Bibliographies in Sources

Acculturation and Culture Contact

General Character of Religion

Spirits and Gods

Revelation and Divination

Religious Denominations

Material Not Relevant

Arranging a Marriage

Special Unions and Marriages

Lineages

Illegitimacy

Vegetable Production

Special Crops

Woven and Other Interworked Fabrics

Ceramic Technology

Internal Trade

Division of Labor by Gender

Gender Status

Community Councils

Political Movements

Tillage

Household

Writing

Occupational Specialization

Labor Supply and Employment

Territorial Hierarchy

Identification

Topography and Geology

Organization and Analysis of Results

Cosmology

Mythology

Animism

Ethnopsychology

Bilineal Kin Groups

Residence

Parents-in-Law and Children-in-Law

Cultural Participation

Community Structure

Community Heads

Population

External Migration

External Trade

Slavery

External Relations

Missions

Smiths and Their Crafts

Carpentry

Status, Role, and Prestige

Age Stratification

Dwellings

Grounds

Settlement Patterns

Miscellaneous Facilities

Polygamy

Extended Families

Traditional History

Historical Reconstruction

Magicians and Diviners

Priesthood

Speech

Real Property

Eschatology

Prayers and Sacrifices

Production and Supply

Inheritance

Secondary Marriages

Linguistic Identification

CULTURE SUMMARY: IGBO

ETHNONYMS

ORIENTATION

HISTORY AND CULTURAL RELATIONS

ECONOMY

KINSHIP

MARRIAGE AND FAMILY

SOCIOPOLITICAL ORGANIZATION

RELIGION AND EXPRESSIVE CULTURE

IDENTIFICATION AND LOCATION

DEMOGRAPHY

LINGUISTIC AFFILIATION

SUBSISTENCE AND COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES

INDUSTRIAL ARTS

TRADE

DIVISION OF LABOR

LAND TENURE

KIN GROUPS

KIN TERMS

MARRIAGE

DOMESTIC UNIT

INHERITANCE

SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

POLITICAL ORGANIZATION

BELIEFS

RELIGIOUS PRACTITIONERS

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The Igbo are located on both sides of the River Niger and occupy most of southeastern Nigeria.  Igbo languages are part of the Kwa Subgroup of the Niger-Congo language family. Igbo-speaking peoples can be divided into five geographically based subcultures: Northern Igbo, Southern Igbo, Western Igbo, Eastern Igbo, and Northeastern Igbo. Each of these five can be further divided into subgroups based on specific locations and names. The Igbo are mostly subsistence farmers. Palm products are the main cash crops. Trading, local crafts, and wage labor are also important in the Igbo economy. Women dominate rural retail-market trade. High literacy rates among the Igbo have helped them obtain jobs as civil servants and business entrepreneurs since Nigeria gained independence in 1960.

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