Ozikoroclan in the archive
Etche
Recorded in Rivers. A place page gathers every related history, image, recording and document rather than opening only one article.
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Histories about Etche
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Histories that mention Etche
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Read as: Etche. 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 Etche
| Region | Rivers |
|---|---|
| State | Rivers |
| Division | Southern Igbo |
| Ethnic group | Igbo |
| Recorded as | clan |
It divides into the regional groups Ogugu, Mba (Umuaturu) and Egwi, and its people are among the better yam farmers of the north.
The clan is divided into three regional groups: Ogugu, Mba (Umuaturu) and Egwi. Forde & Jones record no separate origin tradition for Etche.
The Etche and Oratta groups, which lie to the north of the Ikwerri, are better yam farmers than the Ikwerri though less wealthy than them. Yam production is said to be comparatively small in the area because of the heavy rainfall.
Sources
Forde & Jones (1950), The Ibo and Ibibio-Speaking Peoples of South-Eastern Nigeria, pp. 41-42, Table IV and notes
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