The House is on Fire : Towards Engaging Arialusi in Resolving Nigerian Socio-political Miasma

Abstract

Nigerian people in the 21st century are faced with bad governance and leadership as a result of corruption, instability, senseless killings, insecurity, and among others. This idea of suffering also has praxis of humanity. Thus, where people experience evil, retrogression, anti-development and loss are substantially there undoing. Therefore, this undoing is the product of Arialusi which as an Edo religious concept means the law of retribution; sowing and reaping. As a matter of fact, Arialusi means the law of retributive justice; law of nemesis; a cosmic law of justice which holds that one's life is determined by the performance in the previous life that spills to the present and the future. Arialusi is a human 'sim' that imprints itself as a hidden force or potential in one's life. This hidden force or potential when activated by an external stimulus or natural law, produces corresponding effects either good or bad, happiness or suffering, progress or retrogression. This paper...