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Ritual roles of women in Onitsha Ibo societyBook 1980 • Henderson, Helen Kreider
Igbo • Africa > Western Africa
This study focuses on the roles of women in traditional (i.e., pre-Westernized) Onitsha Igbo society. Data for the account are drawn from early accounts by travellers and missionaries and from informants' recall of past events. While the stress is on...An outline of traditional Onitsha Ibo socializationBook 1966 • Henderson, Richard N. & Henderson, Helen Kreider
Igbo • Africa > Western Africa
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 practic...