OzikoroIgbo · Clan · Northeast Igbo
Izzi
Recorded in Ebonyi. 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 Izzi
| Region | Ebonyi |
|---|---|
| State | Ebonyi |
| Local government | Izzi, Abakaliki, Ebonyi |
| Division | Northeast Igbo |
| Ethnic group | Igbo |
| Recorded as | clan |
| Also known as | Izi, Iji |
Izzi is one of the three great clans of the north-eastern Igbo, with Ezza and Ikwo, in Ebonyi State. Its people live in Izzi, Abakaliki and Ebonyi local government areas, and Iboko is the administrative headquarters of the Izzi area.
Izzi is a clan of hundreds of villages, which is why it is counted by districts rather than by towns: the Agbaja district, the Igbeagu district that holds Iboko, the Ezza-Inyimagu district, and the communities of Izzi Unuhu, Amachi, Nkaleke Achara, Enyigba and Okpitumo among others.
Its people are the indigenous population of Abakaliki itself. The state capital sits on Izzi land, and the town's oldest quarters are Izzi quarters.
Izzi, Ezza and Ikwo are brothers, and the tradition they share is that Ekumenyi was their grandfather: Ezekuna fathered Ezza, Olodo fathered Izzi, Noyo fathered Ikwo. Izzi holds that it is a half-brother to Ezza rather than a full one, and says so when the question comes up.
The clan speaks the Izzi dialect of Igbo, which is also spoken across the border in parts of Benue State.
Sources
Wikipedia, "Izzi people"; Forde & Jones (1950), The Ibo and Ibibio-Speaking Peoples of South-Eastern Nigeria, Table XIII and notes
Towns
The 22 towns recorded inside Izzi
- Abakaliki
- Azuda
- Edupkachi
- Enyigba
- Iboko
- Igbunu
- Igwekaeyim
- Isiege
- Ndiaboishiagu
- Ndieze
- Ndiezeoke
- Ndigwe
- Ndinwakpu
- Ndioga
- Ndiokpoto
- Ndiubia
- Nkaleke Achara
- Nwaezariyi
- Ohuruekpe
- Okpitumo
- Okpoduma
- Oyege
Names
Names borne in Izzi
No names recorded
A name is attached to a place by its documented origin, and no published name in the register names Izzi 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 Izzi appear here with their provenance.
- Records filed under Izzi · the migrated subject label of the same name
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