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The Igbo-Igala Borderland; : Religion & title: Social Control in Indigenous African Colonialism author: Shelton, Austin J. publisher: State University of New York Press isbn10 | asin: 0873950828 print isbn13: 9780873950824 ebook isbn13: 9780585167909 language: English Igbo (African people)--Religion, Igala subject (African people)--Religion, Social control. publication date: 1971 lcc: GN470.S52eb ddc: 301.15/4 Igbo (African people)--Religion, Igala subject: (African people)--Religion, Social control. Page i The Igbo-Igala Borderland Page ii . MAP I Igala and Nsukka Districts Page iii The Igbo-Igala Borderland Religion & Social Control in Indigenous African Colonialism AUSTIN J. SHELTON STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PRESS ALBANY · 1971 Page iv Published by State University of New York Press Thurlow Terrace, Albany, New York 12201 © 1971 by State University of New York All rights reserved ISBN 0873950828 (clothbound) ISBN 0873951824 (microfiche) Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 70141493 Designer: Richard Hendel Printed in the United States of America Page v This book is dedicated to my friends and teachers, Ugwuja Attama and Ugwu Nnadi Eze, and to all my borderland friends alive and dead Page vii CONTENTS Introduction xi One: Background: History & Social Structures 1. The Nsukka-Igala Borderland 3 The Igbo 4 The Umunri 11 The Igala 17 2. Onojo Ogboni, the Conquest of Nsukka, and Later 19 Borderland History 3. Nsukka Igbo Temporal, Familial, and Spatial 28 Organization Time 30 The Family 32 The Household and Affinity 39 The Village and Village-Group 43 Two: Nsukka Religion 4. Sacred Precincts 57 5. Nsukka Family and Household Religion: Gods and 82 Ancestors Chi and the High God 83 Man and the Ancestors 91 Arua and Ancestral Force 99 6. Nsukka Village Religion: Alusi 123 Special Alusi in the Nsukka Borderland 128 Alusi Powers and Activities 133 Continuing Positive Functions of Alusi 139 Worship of Alusi 150 Page viii Three: Control and Adaptation 7. Forces of Social Control 183 Lineage Control Agents 183 Titled Persons 188 The Omabe Association 194 Attama and Diviner 200 8. Accommodation and Adaptation in the Nsukka 217 Borderland Changed Emphases in Igbo Religion 218 Problems and Adjustments in Family and Household 230 Igbonization 237 Conclusion 240 Appendix Supplementary Legendary Material 244 Bibliography 250 Glossary of Terms and Names Pronunciation Guide and 257 Diacritical Marks Index 271 Page ix ILLUSTRATIONS Maps I. Igala and Nsukka Districts Frontispiece II. Alien Influences on Nsukka 10 III. Spatial Relationships: Umu Inyere Village, 46 Imilikenu IV. Spatial Relationships: Umune Ngwa Village, 47 Nsukka V. Spatial Relationships: Ameegwu Village, 48 Owele-Ezeoba Charts I. The Household Compound: Lineage Head 42 II. Village Organization: Umu Mkpume 44 III. Vertical and Horizontal Allegiances 50 IV. Typical Shrine Compound: Iyi Akpala of Umu 70 Mkpume V. Typical Shrine Compound: Okpo of Imilikane 71 VI. Relationships Between Man and Creators 84 VII. Inside Ulo Ntiye 168 VIII. Procession and Recession of Onumuno 174 IX. Ancestral Lines of Umu Attama 221 X. Varying Relationships in Igala-Igbo Descent 232 (Simplified) Figures
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