ONEBUNNE: QUESTIONING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN IDENTITY BELONGINGNESS IN IGBO WELTANSCHAUUNG

Abstract

The Igbo worldview is very peculiar because of the way the Igbo people and nation comprehend the world and its surroundings, life, and life beyond, that is, existence and essence in general. The tapestry of Igbo worldview is seen more in the cobwebbed Igbo idea of their belonging in consonance with their concept of indenticalness. Identity, therefore, spells and necessitates belongingness. Onebunne, as a concept, verifies and tries to question this nexus of identity and belongingness. Through critical analysis and appreciation, the researcher finds out that the idea of Onebunne is deeply rooted and swallowed up in the union of identity that compels belongingness. Against the physical law that like charges repel and unlike charges; however, in human interaction, to be identified as such, or to have a likely identity, gives one the opportunity to belong. One's identity, therefore, leads to one's belongingness