Chapter+16a+(Outcasts+&+Oracles)

**Oracles:   ** 
 * Chapter || Book Page Numbers || Topic || Due Date Discussion || Facilitator ||
 * 16a || 143-147 || Outcasts & Oracles ||  || Dan Karo ||
 * ** In Igbo villages the oracles are usually female priestesses to a particular deity    **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">     <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> The oracles would dwell in caves or other secluded areas away from urban areas     **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> They would deliver prophecies to visitors seeking advice    **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> Oracles claim to know the truth on every matter    **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> Oracles are very expensive, so the poor could not afford an oracle’s help    **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> Oracles could bestow fertility on a childless woman    **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> Outcasts: **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> If an Igbo helped an enemy destroy the Igbo culture / was a traitor, they would be outcast    **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> Sometimes people of the Christian faith will try to convert the Igbo outcasts to Christianity    **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> Outcasts were the lowest ranked in Igbo society; they were lower than slaves    **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> The outcasts are called //Osu// in Igbo society    **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> They are subject to various forms of abuse and discrimination    **



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 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> For More Information On The Igbo people visit: http://mccoy.lib.siu.edu/jmccall/jones/   **