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Traditional humane living among the Igbo : an historical perspecitve / by Chieka Ifemesia.
Penn Museum Library DT515.45.I33 I4 1979
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ifemesia, C. C.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Igbo (African people)--Social life and customs.
- Igbo (African people).
- Physical Description:
- ix, 141 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Enugu, Nigeria : Fourth Dimension Publishers, [1979?]
- Summary:
- This book discusses the Igbo people's antecedents and worldview. It demonstrates the humaneness in Igbo kingship, village democracies, secret societies, age groups and title associations. It explains the Igbo way of life which is centred upon human interests and values: a mode of living characterised by empathy, consideration and compassion for human beings.
- Notes:
- Bibliography: pages 119-123.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9781560622
- OCLC:
- 9945276
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