Western Igbo history

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Ute-Okpu: An Ika-Igbo Clan and Its Nri Roots

Ute-Okpu is one of the major clans of Ika land in Delta State, and Ika is an Igbo subgroup of western Igboland. Its history matters because the clan holds a strong tradition of eastern Igbo migration across the Niger, and both local oral history and older ethnographic records preserve it. The same records also note…

Place Ute Okpu

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