Igbo · Section · Northern Igbo
Mbanano
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 Mbanano
| Region | Anambra |
|---|---|
| State | Anambra |
| Division | Northern Igbo |
| Ethnic group | Igbo |
| Recorded as | section |
Its towns are Abakete, Umuoji, Nkpor and Uke.
Forde & Jones record no origin tradition or link with a neighbouring group for Mbanano. It lies with the other groups of the Onitsha lowlands, ground settled early by expansion westward from the uplands toward the Niger.
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 4 towns recorded inside Mbanano
- Abakete
- Nkpor
- Uke
- Umuoji
Names
Names borne in Mbanano
No names recorded
A name is attached to a place by its documented origin, and no published name in the register names Mbanano 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 Mbanano appear here with their provenance.
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