Ozikoroclan in the archive
Oba
Recorded in Rivers. A place page gathers every related history, image, recording and document rather than opening only one article.
Connected writing
Histories about Oba
The archive links no published history to Oba yet. Its neighbours’ histories are not shown here, because a link to another community is not a history of this one.
Named in other records
Histories that mention Oba
No published record in this archive names Oba in its own words.
“Oba” is not counted on its own — in this archive it is the Benin royal title.
The record
What the archive holds for Oba
| Region | Rivers |
|---|---|
| Division | Riverine Igbo |
| Ethnic group | Igbo |
| Recorded as | clan |
Ogba is the clan, and Omoku is its principal town.
It is divided into three clans, Egi, Osomini and Iburu. Omoku, described as a large trading town, has thirty-seven small village groups, villages and settlements.
Oba and Ekpeya look very unlike each other and unlike the other Riverain Igbo groups. Oba also belongs among those between the Orashi and Sombreiro rivers that once recognised the overlordship of Aboh.
Sources
Forde & Jones (1950), The Ibo and Ibibio-Speaking Peoples of South-Eastern Nigeria, pp. 50-51, Table IX, notes and Distinctive Features
Archive records
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