Ozikoroclan in the archive
Osu
Recorded in Imo. A place page gathers every related history, image, recording and document rather than opening only one article.
Connected writing
Histories about Osu
Named in other records
Histories that mention Osu
No published record in this archive names Osu in its own words.
“Osu” is not counted on its own — in this archive it is the caste institution.
The record
What the archive holds for Osu
| Region | Imo |
|---|---|
| Division | Southern Igbo |
| Ethnic group | Igbo |
| Recorded as | clan |
The source treats it and Ehime (No. 5) as a single clan.
It is placed in the peripheral part D and called transitional between the Western and the Eastern Isu. Its country lies in the northern belt of dense settlement held by the Isu, Osu and Abaja-Ehime.
Its towns are Umuduru, Umunumu and Nzerem, then Obiohuru, Mbeke and Angana, with a number of smaller village groups besides.
Ehime (No. 5) and Osu are treated as one clan, in which Umueze is the senior village group and Onicha (Dim Neze) the second. Osu's clans are Umueze, Umuezeala, Abaja, Umukabia and Umunakanu. Forde & Jones record no separate origin tradition for Osu.
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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