmother Had Definite Questions for Me," by Okechukwu Okafor
"My Great-Grandmother and My Legacy," by Kelechi Anyadiegwu
"My Beautiful Jioji Attire," by Adeline Asuquo-Brown
"You Still Live in My Heart," by Chioma Amalu
"A Poem for My Awesome Great-Grandmother," by Halima Akinlade
"Letter to Mama," by Brendan Okafor

Notes
Glossary of Unfamiliar Terms
Excerpt from the memorial Brochure of Papa, Mr. Thomas Okafor
Photo Captions
Children

                                    You-tube video clips of funeral ceremonies in honor of Mama

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAX7Vcw24B8  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVwzKeBojb0

3    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlRVoSr7Qsk

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEK5ihiePVo

5    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjuRhNCtvqM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoKdElUHHCQ


 
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