Subject

Igbo oral history

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Igbodo: A Community Formed by Convergence

Igbodo is an Ika-Igbo community in present-day Ika North-East Local Government Area of Delta State. It is traditionally made up of six principal villages: Anikpekwu, Anieyime, Ilabor, Ndobu, Idumu-Obior and Idumu-Ozei. Its history is unusual because the community itself remembers being formed by people coming together from different ancestral settlements. The well-known saying “Igbodo…

Place Igbodo

Anam: Origins of a Riverine Igbo Community

Anam is an old riverine Igbo community in present-day Anambra State. Its people came together through several waves of migration from different parts of the Igbo-speaking region and from neighbouring areas. The name is traditionally understood not as that of one founding ancestor but as a collective label for people who arrived from different places…

Place Anam