Lude Ahiara

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Lude Ahiara is a community in Ahiara Mbaise, Nigeria with seven kindreds: Lude Ama, Umuoriaku, Umunwaja, Umuokoro, Umuezeala, Umuokpo, Umulogho. Lude Ahiara one of the communities of Ahiara-Ofor Iri and located within the Ahiazu Local Government Area of Mbaise, Imo State. It is surrounded by other communities namely: Oru, Amakpaka Nnarambia, Obodo Ahiara and Obohia Ekwerazu.

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The village market is called Nkwo Lude and its day is every two Nkwo Market day (Eight days). The proximity of Nkwo Lude to Afor Oru (with a big timber market), Eke Ahiara Junction (in Nnarambia/Ahiara Centre) and its good road connections to other communities places the area in a vantage position for huge economic growth especially with the emerging urban area of Nnarambia with the presence of motor park, Mbaise Catholic cathedral and Imo Polyethnic and local government headquarters at Afor Oru.

Geography

Lude borders Oru Ahịara on the east, Obodu Ahịara on the west, Nnarambịa on the south, and Obọhịa on the north. [1] : 66 

History

The Eze Lude was Late Eze Jude. S. Anyamele the Ude 1 of Lude Ahiara and the first Eze Lude after the community gained autonomy from the government. A new traditional ruler has been selected to be crowned.

Lude people are originally farmers and well known for their industriousness, community spirit and pride in their culture. The age grade and Aladimma institutions and Town Union are very strong and form part of the governance structure of the community. The people of the area also embraced early western education that came with the catholic missionaries and had profound impact, with many indigenes of Lude being priests, professors, teachers and civil servants. Many sons and daughters of Lude have long migrated to others parts of the world in search of greener pasture and businesses with a significant population of them in Cameroon, Ghana, Gabon, Mozambique and United States of America.

As of 1959, Lude was described as a "village group" in the eastern ofo ise (i.e. segment) of the Ahiara kinship group of the Igbo people. At that point, Lude was described as "already segmenting into two: Oro and Lude". [2] : 121 

Notable Institutions

Educational institutions located in Lude include the famous Ahiazu Secondary School Ahiazu Mbaise (ASSAM), and Community Primary School Lude. It also boast of a Community Health Centre, Catholic church parish, and with modern amenities such as public water supply, electricity and mobile telephone services.

Festive period that attract indigenes of Lude abroad, friends and visitors are mainly during Christmas (on Nkwo Lude market day immediately after December 25) and annual Ji Mbaise (new yam festival) on August 15. There use to be wrestling competition in the past with the various kindreds challenging each other for positions.

Religion

Lude is predominantly Catholic, and no other Christian denomination has had a church here since the early 1990s. [1] : 72 

Education

Lude Ahiara has a secondary school called the Ahịazụ Secondary School. [1] : 72 

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Nnawuihe, Gabriel (2005). Ahịara Ọfọ Iri: The Origin, History, Culture and Tradition. Ihem Davis Press. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  2. ↑ Ardener, Edwin (1959). "Lineage and Locality among the Mba-Ise Ibo". Africa: Journal of the International African Institute. 29 (2): 113–33. Retrieved 29 February 2024.

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