Book
Studies in Ibo political systems: chieftaincy and politics in four Niger states
University of California Press • Berkeley • Published In 1972 • Pages:
By: Nzimiro, Ikenna.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study is an intricately detailed comparative analysis of the political systems of the riverain Ogbaru people living along the banks of the Niger and its tributaries. The so-called 'city-states' of Abo, Onitsha, Osomari, and Oguta served as the primary focus of this political analysis. The source is divided into three parts, the first of which describes the political structure of each of the four 'states' and the functional roles of the political offices contained therein in terms of policy making, adjudication of justice, execution of laws, and in defense of the state. The second part of this work deals almost exclusively with the role of kingship as an institution and as a focus of political values. The third and final portion of the book is a re-evaluation by the author of the theme of the study as noted above (parts 1 and 2) in order '… to examine the common characteristic features of the whole political system, as well as to show the similarities between particular states' (p. xvi). External cultural contacts which have affected the political institutions of the state are also examined in this source. These contacts were primarily with Benin, Igala and Europeans.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Chief executive
- Deliberative councils
- Executive household
- Territorial hierarchy
- Towns
- Cities
- 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 TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Indigenous Person
- 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
- John Beierle ; Jan Simpson ; 1981
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- esp. 1960-1961, July 1963-end of 1964 (?)
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- Early nineteenth century - 1960s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Riverain Ndi Ogbaru peoples (Abo, Onitsha, Osomari, Oguta), Nigeria
- NotesAdditional notes
- Francis Ikenna Nzimiro
- An enlarged form of the author's thesis, Cambridge, 1967
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-281)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 79187745
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Igbo (African people)