Igbo · Clan · Southern Igbo
Agbaja (Owerri)
Recorded in Imo. A register entry gathers the towns the sources list, the names borne there and the records the archive holds, instead of opening only one article.
The record
What the archive holds for Agbaja (Owerri)
| Region | Imo |
|---|---|
| Division | Southern Igbo |
| Ethnic group | Igbo |
| Recorded as | clan |
It stands at the head of the table's Eastern or Abaja-Ehime part.
It is placed in part B, Eastern or Abaja-Ehime, the name of which it shares.
Its six named members are Nguru, Inyiogugu and Isuobiangwu, with Umuhu, Lagwo and Ibeku, although Forde & Jones record seven local communities for the clan. The first two of them, Nguru and Inyiogugu, are said to dispute seniority.
The name Abaja recurs elsewhere: a village group of Isu-Ofe-Iyi within Isu-Orlu (No. 1) and a clan of Osu. Forde & Jones report no origin tradition for this clan.
Sources
Forde & Jones (1950), The Ibo and Ibibio-Speaking Peoples of South-Eastern Nigeria, pp. 39-40, Table III and notes
Towns
The 6 towns recorded inside Agbaja (Owerri)
- Ibeku
- Inyiogugu
- Isuobiangwu
- Lagwo
- Nguru
- Umuhu
Names
Names borne in Agbaja (Owerri)
No names recorded
A name is attached to a place by its documented origin, and no published name in the register names Agbaja (Owerri) yet. This is the state of the name material rather than a statement about the names people bear.
Archive records
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