Ozikoroclan in the archive
Mbanesi
Recorded in Anambra. A place page gathers every related history, image, recording and document rather than opening only one article.
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Histories about Mbanesi
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Histories that mention Mbanesi
No published record in this archive names Mbanesi in its own words.
Read as: Mbanesi. 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 Mbanesi
| Region | Anambra |
|---|---|
| Division | Northern Igbo |
| Ethnic group | Igbo |
| Recorded as | clan |
Its towns are Ukpor, Ezenifite, Osu, Utu, Ubaju and Ozubulu.
Forde & Jones record Ozubulu as related to Achalla. Forde & Jones give no origin tradition. The name Ezenifite also appears among the communities of Mbanasa. Mbanesi is counted among the groups of the Nnewi district, settled from the western uplands by large village groups with a past reputation for warfare.
Sources
Forde & Jones (1950), The Ibo and Ibibio-Speaking Peoples of South-Eastern Nigeria, pp. 28 and 31, Table I, notes and geographical survey
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