If you speak Igala and you do not know the meaning of “OLI
UDAGO”, it is not just important for you to read this, you must read it
carefully and have a good understanding so that you don’t suffer what a child
of 13years is expected to suffer.
As a matter of fact, it is only a child below the age of 13
years that is prohibited from knowing the meaning of Oli Udago. As soon as an
Igala child grows out of childhood, he/she is expected to know several secrets
and one of them is the Oli Udago secret. That is how interesting growing up as
an Igala child used to be but regrettably; most of these things are fading away
with the speed of water vapor.
Though I am going to tell you the meaning of Oli Udago in a short
while, I strongly feel you are now trying to imagine what this Oli Udago of a
thing looks like. That is exactly the thought that occupies the mind of
an under 13 child who is sent by his parents to borrow Oli Udago from a
neighbor’s house.
