Ozikoroclan in the archive
Okpala
Recorded in Imo. A place page gathers every related history, image, recording and document rather than opening only one article.
Connected writing
Histories about Okpala
The archive links no published history to Okpala 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 Okpala
No published record in this archive names Okpala in its own words.
“Okpala” is not counted on its own — in this archive it is a surname and the firstborn's title.
The record
What the archive holds for Okpala
| Region | Imo |
|---|---|
| State | Imo |
| Division | Southern Igbo |
| Ethnic group | Igbo |
| Recorded as | clan |
Okpala is the first of the three clans that make up the Etche group.
Its towns are Eziama and five other small village groups as constituents. Okpala is also the fourth of the entries known collectively as Ngor, alongside Umuhu, Obike and Emerienwe, and Forde & Jones record no origin tradition for it.
Sources
Forde & Jones (1950), The Ibo and Ibibio-Speaking Peoples of South-Eastern Nigeria, pp. 41-42, Table IV and notes
Archive records
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