Igbo · Clan · Northern Igbo
Aboyikata
Recorded in Enugu. 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 Aboyikata
| Region | Enugu |
|---|---|
| Division | Northern Igbo |
| Ethnic group | Igbo |
| Recorded as | clan |
Its towns are Inyi and Awlaw. The group is counted in the northern section of the eastern uplands.
Forde & Jones record no origin tradition, migration story or relationship with a neighbouring group for Aboyikata. The northern uplands is the only wider context Forde & Jones give for it, and they name no clans or further settlements within the group.
Sources
Forde & Jones (1950), The Ibo and Ibibio-Speaking Peoples of South-Eastern Nigeria, pp. 28-30 and 33-36, Table II and notes
Towns
The 2 towns recorded inside Aboyikata
- Awlaw
- Inyi
Names
Names borne in Aboyikata
No names recorded
A name is attached to a place by its documented origin, and no published name in the register names Aboyikata yet. This is the state of the name material rather than a statement about the names people bear.
Archive records
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