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Igbuzo
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 that mention Igbuzo
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Read as: Igbuzo, Ibusa. 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.
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What the archive holds for Igbuzo
| Region | Delta |
|---|---|
| State | Delta |
| Local government | Oshimili North |
| Division | Western Igbo |
| Ethnic group | Igbo |
| Recorded as | clan |
Igbuzo is an Enuani Igbo town in Oshimili North, Delta State, and one of the largest in Anioma. The name is Igbuzo; Ibusa is the spelling the records used.
Igbuzo is one of the great towns of the Enuani country, on the road between Asaba and Ogwashi Uku. Its quarters are the old ones — Ogboli, Umuidinisagba, Umueze, Umuodafe and Umusadege — and each reckons its own ancestors while the town answers as one.
Its people are Enuani Igbo. The town is named Igbuzo, and the form Ibusa came into written use from the way the name was heard and written by people who did not speak it, which is why both are found. The town's own name is the one used here.
The traditional ruler is the Obi of Igbuzo, and the town keeps the Enuani customs of the Oshimili country — the new yam at the turn of the year, the age grades, and the quarter meetings that settle most things before they reach the Obi.
Sources
Wikipedia, "Igbuzo"; Forde & Jones (1950), The Ibo and Ibibio-Speaking Peoples of South-Eastern Nigeria, Table VII and notes
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