Igbo · Clan · Northern Igbo
Uturu
Recorded in Imo (Abia). 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 Uturu
| Region | Imo |
|---|---|
| State | Abia |
| Division | Northern Igbo |
| Ethnic group | Igbo |
| Recorded as | clan |
| Part of | Otanzu (clan) |
It is called an offshoot of Otanzu (No. 26).
It is counted among the settlements of the Nkanu plains in the south, which were peopled westward out of the eastern uplands. It has no towns within Uturu, and Forde & Jones record no other tradition for it.
Where it is: Abia State. Wikipedia: Uturu, Abia State.
Sources
Forde & Jones (1950), The Ibo and Ibibio-Speaking Peoples of South-Eastern Nigeria, pp. 28-30 and 33-36, Table II and notes
Towns
Towns inside Uturu
No towns recorded
The sources this entry rests on do not enumerate its towns. That is a gap in the record rather than a statement that it has none — a source that lists them is what fills it.
Names
Names borne in Uturu
No names recorded
A name is attached to a place by its documented origin, and no published name in the register names Uturu 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 Uturu appear here with their provenance.
- The knowledge-graph record for Uturu · the archive’s own entry, with the histories linked to it
- Records filed under Uturu · the migrated subject label of the same name
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