Politics, culture, and origins in Nigeria : the Igbo and their Nri neighbours / Nwankwo T. Nwaezeigwe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nwaezeigwe, Nwankwo T., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Igbo (African people).

Igbo (African people)--Origin.

Igbo (African people)--History.

History.

Nri (Nigeria).

Nri (Nigeria)--History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 304 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Igbo and their Nri neighbours

Place of Publication:

Washington [D.C.] : Academia Press, [2020]

Summary:

"Nwankwo Nwaezeigwe’s revelatory study of the Igbo people and their Nri neighbors presents a paradigm shift in the interpretation of Igbo history and culture. British colonial ethnography held that the Nri, who form part of a larger Igbo subgroup named Umunri, are the scions of a remote historical kingdom that once ruled the entire Igbo land. It further advanced the thesis that before the coming of the Nri, the Igbo as an ethnic group had no culture defined as Igbo except what the Nri introduced to become what is defined today as Igbo culture. By this definition of origin, Politics, Culture, and Origins in Nigeria posits that the Nri were not originally Igbo but recent immigrants from Igala kingdom of Idah who arrived in the early sixteenth century and that the Nri origin myth is factually and historically invalid" -- provided by the publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. One Introduction

a. Historical And Ethnographical Background

b. The Cultural and Ideological Bases of Igbo Expansion and Enterprise

ch. Two The Theories And Politics Of Igbo Origins

a. Autochthony Theory

b. Niger-Benue Confluence Theory

c. The Theory of Jewish Origins

ch. Three The Concept And Meaning Of NRI

a. NRI Defined

b. The Colonial Origins of NRI Hegemony theory

ch. Four The Igala Factor In NRI Origins

a. The NRI Myth, Legends and Traditions of Origin

b. The Omambala (Anambra) River Valley Settlements of Aguleri and Ogurugu

c. The Eri Factor In Igboariam (Igbariam) History

ch. Five Adazi-Nnukwu Factor In The Foundation Of Nri Communities

a. Umunri Migrations from Aguleri

b. NRI As A Town

c. Umudiana (Adama)

d. Umunsekpe (Agbana)

e. Adazi-Nnukwu

f. Oraeri

ch. Six The Adamaas The Force Of Nri Influence

a. The Nri As Agents of the Adama in the Ritual Cleansing of Abomination (Ikpu-alu)

b. The Nri Question in Ichi and Ozo Titles

ch. Seven The Adama, Eze-NRI And The Transformation Of Authority

a. The Adama

b. The Eze-Nri

c. The Coronation Of The Eze-Nri And Its Ritual Significance

ch. Eight The Origins And Development Of Eze-NRI

Table One Nri King-listbyNorthcoteW.Thomas

Table Two Nri King-list by M.A. Onwuejeogwu

Table Three Agukwu Nri King-list

Table Four Akamkpisi-Nri King-list

Table 5 Oraeri King-list

ch. Nine EZE-Nri Disputes In History

a. Early Evidence of Eze-Nri Disputes

b. The Reign of Tabansi Udene, Nri Jiofo II and the Emerging Role of a Modernized Priest-king

c. The Struggle for Tabansi's Succession

d. A Tale Of Two Eze-Nri of Nri

ch. Ten The Cultural Basis Of Igbo-Ukwu Archaeological Discoveries

ch. Eleven The Politics Of Breaking Kola-Nut And Right Of Primogeniture

ch. Twelve Epilogue

NOTES

Notes On Chapter One

Notes On Chapter Two

Notes On Chapter Three

Notes On Chapter Four

Notes On Chapter Five

Notes On Chapter Six

Notes On Chapter Seven

Notes On Chapter Eight

Notes On Chapter Nine

Notes On Chapter Ten

Notes On Chapter Eleven

SOURCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY

Primary Sources

Secondary Sources

Unpublished Materials

Published Works Journals

Books

APPENDICES

Appendix One

Appendix Two

Appendix Three

Appendix Four

Appendix Five

Appendix Six

Appendix Seven

Appendix Eight.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781680531114

1680531115

OCLC:

1156347591

Publisher Number:

99988069197