Long before Eve wedded Adam
\nAnd begat Abel & his murderous
\nbrother turned fugitive<\/p>\n
Long before Noah’s ark set
\nsail atop the deluge
\nand the rainbow showed up<\/p>\n
An autochthonous people
\nlived by the banks
\nof Njaba River.<\/p>\n
A man emerged out of Njaba,
\nChi-Ukwu’s creation,
\nAnd married Lolo.<\/p>\n
Lolo bore Isu, and Isu’s
\nwife bore the fathers
\nof today’s Isu clan.<\/p>\n
When you tell me whom Cain
\nmarried and how all the world’s
\npeoples came to be<\/p>\n
I will tell you where Lolo
\ncame from and how Isu clan
\ngrew out of her loins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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