Ch.+21+Infants+mortality,+twins

=Infant Mortality and Twins = =In the Igbo Tribe = = =



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 * ==**Believed that infant mortality is a reason spirits come back to earth to finish unaccomplished “missions". ** ==
 * ==**A child will live for a certain amount of years and when he or she becomes useful he or she dies. ** ==
 * ==**After a baby dies the family searches for a “diviner” or medicine man who specializes in reading with oracle bones, which is considered an act of God. ** ==
 * ==**Infant mortality is also considered witchcraft in some cases. ** ==



 * ==**It was believed that multiple births should only occur when animals give birth, and humans should only have single births. ** ==
 * ==<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">After the mother had multiple births she would go through cleansing rituals to rid herself of the abomination of the twins. ** ==
 * ==<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Twins are regarded as less than human and were always put to death. ** ==
 * ==<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">More twins are born in the area of the Igbo tribe than anywhere else on Earth. ** ==
 * ==<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Most people in the Igbo tribes are not wealthy therefore raising twins would be very difficult because resources are scarce in the first place. ** ==

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===<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Igbo tribe- The Home of Twins] ===

Works Cited "Igbo People." //KWENU: Our Culture, Our Future//. Web. 04 Nov. 2009. <http://www.kwenu.com/igbo/igbowebpages/Igbo.dir/People/Igbo_people.html>.

"Igbo culture -." //Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia//. Web. 04 Nov. 2009. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igbo_culture>.

"Religion and the Igbo People." //Queen's University Belfast | Home//. Web. 04 Nov. 2009. <http://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofEnglish/imperial/nigeria/religion.htm>.

"The Land Of Twins | BBC World Service." //BBC - Homepage//. Web. 04 Nov. 2009. <http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/people/highlights/010607_twins.shtml>.

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