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Nneala

Nneala
Nneala · from the Akala collection

Nneala is a D’bia Agwu living deep in the bushes. She is an interpreter of dreams and keeper of time. She is a repository of the ages and loves to train osus on a wide range of subjects. Some of these osus travel as amaosu spreading spiritual knowledge, whilst others go on to become doctors, merchants, and other high earning professions.


A social class occupied largely by people on the fringes of society – castaways and indentured servants are among the populations in this caste. The independence and autonomy of being free from social convention afford many osus to go into travelling trade and other wealth-building enterprise.

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