The Ibo and Ibibio-Speaking Peoples of South-Eastern Nigeria : Western Africa Part III

Routledge is proud to be re-issuing this landmark series in association with the International African Institute. The series, published between 1950 and 1977, brings together a wealth of previously un-co-ordinated material on the ethnic groupings and social conditions of African peoples. Concise, critical and (for its time) accurate, the Ethnographic Survey contains sections as follows: Physical Environment Linguistic Data Demography History & Traditions of Origin Nomenclature Grouping Cultural Features: Religion, Witchcraft, Birth, Initiation, Burial Social & Political Organization: Kinship, Marriage, Inheritance, Slavery, Land Tenure, Warfare & Justice Economy & Trade Domestic Architecture Each of the 50 volumes will be available to buy individually, and these are organized into regional sub-groups: East Central Africa, North-Eastern Africa, Southern Africa, West Central Africa, Western Africa, and Central Africa Belgian Congo. The volumes are supplemented with maps, available to view on routledge.com or available as a pdf from the publishers. Routledge is proud to be re-issuing this landmark series in association with the International African Institute. The series, originally published between 1950 and 1977, collected information on the peoples of Africa, using all available sources: archives, memoirs and reports as well as ethnographic research which, in 1945, had only just begun. Each volume in the Ethnographic Survey of Africa contains sections as follows: Physical Environment, Linguistic Data, Demography, History & Traditions of Origi, Nomenclature, Grouping, Cultural Features: Religion, Witchcraft, Birth, Initiation, Burial, Social & Political Organization: Kinship, Marriage, Inheritance, Slavery, Land Tenure, Warfare & Justice, Economy & Trade, Domestic Architecture. Each of the 50 volumes will be available to buy individually, in print or ebook formats and these are organized into regional sub-groups: East Central Africa, North-Eastern Africa, Southern Africa, West Central Africa, Western Africa, and Central Africa Belgian Congo. The volumes are supplemented with maps, which will be available to view on https://www.routledge.com/ or available as pdfs from the publishers Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- FOREWORD -- CONTENTS -- IBO (IGBO) -- PART I. GENERAL -- Tribal and Sub-tribal Groupings and Demography -- Language -- Physical Environment -- Main Features of Economy -- Social Organization and Political Structure -- Some other Cultural Features -- Religious Beliefs and Cults -- PART II -- 1. Northern or Onitsha Ibo -- 2. Southern or Owerri Ibo -- 3. Western Ibo -- 4. Eastern or Cross River Ibo -- 5. North-Eastern Ibo -- Bibliography -- IBIBIO -- PART I. GENERAL -- Tribal and Sub-tribal Groupings and Demography -- Language -- Physical Environment -- Main Features of Economy -- Social Organization and Political Structure -- Distinctive Cultural Features -- PART II -- 1. Eastern or Ibibio Proper -- 2. Western or Anang Ibibio -- 3. Northern or Enyong Ibibio -- 4. Southern or Eket Ibibio -- 5. Delta or Andoni-Ibeno Ibibio -- 6. Riverain Ibibio or Efik -- Bibliography