“The Ebo used to say that they built their own gods.
They would come together as a group, express a wish. And their wish would then be brought to a priest, who would find a ritual object. And the proper sacrifices would be made. And a shrine would be built for the god.
But if the god became unruly, began to ask for human sacrifices, the Ebos would destroy the god. They would knock down the shrine, and they would stop saying the god’s name.
This is how they came to reclaim their humanity.
Every day, all of us here, are building gods that have become rampant, and it’s time we started knocking them down, and forgetting their names.”
- Chris Abani.