Igbo · Clan · Northern Igbo
Aguinyi
Recorded in Anambra. 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 Aguinyi
| Region | Anambra |
|---|---|
| Division | Northern Igbo |
| Ethnic group | Igbo |
| Recorded as | clan |
Its towns are Adazi, Obeledu and Ichida.
The remaining communities are described only as village groups of Awka and Neni that are unrelated to the others. Aguinyi lies in the Agulu area, which took up the Ọzọ title system as that spread southward from the western uplands.
Sources
Forde & Jones (1950), The Ibo and Ibibio-Speaking Peoples of South-Eastern Nigeria, pp. 28-31, Table I, notes and geographical survey
Towns
The 3 towns recorded inside Aguinyi
- Adazi
- Ichida
- Obeledu
Names
Names borne in Aguinyi
No names recorded
A name is attached to a place by its documented origin, and no published name in the register names Aguinyi yet. This is the state of the name material rather than a statement about the names people bear.
Archive records
Photographs, oral testimony and documents connected to Aguinyi appear here with their provenance.
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