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Ibo (Igbo)
Ibo and Ibibio-speaking peoples of south-eastern Nigeria, by Daryll Forde and G. I. Jones • (3) • Published In 1950 • Pages: 9-65
By: Forde, Cyril Daryll, Jones, Gwilym Iwan.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source identifies the various Igbo sub-groups and situates them spatially. The authors illustrate the diversity in the Igbo population by outlining salient characteristic forms of kinship, social organization, religiopus beliefs, economic activity, and material culture. In addition, population fugures and material on origins and migration patterns of the subgroups are included.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Culture summary
- Tribe and nation
- Identification
- Linguistic identification
- Settlement patterns
- Lineages
- Status, role, and prestige
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Igbo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2003
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Western Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Jan Simpson ; 1980
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- early to mid twentieth century
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- south-eastern Nigeria -- all IIbo groups; provinces of Onitsha, Owerri, Rivers, Ogoja, Benin and Warri -- now East Central State of the Republic of Nigeria
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Daryll Forde and G. I. Jones
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 61-65)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 52065119
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Igbo (African people)