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Akegbe-Ozalla
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| Region | Enugu |
|---|---|
| State | Enugu |
| Division | Northern Igbo |
| Ethnic group | Igbo |
| Recorded as | clan |
19) calls that clan's fifth section.
The remaining two towns, Ozalla and Obe, are kin to one another and claim kinship with Akpugo-Agbani (No. 32), with Udi in the Abaja clan (No. 15) and with Ugbawka (No. 36). Members of the Akunano section also appear elsewhere: Amechi of Idodo (No. 30) came off it, and Amagunze (No. 34) is related to it.
It is counted among the settlements of the southern Nkanu plains, peopled westward out of the eastern uplands.
Sources
Forde & Jones (1950), The Ibo and Ibibio-Speaking Peoples of South-Eastern Nigeria, pp. 28-30 and 33-36, Table II and notes
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