Igboland (Standard Igbo: Àlà Ị̀gbò), also known as Southeastern Nigeria (but extends into South-Southern Nigeria), is the indigenous homeland of the Igbo...
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which forms a part of the solar veneration among the Nri-Igbo in northern Igboland. Arụsị are mediated by Dibia and other priests who do not contact the high...
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In Igboland, there are different festivities that are celebrated, but the most influential of all include the masquerade festival and the New Yam Festival...
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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...
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similarities with later Igbo work was found at Nsukka, and Afikpo regions of Igboland in the 1970s, along with pottery and tools at nearby Ibagwa; the traditions...
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Traders, Warriors, and Kings: Female Power and Authority in Northern Igboland, 1900–1960, was published by Heinemann in 2005. Heralded as a “landmark...
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Ogu na Ofo (redirect from Ofo in Igboland)
administration, and promulgating and enforcing laws. The General Ofo of Igboland is currently located in the palace of Gad in Agulueri, Anambra State. The...
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ethnic group of Nigeria Igbo language, their language anything related to Igboland, a cultural region in Nigeria Ibo (disambiguation) Igbo mythology Igbo...
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Nde Ṅgwà IPA: [ŋɡʷa]) are an Igbo group living in the southern part of Igboland. The Ngwa people are found predominantly in Abia State with a population...
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Eze (section Kingship in Igboland)
(2005). Igbo Life and Thought and Other Essays Uchendu, Victor C. (1965). The Igbo of Southeast Nigeria Igboland’s Culture on Igbo Village, Igbo Guide...
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Japan Igboland, the traditional lands of the Igbo people in the south-eastern region and surrounding states in Nigeria Aboh, a Nigerian city in Igboland also...
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Aro Confederacy (category History of Igboland)
Ameshi, Onitsha, and Kalabari. The prominent international slave markets in Igboland were the Oguta Lake Slave Market, Onitsha, Abonnema, and Bonny. These markets...
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of addressing traditional rulers that control autonomous communities in Igboland. In other words, Igbos approximate the term to the HM style. An Igwe is...
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would deliberately plague a family with misfortune. Belief in ọgbanje in Igboland is not as strong as it once was, although there are still some believers...
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drastic iconographic changes in the art." Fraser and Cole assert that, in Igboland, some art objects "lack the vigor and careful craftsmanship of the earlier...
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excavated at sites in the Nsukka region of southeast Nigeria in what is now Igboland: dating to 2000 BC at the site of Lejja (Eze-Uzomaka 2009) and to 750 BC...
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Igbo nationalism (section Development of Igboland)
preservation and revival of Igbo culture and, for others, the development of Igboland stemming from the philosophy, Aku luo uno, which means "wealth builds the...
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Nigeria. He is amongst the most popular of Igbo deities and in some parts of Igboland, he is referred to as Amadiora, Kamalu (which is short for Kalu Akanu)...
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Akwete cloth is a hand woven textile produced in Igboland for which the town of Akwete, also known as Ndoki, both which the cloth was named after in Abia...
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political influence over a significant part of what is known today as Igboland prior to expansion, and was administered by a priest-king called an Eze...
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drink it in less public venues. In parts of southeastern Nigeria, namely Igboland, palm wine is locally referred to as "mmanya ocha" (literally, "white drink")...
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societies increased. Initially, most palm oil (and later kernels) came from Igboland, where palm trees formed a canopy over the densely inhabited areas of the...
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(with pap or by itself), and it may be that this is most-common (outside Igboland) in Niger State. Other Igbo names for okpa include ịgba and ntucha. In...
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2013:35 Igwe, Leo (19 June 2009). "Tradition of same gender marriage in Igboland". Nigerian Tribune. Archived from the original on 11 January 2010. "Same-sex...
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southeast. Roman Catholicism is the largest Christian denomination in Igboland, but Anglicanism is also strong, as are Pentecostalism and other Evangelical...
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Ẹchịcha A bowl of ẹchịcha Alternative names Achịcha Place of origin Nigeria Region or state Igboland Main ingredients Dried Cocoyam, Mgbụmgbụ...
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first published in 1958. It depicts the events of pre-colonial life in Igboland, a cultural area in modern-day southeastern Nigeria, and the subsequent...
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the Ochioha I of Igboland. At the time of his investiture, the president had already held a title—that of the Ogbuagu I of Igboland—in the Nigerian chieftaincy...
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Igbo–Igala wars (category Wars involving Igboland)
almost a century. The Nsukka people have continuously inhabited northern Igboland since the 3rd millennium BCE as shown through archeological continuity...
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State) Agatu, Alago, Yala Christianity Igbo Niger–Congo → Igbo Nigeria (Igboland) Anioma, Aro, Edda, Ekpeye, Etche, Ezaa, Ika, Ikwerre, Ikwo, Isu, Izzi...
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