Igbo · Clan · Northern Igbo
Nkalu
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 Nkalu
| Region | Imo |
|---|---|
| Division | Northern Igbo |
| Ethnic group | Igbo |
| Recorded as | clan |
Its towns are Akokwa, Obodo, Akporo, Oshine and Urualla. Forde & Jones record no origin tradition. Its area is counted with the Isuofia area, the neighbouring groups, reached by the title system of the western uplands as that spread south.
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 5 towns recorded inside Nkalu
- Akokwa
- Akporo
- Obodo
- Oshine
- Urualla
Names
Names borne in Nkalu
No names recorded
A name is attached to a place by its documented origin, and no published name in the register names Nkalu 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 Nkalu appear here with their provenance.
- The knowledge-graph record for Nkalu · the archive’s own entry, with the histories linked to it
- Records filed under Nkalu · the migrated subject label of the same name
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