Owa cultural heritage

Owa: An Ika-Igbo Kingdom Built from Many Lineages

Owa is one of the historic kingdoms of the Ika people of Delta State. Its centre is Owa-Oyibu, in present-day Ika North-East Local Government Area. The kingdom belongs to the wider Ika cultural and linguistic region of western Igbo country, and historical and ethnographic sources place the Ika area within that western Igbo zone. Owa’s…