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Western Niger Igbo

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Ogume: A Ukwuani-Igbo Community of the Western Niger

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.…

Place Ogume

The Idumuje Clan: Origins and Early Settlement

Idumuje is an old Enuani-Igbo clan in what is now Delta State. It is made up mainly of two autonomous towns, Idumuje-Unor and Idumuje-Ugboko. The clan took shape in the western Niger Igbo world, where generations of migration, settlement, marriage and political joining brought different ancestral groups together. That is why Idumuje’s history cannot be…

Place Idumuje

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