280. The Bakweri cultural chant: “i-nye na liiya nanu” (Let me be as I am).
“i-nye na liiya nanu” is a house-hold word. The chant has profound meanings. It warns or reminds people that it is being foolhardy to acquire wealth, fame, knowledge through dubious/dishonest means – stealing, embezzlement, extortion, assistance from secret sects.
Oral history has it that during the years 1800 to 1950 there lived in the village of Wonyavio (the home village of my maternal grandfather) a man whose name was Ngando. He was arrogant and seemed to live above his means, hanging his coat where he could not reach.
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