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Ogume is one of the old communities of Ukwuani (Ndokwa) in what is now Delta State. Its story is part of the larger story of the Igbo-speaking peoples west of the Niger, especially the Ukwuani towns that grew up along the river and the lands behind it. Origins and Settlement No single migration made Ogume.…
Amai is an Ukwuani-speaking community in Ndokwa land, Delta State, set in the hinterland of the Niger Delta. Obiaruku lies to the north, Ezhiokpor to the east, Aragba, Orogun and Umuebu to the west, and Ogume and Ezhionu to the south. It is one of the historic Ukwuani communities, whose language, customs and social institutions…
The history of Abbi, in present-day Delta State, is kept in traditions of migration, settlement, kinship and the slow absorption of different families into one community. The founding story centres on Amacha, said to have come from Achalla-Ukwu, east of the Niger, and to have eventually settled in the area now called Abbi. According to…
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