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Anthropological report on the Ibo-speaking peoples of Nigeriabook chapter 1913 • Thomas, Northcote Whitridge
Igbo • Africa > Western Africa
This report is a generalized survey of the ethnography of the Igbo living in Awka district in northern Iboland. Although many facets of Igbo life are discussed in these pages, major emphasis in the source is on demography, religion and law. While muc...Anthropological report on the Ibo-speaking peoples of Nigeriabook chapter 1914 • Thomas, Northcote Whitridge
Igbo • Africa > Western Africa
This source compares customary, social, legal and economic practice in various Asaba District towns. Included are ritual and religious beliefs, roles of status and political power, marriage, criminal and civil legal codes regarding life and property,...