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Ibere
Ibere is one of the four clans in Ikwuano Local Government Area, Abia State, Nigeria. It borders Oboro to the west, Bende to the north, the Isuogu (Ariam/Usaka and Oloko) to the south and Nkari (a clan in Ini LGA) to the east. It is one of 18 Igbo clans of the Old Bende Division. Ibere was classified in the Ohuhu- Ngwa cluster of the Southern Igbo area by Forde and Jones. Origin It is generally agreed that the founders of the community in its present situation came from a place called Okwa Ankasi, but no one can say where it is located. It is always indicated by a wave of the hand towards the West and South and it seems probably that the ancestors of most of the Ibere vilages migrated from the same direction and at approximately the same time as the Ngwa, namely, from the south-west across the Imo River. On the other hand, it is said that Okwa Ankasi was "a big tree" and there are none to the south-west. Information gleaned from the neighbouring Oboro can indicate th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elemaga
Elemaga is a small farming village in Ibere, Ikwuano, Abia State, Nigeria. Elemaga is located in the center of Inyila, Isiala Ibere, Ahia Orie, Iberenta, Inyila, Itunta and Obuoru at the food belt of Ibere, about 15 km southwest of Umuahia, the Abia State capital. Elemaga is believed to be derived syntactically from the words ''Ele'' ("look"), ''Ma'' ("well") and ''Ga'' ("go") which literally means "look well before you go". Climate is tropical monsoon. History The history of Elemaga is still sketchy in general view of the Ibere community, where some argue that their ancestors moved downward with the Jewish tribes of Israel who vacated Egypt during the mass movement of Pharaoh's era before the colonial period. Others contend that the ancestors may have migrated with Olokoro/ Ibeku in Umuahia during the stone era. Kindreds Elemaga is composed of ''Ono-Mara-Ano'' (four clans), namely; • Umunyiaokwu • Ngboko • Nlialanyi • Agbommiri There are some other kinsmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ikwuano
Ikwuano is a Local Government Area of Abia State, Nigeria. Its headquarters is in Isiala Oboro. The name 'Ikwuano' etymologically indicates that there are four different ancient kingdoms that make up the community called Ikwuano. These include Oboro, Ibere, Ariam/Usaka and Oloko. The postal code of the area is 440. It is one of the five LGAs that make up the Abia Central Senatorial District. As at 2022, the executive chairman is Stephen Mpamugo. Samuel Onuigbo currently serves as the Federal Representative representing Ikwuano/Umuahia North and South Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives. History Ikwuano LGA was among the new local government areas that were created on 27 August 1991 when the General Ibrahim Babangida's Administration created Abia State from the old Imo State. It was carved out of the defunct Ikwuano-Umuahia of the Old Imo State. The present Ikwuano Local Government Area was part of the Bende Division in the then Southern Province created by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oboro (Nigeria)
Oboro is one of four clans in Ikwuano Local Government Area of Abia State and the largest of them. It is bounded to the north by Ibeku and Bende clans, west by Olokoro, east by Ibere and south by the Isuogu (Ariam Usaka and Oloko). It was classified in the Ohuhu-Ngwa cluster of the Southern Igbo area by British anthropologists Forde and Jones. It is also one of 18 Igbo clans in the Old Bende Division of the defunct Owerri Province. The Oboro speak a common language with the other 17 clans of the Bende Division though dialectal variations exist. These clans share a history of inter-ethnic relations. Origin The earliest settlers in Oboro came from Bende, Ngwa and Ukwa areas. They defeated the Ibibio aborigines at Mbiopong (now known as Isiala) and settled first at Ahiafor and later moved down to Ahuwa where they settled. Some of the Ibibios retreated to their kins at Nkari, while others retired to a little outpost about a mile south-west of Mbiopong. Today, that set ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igbo Language
Igbo ( , ; Igbo: ''Ásụ̀sụ́ Ìgbò'' ) is the principal native language cluster of the Igbo people, a meta-ethnicity from Southeastern Nigeria. The number of Igboid languages depends on how one classifies a language versus a dialect, so there could be around 15 different Igboid languages. The core Igbo cluster or Igbo proper is generally thought to be one language but there is limited mutual intelligibility between the different groupings (north, west, south and east). A standard literary language termed 'Igbo izugbe' (meaning "general igbo") was generically developed and later adopted around 1972, with its core foundation based on the Owerri (Isuama), Anambra (Awka) and Umuahia (Ohuhu) dialects, omitting the nasalization and aspiration of those varieties. However, nobody speaks "general Igbo" natively and it isn't accepted by all Igbo groups. The largest variety of the core Igbo cluster is Ngwa. History The first book to publish Igbo terms was ''History of the M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ini, Akwa Ibom
Ini is located in the south of Nigeria and is a local government area of Akwa Ibom State. The location of the Ini Local Government Area covers the former Ikono Local Government Area and Abia State. It has a land area of 320,451 square kilometres. People The people of Ini Local Government area are members of the Ibibio people. Ibibio, Itu Mbon Uso/Nkari languages are spoken. As of 2006, the population is 99,196 in total with 52,644 male and 46,552 female residents. * Source2006 National Census Natural Resources Natural resources found within Ini include limestone, clay, gravel, fine sand, crude oil, gold and iron ore. The forest region provides timber and firewood. Commerce Ini is known as the food basket of Akwa Ibom State. Due to Ini's land expansive area, the citizens are predominantly farmers. Ini produces food items such as rice, palm produce, cassava, cocoa, plantains, and bananas. There is potential for agricultural expansion and increased hunting. Traditional Administr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ekpe
Ekpe, also known as Mgbe/Egbo ( Ekoi language: ''leopard''; derived from the Ibibio term for the same), is a West African secret society in Nigeria and Cameroon flourishing chiefly among the Efiks. It is also found among a number of other ethnic groups, including the Bahumono of the Cross River State, the Ibibio, the Uruan and the Oron of Akwa Ibom State, Arochukwu and some other parts of Abia State, as well as in the diaspora, such as in Cuba and Brazil. The society is still active at the beginning of the 21st century, now playing more of a ceremonial role. There are two distinct but related societies. The primary society is located in the Cross River, Akwa Ibom and Arochukwu areas of Nigeria, and the secondary society consists of members from the Southern and Eastern Igbo groups of the same country. Ekpe ''Ekpe'' is a mysterious spirit who is supposed to live in the jungle and to preside at the ceremonies of the society. Members of the Ekpe society are said t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cocoa Bean
The cocoa bean (technically cocoa seed) or simply cocoa (), also called the cacao bean (technically cacao seed) or cacao (), is the dried and fully fermented seed of '' Theobroma cacao'', from which cocoa solids (a mixture of nonfat substances) and cocoa butter (the fat) can be extracted. Cocoa beans are the basis of chocolate, and Mesoamerican foods including tejate, an indigenous Mexican drink that also includes maize, and pinolillo, a similar Nicaraguan drink made from a cornmeal & cocoa powder. Etymology The word ''cocoa'' comes from the Spanish word , which is derived from the Nahuatl word . The Nahuatl word, in turn, ultimately derives from the reconstructed Proto-Mixe–Zoquean word ''kakawa''. Used on its own, the term ''cocoa'' may also mean: * Hot cocoa, the drink more known as '' hot chocolate'' Terms derived from ''cocoa'' include: * Cocoa paste, ground cocoa beans: the mass is melted and separated into: ** Cocoa butter, a pale, yellow, edible fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ndoro (town)
Ndoro (originally pronounced Ndi-oru; Igbo for People of Oru) is one of the major communities of the Oboro clan in Ikwuano Local government area of Abia state in Nigeria. It is about 16km away from the state capital, Umuahia and is located along the Umuahia-Ikot Ekpene Road. Oru Oboro is the only autonomous community of Ndoro. Hence, the people of Ndoro are called Ndi Oru. The traditional ruler of the Oru Ancient Kingdom as at 2022 is HRM Eze Ralph Ukachi Ogbonna in whom is conferred with the title of Oru 1 of Oru Onyerubi. History Ndoro is one of five villages that descended from the great warlord, Oboro. The others being Amaoba, Ogbuebulle and Umuogwara in Nnono all in Ikwuano LGA, and Ndume in Ibeku in Umuahia North LGA. The village still maintains close contact with Abam, its kith and kin in Arochukwu LGA also of Abia state. Their father, Oboro was a brother to Bendi (now Bende). Although, time has continued to diminish the frequency of contact between Oboro and Bende, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amawom
Amawom is a village in the Oboro clan in Ikwuano Local government Area of Abia State. It has 9 hamlets including Mbakamanu, Agbommiri, Umuobia, Mbachukwu, Umuokom, Mgbaja, Agah, Mbaisara and Amaya. Mbakamanu is the biggest among all and produced the First eze of Amawom. The name is derived from two words "Ama" meaning location and "Awom" meaning farm. The present Amawom is believed to have been discovered in the 18th century. English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national id ... and Igbo are the languages spoken in the village. References *{{cite web, url=http://www.maplandia.com/nigeria/abia/ikwuano/amawom/amawom-google-earth.html , publisher=Maplandia.com , title=Amawom 3D map in Google Earth , accessdate=February 27, 2016 , archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6fc5xGuh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isiala Oboro
Isiala Oboro (formerly known as Mbiopong) is a village in Oboro in Ikwuano Local Government Area of Abia State, Nigeria. It is the headquarters of Ikwuano LGA. Isiama Oboro is the autonomous community of Isiala. History In some hundred years ago, a man known as Mazi Ika of Nkalu Ifufa, for fear of war and attacks, also in hunt of animals, deserted his hometown and settled at a place presently known as Oboroland. There he begat his first son and name him Uburu. Uburu is a certain flexible tree (Isikara) which is uneasy to be broken. Secondly, he begat another son and name him Bende which is the present Divisional Headquarters of the District. The actual name of Mazi Ika is Oka-Ome from which he was nicknamed Ika. It was after the death of Mazi Ika. When Mazi Bende failed to find favour of his senior brother Uburu (now Oboro) that he removed to the present place. As luck and nature would have it, Mazi Uburu begat only a son whom he name Obu Opong which means Opong's Residence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imo River
The Imo River ( Igbo:Imo) is in southeastern Nigeria and flows into the Atlantic Ocean. In Akwa Ibom State, the river is known as Imoh River, that is, Inyang Imoh, which translates to River of Wealth ( Ibibio: Inyang means River or Ocean, and Imoh means Wealth). Its estuary is around wide, and the river has an annual discharge of with 26,000 hectares of wetland. The Imo's tributary Rivers are the Otamiri and Oramirukwa. The Imo was cleared under the British colonial administration of Nigeria in 1907–1908 and 1911; first to Aba and then to Udo near Umuahia. The deity, or Alusi of the river is the female ''Imo'' who communities surrounding the river believe to be the owner of the river. Mmiri in Igbo language means water or rain. A festival for the Alusi is held annually between May and July. The Imo River features an bridge at the crossing between Rivers State and Akwa Ibom State Akwa Ibom State is a state in the South-South geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gwilliam Iwan Jones
Gwilym Iwan Jones (3 May 1904 – 25 January 1995) was a Welsh photographer and anthropologist. His photographs of life in Nigeria in the 1930s, taken whilst serving as a colonial District Officer, led to an interest in ethnology and a second career as an academic at the University of Cambridge. Life Jones was born in Cape Colony and grew up in Chile and England, studying at St. John's School, Leatherhead before winning a scholarship to Jesus College, Oxford. He then worked for the Colonial Service in Nigeria (1926–1946), serving as District Officer for Bende and the surrounding area. He became interested in the culture of the peoples of southeastern Nigeria, using a Rolleiflex camera to build up an extensive record of life in the area at the time. Amongst other topics, his photographs show masks being used in performance, and shrines. He married Ursula Whittall in 1939 and his interest in ethnology led him to return to England as Lecturer in Anthropology at the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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