Ozikoroclan in the archive
Obowo
Recorded in Imo. A place page gathers every related history, image, recording and document rather than opening only one article.
Connected writing
Histories about Obowo
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Histories that mention Obowo
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Read as: Obowo. 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 Obowo
| Region | Imo |
|---|---|
| State | Imo |
| Division | Southern Igbo |
| Ethnic group | Igbo |
| Recorded as | clan |
Its founding tradition is disputed.
It belongs to part D, the peripheral entries, which together with those of part B are counted as Eastern Isu.
It is a well-integrated group with two divisions. Okwunanso is formed of Amuzi, Alike and Avutu with four smaller village groups; Ekwelenote is formed of Ehume and Umarriam with five more.
Its founder is disputed between Ihiteafouku of Ekwereazu (No. 8) and Abaja Isu of Isu-Orlu (No. 1). Okaiuka, a clan of the Ohuhu group (C. No. 1), is derived from Obowo; the name is printed "Abavo" at that point, and the parallel Ohuhu-Ngwa entry, which derives Okaiuka from Obowo, is what settles the reading.
Sources
Forde & Jones (1950), The Ibo and Ibibio-Speaking Peoples of South-Eastern Nigeria, pp. 39-40, Table III and notes
Archive records
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