Book
An outline of traditional Onitsha Ibo socialization
Institute of Education, University of Ibadan • (5) • Published In 1966 • Pages: 48
By: Henderson, Richard N., Henderson, Helen Kreider.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The Hendersons have presented in this work a detailed study of the child-rearing and socialization processes existent in Onitsha at the beginning of the contact period. The authors point out, however, that '… it should not be assumed that the practices described here remain current in Enu-Onitsha today' (p. 4). In addition to the main theme of this paper, the researcher will also find much general information on lineages, title acquisition, the King of Onitsha, the masquerade society, age-grades, the IBA or 'ancestral house,' marriage customs, polygyny, the 'Wives of the Village' organization, parent-child relationships, and several peer-group children's societies (e.g., the MBEKWE society), age-graded and hierarchial in order leading up to eventual adolescent inclusion in the adult societies. The data gathered in this source were obtained from informant's accounts of tradition, on historical records and other published sources, and on the authors' current observations (p. 4).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Infant care
- Child care
- Age stratification
- Sodalities
- Lineages
- Techniques of socialization
- Cleanliness training
- Sex training
- Aggression training
- Independence training
- Infant feeding
- Personality development
- 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
- John Beierle ; 1981
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1961-1962
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- mid nineteenth century - 1962
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- town of Onitsha, southeastern Nigeria
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Richard N. Henderson and Helen Kreider Henderson
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 47-48)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 67009705
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Igbo (African people)