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Uburuku
Recorded in Delta. A place page gathers every related history, image, recording and document rather than opening only one article.
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No published record in this archive names Uburuku in its own words.
Read as: Uburuku. 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.
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What the archive holds for Uburuku
| Region | Delta |
|---|---|
| Division | Western Igbo |
| Ethnic group | Igbo |
| Recorded as | town |
Its three villages, Uburu Uke, Uburu Uno and Uburu Okiti, were founded by two brothers who came from Kwale District.
Its three constituents are Uburu Uke, Uburu Uno and Uburu Okiti. Its founders are two brothers, Obodo and Ezemu, who moved from Kwale District to Uburu Uno. Forde & Jones record no Benin tradition for the group.
Sources
Forde & Jones (1950), The Ibo and Ibibio-Speaking Peoples of South-Eastern Nigeria, pp. 46-47, Table VII and notes
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