Arrow of God Lesson Plan

Which villages make up Umuaro? Why did Umuaro come to be? Do you agree or disagree with how the Chief Priest was chosen? If so, why? If not, why not, and how would you have chosen the priest?

Umuaro is made up of Umuachala, Umunneora, Umuagu, Umuezeani, Umuogwugwu, and Umuisiuzo. The villages in the past lived as separate entities—different peoples who worshiped their own deities. But when hired soldiers of Abam started to attack the villages in the dead of night, destroying homes, and kidnapping villagers into slavery, the six village leaders came together in order to save themselves. Working with medicine-men, the leaders made a common deity called Ulu, who was to be...