Book
Ritual roles of women in Onitsha Ibo society
University Microfilms • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1980 • Pages:
By: Henderson, Helen Kreider.
Abstract
This study focuses on the roles of women in traditional (i.e., pre-Westernized) Onitsha Igbo society. Data for the account are drawn from early accounts by travellers and missionaries and from informants' recall of past events. While the stress is on women's roles in rituals such as shrine worship, funeral ceremonies, and witchcraft, there is a good deal of information on women's roles in the domestic, political, and economic spheres as well. It should be noted that, although the author uses the present tense, she is generally referring to the latter half of the 19th century. Some caution should be exercised in using the materials presented in this source since the author presents an ideal model of women's roles based on materials that may come from different time periods.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2003
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Western Africa
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Eleanor C. Swanson ; 1981
- Field Date
- 1960-1962
- Coverage Date
- ca. 1850-1900
- Coverage Place
- Onitsha town and vicinity, southeastern Nigeria
- Notes
- Helen Kreider Henderson
- UM70-13,066
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 515-526)
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of California, Berkeley, 1970
- LCSH
- Igbo (African people)