The+Enigma+of+Twinship

=**The Enigma of Twinship**=


 * The Igbo people threw away twin babies soon after they were born.
 * People often prayed to God (Chukwu) for many children, yet when twins or triplets were born, the infants were left in the forest to die.
 * Not only the Igbo people did this, many African groups thought twins and triplets were supernaturally charged and took different steps to deal with it.
 * The Igbo people believed that there was something abnormal and mystical about twins.
 * Twin birth represented excessive fertility.
 * The mothers then had to undergo extensive rituals to prevent more twins, or else this could harm the parents and even entire community.