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Ebeteghete
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Read as: Ebeteghete. 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 Ebeteghete
| Region | Anambra |
|---|---|
| Division | Northern Igbo |
| Ethnic group | Igbo |
| Recorded as | section |
Its towns are Nankpu, Umuawulu and Ishiago.
Forde & Jones record no origin tradition for the group. It is listed with Nimo, Abagana, Umunri and Mbanasato among the groups of the western uplands, the earliest cultural centre of the Nri-Awka Igbo.
Sources
Forde & Jones (1950), The Ibo and Ibibio-Speaking Peoples of South-Eastern Nigeria, pp. 28-31, Table I, notes and geographical survey
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