Subject

Niger River Igbo

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Umunede: An Ika-Igbo Kingdom in Western Igboland

Umunede is an ancient Igbo kingdom of the Ika, one of the Igbo subgroups of western Igboland, west of the Niger. It sits in Ika North-East Local Government Area of Delta State. Umunede is counted among the major Ika-Igbo towns, alongside Agbor, Owa, Ute-Okpu, Ute-Ogbeje, Igbodo, Mbiri, Akumazi and Otolokpo, and it has long been…

Place Umunede

The Igbo Origins and Development of the Aboh Kingdom

Aboh belongs to the history of the Igbo of the western Niger. No single migration made it. It grew out of several Igbo-speaking groups moving, settling and slowly merging along the river. At the heart of the story is a meeting between the Ika Igbo, especially people from Agbor, and older riverine Igbo communities already…

Place Aboh