Book
African women: a study of the Ibo of Nigeria
Faver and Faver, Limited • London • Published In 1934 • Pages:
By: Leith-Ross, Sylvia, Lugard, Frederick John Dealtry, Baron.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book, spurred by a desire for an accurate documentation and understanding of the Aba Riots (Igbo women rising against the alleged intent to tax women), explores the role of women in four Igbo towns -- Nneato, Nguru, Owerri Town and Port Harcourt. Women's place in the economic life of their community is examined, as well as mortality, marriage, homes, birth, widowhood, religion and missions, education, labor opportunities, and the influence of Western culture. These towns were selected because each has been impacted differently by Western culture and because they illustrate the rural-urban continuum. It should be noted that the exact geographical movement of the Aba Riots is difficult to discern from the maps provided. Further, in this source all of Owerri Province has been treated as being inhabited by Southern Igbo. Towns not locatable from Igbo land maps have been treated as Southern Igbo (i.e., Ubaha, Eekuku, Emi, Iyi Emu).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Brawls, riots, and banditry
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Mode of marriage
- Polygamy
- Ethnosociology
- Missions
- Education system
- Urban and rural life
- Retail marketing
- Division of labor by gender
- 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
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Social Scientist
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Del Childs ; Marlene Martin ; 1981
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1934
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- mid 1920s-mid 1930s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- East Central State [Owerri Province] Nneato area in northeastern part of province near Okigwi; Nguru area to the east of Owerri town; Owerri town; Port Harcourt; Nigeria
- NotesAdditional notes
- Sylvia Leith-Ross ; with a foreword by Lord Lugard
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 39006672
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Igbo (African people)