The Anambra state government has declared Wednesday, December 28, as the set date for the abolition of the ‘Osu caste system’. The decision was made by major traditional rulers in the south-east. The ...

The Anambra Traditional Rulers Council, Chaired by the Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Nnaemeka Achebe, has pledged their support to efforts at eradicating the “Osu” caste system in the state. The traditional ...

Caste — one of the oldest systems of exclusion in the world — is thriving. Despite the ban on Untouchability 70 years ago, caste impacts 1.9 billion people in the world. Every 15 minutes, a crime is ...

The people of Abba community in Nwangele local government area of Imo State have made it an anathema for anybody in the town to refer to a fellow indigene as an out-caste (Osu/Ohu or Ume). The ...

Dalit American activist Thenmozhi Soundararajan ties Dalit oppression to fights for liberation among Black, Indigenous, Latinx, femme, and Queer communities, examining caste from a feminist, ...

Traditional leaders in Oguta, in the Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State, on Sunday, abolished the age-long outcast (Ohu) system The Osu and Ohu caste systems had for decades classified persons ...