Abstract
The kola nut rite among the Igbos of Nigeria is used as a window to observe a traditional society and changes it undergoes when its members come into contact with other cultures. Migration affects the ritual less in its form than in its content; it actually reinforces its traditional operation. In Nigeria, women now begin to challenge male authority and male privilege in carrying out the kola nut rite. Abroad, however, they cling to the traditional performance, because it is a powerful force in integrating the diaspora community in Belgium. When not linked to integrative rituals, issues pertaining to women's standing in society come to the fore at home as well as abroad; excision, divorce, rites of widowhood, etc., shake the Igbo community in Nigeria and overseas.
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