No information on an Igbo god by the name of Agwu-Nsi or Agwo Nsi could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate. However, various sources made reference to an Igbo god named Agwu, described as the god of divination (University of Linz 26 July 1999; University of Pennsylvania 1 May 1998) and medicine (ibid.). Agwu is also described as the "god of poets, healing, and divine madness" (Achebe 1988, 114-115) and the "patron of schizophrenia" (Kwenu 11 Nov. 2001).

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Achebe, Chinua. 1988. Anthills of the Savannah. Baltimore: Penguin. (National University of Singapore 18 Oct. 2000) http://www.scholars.nus.edu.sg/landow/post/achebe/castory.html [Accessed 14 June 2002]

Kwenu. 11 November 2001. M.O. Ene. "Odinani: Igbo Religion." http://www.kwenu.com/moesmemo/odinani.htm [Accessed 5 June 2002]

University of Linz. 26 July 1999. "The Religious or Cosmic Dimension." http://www.aib.uni-linz.ac.at/AFRIKA/katalog/node101.htm [Accessed 14 May 2002]

University of Pennsylvania, African Studies Center. 1 May 1998. Edited by Ali B. Ali-Dinar. "Anthropology." http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Publications/BCanthar.html [Accessed 14 May 2002]

Encyclopaedia of Religion

IRB Databases

NEXIS

US Department of State. Annual Report on International Religious Freedom. 1999-2001.

US Department of State. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. 1999-2001.

US Library of Congress

WNC

Internet sites including:

Adherents.com

Africa Online

AllAfrica.com

Encyclopaedia Britannica

Ethnologue

IRIN

Keesing's Record of World Events

The Living Africa