Book
The king in every man: evolutionary trends in Onitsha Ibo society and culture
Yale University Press • New Haven • Published In 1972 • Pages:
By: Henderson, Richard N..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source provides a thorough and detailed analysis of the socio-political structure and process of Onitsha in historical perspective. Because the Igbo literature frequently emphasizes the atypical nature of such former city-states with kings and casts of courtly officials, this work will be of especial interest to researchers. Without sacrificing any of the complexity or particularity of the Onitsha data, Henderson's analysis of the intricate relationships among the descent system, title system, religious associations, sodalities, and age-sets is relevant to all Igbo society.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Chief executive
- Traditional history
- History
- Deliberative councils
- Organized ceremonial
- Ingroup antagonisms
- Status, role, and prestige
- Sodalities
- Age stratification
- Community structure
- Inter-community relations
- 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.
- 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 ; 1981
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1960-1962
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1500-1880
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Onitsha City, Anambra State, Nigeria
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Richard N. Henderson
- Although much of the material in this document is historical, History (175) has only been used for passages about specific events in which pre-1900 dates are given. Traditional History (174) and Identification (101) are used for regional description and historical reconstruction regardless of the ethnic composition of the communities mentioned. Village chiefs who appeared to have roles in the larger Onitsha hierarchy were indexed for Deliberative Councils (646); where this did not seem to be the case Community Heads (622) was used.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 549-563)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 77151576
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Igbo (African people)