Book
Ropes of sand: studies in Igbo history and culture
University Press in association with Oxford University Press • Ibadan [nigeria] • Published In 1981 • Pages:
By: Afigbo, A. E. (Adiele Eberechukwu).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Afigbo has written several essays on the historical Igbo including their origins (the Nsukka and Aro, in particular), expansion, cults, economy, legends, slavery, and changes in land tenure and language during the colonial period. He provides a native perspective on events and subjects that had been previously documented and discussed European scholars. In many cases providing new insights and understandings.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Traditional history
- Historical reconstruction
- External trade
- Slavery
- Lineages
- Territorial hierarchy
- External relations
- Warfare
- 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.
- Historian
- 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
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2001
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 850-1950
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- southeastern Nigeria
- NotesAdditional notes
- by A.E. Afigbo
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Igbo (African people)