Igbo · Clan · Riverine Igbo
Awarra
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 Awarra
| Region | Imo |
|---|---|
| State | Imo |
| Division | Riverine Igbo |
| Ethnic group | Igbo |
| Recorded as | clan |
Exchange marriage was formerly practised here.
Its towns are its three parts as Awarra, Asa and Ikwerede.
Awarra belongs to the six groups between the Orashi and Sombreiro rivers that formerly acknowledged the suzerainty of Aboh.
Sources
Forde & Jones (1950), The Ibo and Ibibio-Speaking Peoples of South-Eastern Nigeria, pp. 49-51, Table IX, notes and Distinctive Features
Towns
The 3 towns recorded inside Awarra
- Asa
- Awarra
- Ikwerede
Names
Names borne in Awarra
No names recorded
A name is attached to a place by its documented origin, and no published name in the register names Awarra 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 Awarra appear here with their provenance.
- The knowledge-graph record for Awarra · the archive’s own entry, with the histories linked to it
- Records filed under Awarra · the migrated subject label of the same name
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