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... Seke reaffirmed that no amount of divination , incantation , sacrifice or magic was more powerful than the power of God from the above . The god whose loin cloth flows from the sky to the earth is truly all - knowing and all - powerful ...
... Seke reaffirmed that no amount of divination , incantation , sacrifice or magic was more powerful than the power of God from the above . The god whose loin cloth flows from the sky to the earth is truly all - knowing and all - powerful ...
Page 113
... Seke community had performed various rites to prevent illness . At times the medicine men offered a series of ... Seke people called these the quack doctors . On one hamattan Sunday , which also happened to be the Seke market day , a ...
... Seke community had performed various rites to prevent illness . At times the medicine men offered a series of ... Seke people called these the quack doctors . On one hamattan Sunday , which also happened to be the Seke market day , a ...
Page 116
... Seke . During school hours , the children prayed twice a day . They prayed for a miracle from God . Their recurring expression was , " Give us this day , our daily bread . " Within two years after Reverend Paul launched the bush schools ...
... Seke . During school hours , the children prayed twice a day . They prayed for a miracle from God . Their recurring expression was , " Give us this day , our daily bread . " Within two years after Reverend Paul launched the bush schools ...
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Ahiajoku Alhaji Demma ancestors animals arrived Bamfor Big-Larry Briber bush calabash camel Captain Douglas Chief Ukonu church Cote crude oil Culprit culture Daniel daughter Dibia driver Egypt Ekanem elders Emperor enemy Eze Okam farm father foo-foo goddess gods grain of corn Guana harvest hole hunters Igbo Igbo-ukwu Ikom journey killed kola nut kwashiorkor land leopard lived lorry Mazi Adaka Mazi Okafor Mazi Owerre Mba-Ukwu warriors medicine militia naira never Nlemenchi Nwanjo Nwanna Nze Obi Obi's Ohale Ojo's Okeke Okigwe oracle Owerre-na Owerri palm oil palm tree palm wine palm wine tapper person police Port Harcourt rabbit Red Cross replied Reverend Paul rite ritual S/S AGGREY Sabo Seke shouted Sipha soldiers Songhai Empire told took tortoise town Ukwu Uwadiegwu village Walla wanted warrant chiefs wife wives women wore yam seeds