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Igbo (Ibo) Culture in Nigeria

Igbo (Ibo) Culture in Nigeria. Advanced Global Literature. Nigeria. Igbo Bini Warri Ijaw Ogoni Igala Tiv Yako Ibibio. Region and Geography. Igbo (Ibo) inhabit southeast Nigeria Igbo Land divided by Niger River. Origins and History. 9th Century core group of tribes.

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Igbo (Ibo) Culture in Nigeria

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  1. Igbo (Ibo) Culture in Nigeria Advanced Global Literature

  2. Nigeria Igbo Bini Warri Ijaw Ogoni Igala Tiv Yako Ibibio

  3. Region and Geography • Igbo (Ibo) inhabit southeast Nigeria • Igbo Land divided by Niger River

  4. Origins and History 9th Century • core group of tribes • 14th-15th Century • additional tribes

  5. European Contact Mid 15th Century: • Portuguese • Dutch • English

  6. European Trading • palm products • spices • timber • tusks • slavery Turn of the 20th Century: Brittain colonized Nigeria

  7. Colonization & Taxation 1900-1914: • Military expeditions 1928: • British tax Igbos 1929: • Aba Riot • Women’s revolt • Margaret Ekpo

  8. Religious Beliefs Chukwu • benevolent creator Agbara • opposing force Chi • personal spirit

  9. Shameful Deaths • Women in labor • Suicides • Children • born with teeth • died before they developed teeth • died during sacred month

  10. No Funeral Rites • taken to “Evil Forest” • wander homeless • cause harm to living Twins considered less than human

  11. Home & Family Family compound: • one obi per parent • domestic hierarchy • gender specific responsibilities When children marry: • compound expansion • sons stay; wives join them • daughters leave; go to husband’s father’s compound

  12. Gatherings on the Village Ilo • Religious • Social • Political • wrestling • feasting • dancing • drumming • worship • village meetings • tribal business • legal decisions

  13. Literature

  14. Names to KnowThings Fall Apart pp. 1 to 34 • Umuofia • Iguedo • Unoka • Okoye • Okonkwo • Nwoye • Ojuigo • Ikemefuna • egwugwu • obi

  15. The End

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