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Ecology and social structure among the North eastern Ibo
Africa • 31 • Published In 1961 • Pages: 117-134
By: Jones, Gwilym Iwan.
Abstract
Jones proposes that the distinctive features of the Northeastern Igbo social structure are a modification of the more typical Igbo structure. Further, he posits that this modification is in response to new environmental conditions. He compares the respective agricultural systems, patterns of territorial expansion and supporting mythological charters, and residential and land tenure systems. Jones illustrates how the aforementioned patterns, representing distinctive Northeastern Igbo forms, were reflected in their marriage and kinship relations, as well as their political organization.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2003
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Western Africa
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Ethnologist
- Government Official
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Del Childs ; Marlene Martin ; 1980-1981
- Field Date
- 1929, 1956
- Coverage Date
- 1929, 1956
- Coverage Place
- northeastern Igbo, Nigeria
- Notes
- Gwilym Iwan Jones
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 134)
- LCCN
- 29010790
- LCSH
- Igbo (African people)