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Afor

Recorded in Delta. A place page gathers every related history, image, recording and document rather than opening only one article.

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Histories about Afor

clan · town recordThe Guilds and Trade: The Awka and Abiriba ConnectionRead article →clan · town recordThe Abiriba People of Abia State: History, Culture, and Their Impact on Nigerian SocietyRead article →clan · town recordMissionary Education and Cultural Transformation in Nigeria: The Case of Abiriba SchoolsRead article →clan · town recordAn Igbo masquerade from Abiriba, called Ngbagba Ikoro, featuring the chorus and band from the 1930s. Photo by G. I. Jones.Read article →clan · town recordThe Ngbagba Ikoro Masquerade: Celebrating the Igbo Heritage of AbiribaRead article →clan · town recordAn Igbo boy near food bowl in Abiriba, Abia state, Nigeria, in the 1930s. Photograph: Gwilym Iwan JonesRead article →clan · town recordThe Abiriba Afo Ukwu Celebration: A Symbol of Heritage and UnityRead article →clan · town recordObu house in Abiriba. Photo by G.I. Jones 1930sRead article →

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Histories that mention Afor

These are published records whose own words name Afor. A mention is not a history of Afor, which is why they are listed here rather than with the histories about it. Records already listed above are not repeated.

Named in the text · AforThe Role and Significance of Dibia in Igbo Culture: Bridging the Physical and Spiritual RealmsRead article →Named in the text · AforNdoni: The River People and Their Igbo Family TiesRead article →Named in the text · AforLife, Culture, and Institutions in Pre-Slavery Igboland: “Igbo Ndụ Bu Iche”Read article →Named in the text · AforIgbo Identity and the Bonds of Homeland and Diaspora: “Onye aghala nwanne ya”Read article →Named in the text · AforThe Afia Olu Festival of Nnewi: A Vibrant Celebration of Igbo Harvest and HeritageRead article →Named in the text · AforOnicha Ukwuani: A Vibrant Tapestry of Ukwuani Igbo Heritage in Delta StateRead article →Named in the text · AforAkalaka: The Progenitor of the Ogba, Ekpeye, and Ikwerre PeopleRead article →Named in the text · AforAmadioha: The Igbo God of Thunder, Justice, and CreationRead article →Named in the text · AforOke-Aku Festival: A Celebration of Harvest, Unity, and Renewal in Ezza Ezekuna CultureRead article →Named in the text · AforThe Ikeji Festival of Arochukwu: A Timeless Celebration of Igbo Culture and HarvestRead article →Named in the text · AforThe Anioma People: Culture, History, and ContributionsRead article →Named in the text · AforOmabe Festival Enugu Ezike: A Timeless Celebration of Igbo Culture and MystiqueRead article →Named in the text · AforEnuani: History of Ubulu People and Their Progenitor EzemuRead article →Named in the text · AforLiving Omenani: How Igbo Traditions Shape Daily LifeRead article →Named in the text · AforOsenabo Ọgwụ Ịfụzo and Its Dangers in Ọdịnana Igbo SpiritualityRead article →Named in the text · AforThe Ontology of Identity: Igu Aha and the Sociocultural Significance of Naming in Igbo TraditionRead article →Named in the text · AforHarmony in Four Days: The Spiritual Elements and Cultural Rhythms of the Igbo Market WeekRead article →Named in the text · AforMgbeke: Origin and Etymology and the Derogatory Reputation in Pop CultureRead article →Named in the text · AforFrom Mistake to Massacre: The Ahiara Punitive Expedition (1905–1906) Triggered by Dr. Stewart’s DeathRead article →Named in the text · AforIgbo Market Days: A Window into the Region’s Rich Cultural HeritageRead article →Named in the text · AforOgwashi-Uku: The Heart of Anioma Kinship and Igbo Heritage Across the Niger RiverRead article →Named in the text · AforThe Aju Festival of Ugbo: A Rite of Passage Celebrating Manhood, Identity, and Community Unity in Igbo SocietyRead article →Named in the text · AforEzumezu Agwụ and Its Role in Ọdịnana Igbo SpiritualityRead article →Named in the text · AforEde-Aro Festival: Celebrating the Cocoyam Harvest in AbaganaRead article →

Read as: Afor. Counted where the name is written with a capital, because a lower-case occurrence of a name that is also an ordinary word is the word.

The record

What the archive holds for Afor

RegionDelta
StateDelta
Local governmentNdokwa East
DivisionRiverine Igbo
Ethnic groupIgbo
Recorded astown

Afor is a historic village of the Ukwuani country in Ndokwa East, Delta State. It is a town of the Ukwuani, one of the places the Akashiada migrations set out from, and it is not a clan.

Afor sits in Ndokwa East, on the Ase river, and it is a village of the Ukwuani rather than a clan with villages under it. Its people farm the riverside land and fish the Ase.

The town's name travels. Umuachi Afor is named in the Akashiada accounts as one of the places the migrations into Ukwuani land started from, alongside Asaba, Ebu and Utchi — which places Afor among the older western Igbo settlements the later movements came out of.

Sources

the Akashiada history he supplied; Forde & Jones (1950), The Ibo and Ibibio-Speaking Peoples of South-Eastern Nigeria, Table VIII and notes

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