Igbo · Clan · Southern Igbo
Obia
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 Obia
| Region | Rivers |
|---|---|
| Division | Southern Igbo |
| Ethnic group | Igbo |
| Recorded as | clan |
| Part of | Ikwerri (confederation of clans) |
Obia is culturally distinct from the other Ikwerri groups and keeps a five-day week. Its constituents are Woji, Umuokoroshe, Diobu, which is the native town of Port Harcourt, and thirteen further villages.
Obia's distinct culture and its size set it apart inside a body of groups that has no shared feeling of unity. The Ikwerri area is rich in land, with wealth drawn mainly from palm kernels and palm oil, from food sold to denser neighbouring districts, and from tolls on travellers going south to trade, while yams remain a small crop because of the rainfall.
Sources
Forde & Jones (1950), The Ibo and Ibibio-Speaking Peoples of South-Eastern Nigeria, pp. 41-42, Table IV and notes
Towns
The 3 towns recorded inside Obia
- Diobu
- Umuokoroshe
- Woji
Names
Names borne in Obia
No names recorded
A name is attached to a place by its documented origin, and no published name in the register names Obia 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 Obia appear here with their provenance.
- The knowledge-graph record for Obia · the archive’s own entry, with the histories linked to it
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