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Ugulangu
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 Ugulangu
| Region | Ebonyi |
|---|---|
| State | Ebonyi |
| Local government | Onicha |
| Division | Northeast Igbo |
| Ethnic group | Igbo |
| Recorded as | town |
| Part of | Ezza (clan) |
With Ukawe it is noted as a clan that broke away from Ezza, one of the section's five large groups.
It is linked with Ukawe, the two being clans recorded as having broken away from Ezza, the largest of the section's three large groups. It is entered as a village group while it is also treated as a clan.
With the other communities entered as village groups, Ugulangu is said to have a settlement pattern like that of village groups in the Eastern Plains, in contrast to the five large groups of the section, whose people live in small hamlets spread across the farmland away from the lineage home land. Beyond the break from Ezza, and Forde & Jones record no town, no subdivision and no founder for it.
Where it is: Ebonyi State, Onicha local government area. A gazetteer entry: "Ugulangu Map — Locality — Onicha, Ebonyi State, Nigeria".
Sources
Forde & Jones (1950), The Ibo and Ibibio-Speaking Peoples of South-Eastern Nigeria, pp. 57-58, Table XIII and notes
Towns
The 1 town recorded inside Ugulangu
- Ugulangu
Names
Names borne in Ugulangu
No names recorded
A name is attached to a place by its documented origin, and no published name in the register names Ugulangu 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 Ugulangu appear here with their provenance.
The archive holds no photograph, recording or document filed to Ugulangu yet, so this section names nothing rather than being filled with something else.
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