Igbo · Clan · Northern Igbo
Ikem
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 Ikem
| Region | Enugu |
|---|---|
| Division | Northern Igbo |
| Ethnic group | Igbo |
| Recorded as | clan |
The group is placed in the northern section of the eastern uplands.
The Ikem area, with Ehamufu, Ofemili and the Nike group, is one of the few where good land and a thin population made it worth growing yams for sale outside the district. Forde & Jones record no origin tradition for 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 3 towns recorded inside Ikem
- Eleke
- Ikem
- Mbu
Names
Names borne in Ikem
No names recorded
A name is attached to a place by its documented origin, and no published name in the register names Ikem 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 Ikem appear here with their provenance.
- The knowledge-graph record for Ikem · the archive’s own entry, with the histories linked to it
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