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  2. Osu caste system - Wikipedia

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    The Osu caste system is a traditional practice in Igboland, characterized by social segregation and restrictions on interaction and marriage with a group of individuals known as Osu (Igbo: outcast). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Osu individuals historically were marginalized by the Igbo deities ( Alusi ), and as a result, they are often perceived as inferior ...

  3. Caste systems in Africa - Wikipedia

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    The Osu caste is determined by one's birth into a particular family irrespective of the religion practised by the individual. Once born into the Osu caste, this Nigerian person is an outcast, with limited opportunities or acceptance, regardless of his or her ability or merit.

  4. Caste - Wikipedia

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    The Osu caste is determined by one's birth into a particular family irrespective of the religion practised by the individual. Once born into Osu caste, this Nigerian person is an outcast, shunned and ostracised, with limited opportunities or acceptance, regardless of his or her ability or merit.

  5. Osu Castle - Wikipedia

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    Osu Castle (also known as Fort Christiansborg or the Castle) is a castle located in Osu, Ghana, on the coast of the Gulf of Guinea in Africa. A substantial fort was built by Denmark-Norway in the 1660s; thereafter, the fort changed ownership between Denmark-Norway, Portugal , the Akwamu , Britain , and finally post-Independence Ghana .

  6. Igbo culture - Wikipedia

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    Osu caste system Osu are a group of people whose ancestors were dedicated to serving in shrines and temples for the deities of the Igbo, and therefore were deemed ...

  7. Talk:Osu caste system - Wikipedia

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    Osu wasn't a caste or slave system and the word Osu actually means “sacred". They were set apart from ndiala (which actually means ”people of the land, NOT “free born”. You can literally confirm this with Google Translate and an Igbo-English dictionary so I don't know why this is still up) because they were dedicated to our gods and ...

  8. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes - Wikipedia

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    The evolution of the lower caste and tribe into the modern-day Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe is complex. The caste system as a stratification of classes in India originated about 2,000 years ago, and has been influenced by dynasties and ruling elites, including the Mughal Empire and the British Raj.

  9. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents - Wikipedia

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    Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents is a nonfiction book by the American journalist Isabel Wilkerson, published in August 2020 by Random House.The book describes racism in the United States as an aspect of a caste system—a society-wide system of social stratification characterized by notions such as hierarchy, inclusion and exclusion, and purity.