OzikoroIgbo · Clan · Riverine Igbo
Ekpeya
Recorded in Rivers. 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 Ekpeya
| Region | Rivers |
|---|---|
| Division | Riverine Igbo |
| Ethnic group | Igbo |
| Recorded as | clan |
| Also known as | Ekpaffia |
It is a clan with a dialect and customs of its own, made up of four constituent clans (Akoli, Ube, Orupata and Igbuduya) and of seventy-two villages and small settlements, Ahoada among them.
The men of Ekpeya do no farming. They live instead on palm oil, hunting and fishing, and leave the cultivation to the women, apart from clearing the bush. In the other Riverain Igbo groups the men are farmers as well as fishermen.
The group is noted as well for a style of wrestling of its own, in which leg holds are not allowed.
Sources
Forde & Jones (1950), The Ibo and Ibibio-Speaking Peoples of South-Eastern Nigeria, pp. 50-51, Table IX, notes and Distinctive Features
Towns
The 1 town recorded inside Ekpeya
- Ahoada
Names
Names borne in Ekpeya
No names recorded
A name is attached to a place by its documented origin, and no published name in the register names Ekpeya 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 Ekpeya appear here with their provenance.
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