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The demon superstition: abominable twins and mission culture in Onitsha history
Ethnology • 40 (1) • Published In 2001 • Pages: 13-27
By: Bastian, Misty L..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In the colonial period, the Igbo found themselves between a rock and a hard place with regard to the practice of twin killing. Animal-like multiple births (UMU EJIME) was an abomination (NSO ANI) against the earth deity ALA/ANI and infanticide a Christian sin. Bastian examines the discourse surrounding this confrontation and changes in Igbo thinking once twins safely raised in Christian Children's Refuge grew up to become prominent citizens.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Missions
- Difficult and unusual births
- 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
- article
- 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
- 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
- not specified
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1890-1950
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Anambra State, Nigeria
- NotesAdditional notes
- Misty L. Bastian
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 27)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 64005713
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Igbo (African people)