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Nsukwa
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 about Nsukwa
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Histories that mention Nsukwa
These are published records whose own words name Nsukwa. A mention is not a history of Nsukwa, which is why they are listed here rather than with the histories about it. Records already listed above are not repeated.
Read as: Nsukwa. 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 Nsukwa
| Region | Delta |
|---|---|
| State | Delta |
| Division | Western Igbo |
| Ethnic group | Igbo |
| Recorded as | town |
It takes in Nsukwa and nine smaller village groups and villages, derived from groups to the north and west.
It is Nsukwa together with nine other small village groups and villages, in a thinly peopled district, and says the group is derived from groups lying to its north and west.
Nsukwa belongs to the Northern Ika, whom the people of Onitsha know as Nnuani, a name read as 'highland people'. Each of the communities has a village head, the Obi, with a council known as the Onuto and the Olinzele beside him. Yams are the staple crop, some districts growing a surplus for sale, and the trade in palm oil and kernels is small.
Sources
Forde & Jones (1950), The Ibo and Ibibio-Speaking Peoples of South-Eastern Nigeria, pp. 46-48, Table VII, notes and Distinctive Features
Archive records
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