In the era of our ancestors in Igbo land, luxury motors, mansions, or private jets were nonexistent. Instead, displaying wealth and influence meant marrying multiple wives, having numerous children, acquiring vast farm lands, maintaining livestock like cows, goats, and horses, and notably, possessing a Yam barn (ọbå -jị).

In the era of our ancestors in Igbo land, luxury motors, mansions, or private jets were nonexistent. Instead, displaying wealth and influence meant marrying multiple wives, having numerous children, acquiring vast farm lands, maintaining livestock like cows, goats, and horses, and notably, possessing a Yam barn (ọbå -jị).

What's fascinating is despite the labor-intensive lifestyle of managing multiple wives and extensive farm work, our ancestors tended to live longer than individuals in the present generation.