The People

Asaba by Asaba Progressive Front (APF) http://www.asaba.com/index.shtml

Enugu State compiled by Jones Okeke & Dele Chinwe Ukwu; Edited by Jones, Dele, & Jude Akubuilo. http://www.chiamaka.com/enugustate.htm

Enugwu-Agidi http://www.enugwu-agidi.org/

Igbo The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0824921.html

The Igbo Home Page http://www.lioness.cm.utexas.edu/*../I-files/Igbo

Igbo Information (includes information on political structure of the Igbos) http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart/toc/people/Igbo.html

Igbo People http://kroeber.anthro.mankato.msus.edu/cultural/oldworld/africa/igbo.html OR
http://emuseum.mankato.msus.edu/cultural/oldworld/africa/igbo.html

The Igbo People - Origins and History http://www.qub.ac.uk/english/imperial/nigeria/origins.htm

Igbo Ukwu http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart/toc/people/Igbo_Ukwu.html
- Igbo Ukwu (pictures) http://hum.lss.wisc.edu/hjdrewal/IGBOUKWU479.htm

Igboland in Southern Nigeria --Igbo Studies Association (ISA) http://www.igbostudies.com/information.htm includes map of the Igbo speaking people.
The Igbos (igbo.com) http://www.igbo.net/

Ogidi http://expage.com/page/ogidi

Ogbunike by Chidi Denis Isizoh http://isizoh.net/ogbunike/

Onitsha http://www.onitshaado.com/

Owerri http://www.owerriwest.com/igbo_information.htm

Social Life & Customs

Ala-Umuokoroala: The Divinity of an African Igbo Village
by Rev. Dr. A. M. Okorie
http://www.uni-marburg.de/religionswissenschaft/journal/diskus/okorie.html
German:
http://www.uni-marburg.de/fb03/religionswissenschaft/journal/diskus/okorie.html

For pictures of Igbo villagers, take a look at G. I. Jones -- Igbo Music, Shrines and Architecture by John C. McCall. http://www.siu.edu/~anthro/mccall/jones/misc.html

Igbo Marriage (Emekuku, Imo State) provided by Dr. Rose Mezu http://www.nathanielturner.com/igbomarriage.htm

Igbo (Ibo--Nigerian) Names & Their Meanings: The Standard e-Dictionary of Igbo Names (An alphabetical listing and translations of Igbo names; includes gender). Compiled by Dele Chinwe Ukwu, Librarian, Long Beach City College Library http://www.chiamaka.com/igbonames.htm

Igbo People http://www.lioness.cm.utexas.edu:80/I-files/Igbo.dir including links to essays contributed by chuksun@ssimicro.com:
- Igbuagha Okuko (Naming/Thanksgiving Ceremony) http://www.lioness.cm.utexas.edu/I-files/Igbo.dir/Culture/chuk1.htm
- Ihanyekwa nwanyi (Retaining a daughter for procreation in the family)
http://www.lioness.cm.utexas.edu/I-files/Igbo.dir/Culture/chuk2.htm
- Women Climbing the Palm Tree
http://www.lioness.cm.utexas.edu/I-files/Igbo.dir/Culture/chuk3.htm

Igbo People: Clothing & Cosmetic Makeup at the Time of Things Fall Apart written by Dele C. Ukwu in consultaion with Anthony Ikebudu http://www.chiamaka.com/IgboClothing.html

Igbo People: Igbo Culture and Socialization collated by Uzoma Onyemaechi, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Visit this site if you are interested in learning more about some of the issues or items mentioned or addressed in Things Fall Apart, such as osu, oru, kolanut, etc.
http://lioness.cm.utexas.edu/I-files/Igbo.dir/Culture/culture_and_socialization.html

Igbo People (Nigeria) & Their Beliefs or Views About Suicide by Dele Chinwe Ukwu and Anthony I. Ikebudu http://www.chiamaka.com/IgboSuicide.htm

Igbo Political Systems (Title Men Obi/Eze functions; Female administrative titles; Recognition of old age; Position of elders) Collated by Uzoma Onyemaechi http://www.umunna.org/politicalsystems.htm

Igbo 'Traditional Rulers': Chieftaincy and the State in Southern Nigeria Axel Harneit-Sievers http://www2.hu-berlin.de/orient/igbo/igbochef.htm

Ikenga Art as Historical Record
http://www.aib.uni-linz.ac.at/AFRIKA/katalog/node100.htm

Marriage Among the Igbo of Nigeria by Celestine A. Obi http://isizoh.net/afrel/igbo-marriage.htm
http://www.nigeriamasterweb.com/igbomarriage.html

My Memories of the Nigerian-Biafran Civil War "Osondu agwu ike" compiled by Dele Chinwe Ukwu http://www.chiamaka.com/Nigerianbiafranwar.htm

NigerianNation. Ethnic Groups. http://www.aghadiuno.atfreeweb.com/EthnicGroups/

Nutritional Materials for the Igbo Language (Food pyramid, etc. in the Igbo language) http://monarch.gsu.edu/nutrition/Igbo.htm

Onitsha Ado: Names and Meaning http:///www.geocities.com/onitshaado/focus/

Religion And the Igbo People
http://www.qub.ac.uk/english/imperial/nigeria/religion.htm

The “Rite of Passage” Celebration or “Coming of Age” in Igbo land By Victoria Nneka Agu Edited by Dele Chinwe Ukwu http://www.chiamaka.com/riteofpassage.htm

Urhobo Historical Society. Other Nigerian Interests (Related sites) by Dr. Peter P. Ekeh. http://www.waado.org/WebResources/OtherNgInterests.html?FACTNet

Widowhood Among The Igbo of Eastern Nigeria by Chima Jacob Korieh http://www.uib.no/hi/korieh/chima.html

Woods Museum Nigerian Research -- Includes information on: Ikenga, Ofo, Mmuo mask, and so on. http://www.nsu.edu/resources/woods/nigeria.htm

Kola Nut

Learn more about the kola nuts and their significance to Igbo people:
Diaspora Dimensions in Kolanut Communinion by Dr. M. O. Ene

Kola nut (significance in Things Fall Apart) by Stan Walker

Isu oji - Omenala Ndi Igbo by Theresa Okewuihe

Body Painting Among the Igbos

The Uli Aesthetic The Poetics of Fine Line: Seven Artists of the Nsukka Group.
http://www.si.edu/nmafa/exhibits/nsukka.htm

Uli Painting and the Igbo World View by Liz Willis. Africa Arts (1989): 23:62-67. Abstract: http://bme.freeq.com/culture/970101/cc033.html

What is Uli and Uli Art? http://www.afrika.com/adenaike/uli.html

 Learn More About the Igbos and Their Language

Hypocoristics in Igbo or Chu Be or Not Chu Be Chi http://www.csua.berkeley.edu/~pathall/ipaper.html

Igboryders http://igboryders.org/

Learning Igbo (Includes Igbo alphabet, numbers, phrases, etc.) by Ekeoma Mmadufo http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/3629/igbo.html

Learning Igbo (Spanish/Igbo) http://ikuska.com/Africa/Lenguas/igbo/Default.htm

A List of Books on the Igbos by Igbos
http://www.lioness.cm.utexas.edu/I-files/Igbo.dir/People/books_on_Igbos.htm

List of Igbo books
http://www.indiana.edu/~librcsd/afrlg/data/0237.html

More on Languages by Boomie O. http://www.motherlandnigeria.com/more_language.html

Young Igbos homepage http://www.youngigbos.com

Igbo Authors

Chinua Achebe http://lioness.cm.utexas.edu:80/I-files/Igbo.dir/achebe.htm
Chinua Achebe: An Overview http://landow.stg.brown.edu/post/achebe/achebeov.html
Chinua Achebe WWW Links http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/achebe1.htm
Nigeria, the Igbo, and Chinua Achebe (Trackstar) http://trackstar.scrtec.org/main/display.php3?option=text&track_id=6878
Online Literary Criticism Collection: Chinua Achebe (The Internet Public Library) http://www.ipl.org/cgi-bin/ref/litcrit/litcrit.out.pl?au=ach-255
Things Fall Apart - Generation Gap http://www.foshay.k12.ca.us/Curriculum/T...ingsFallApart/GenerationGap/TFAGEN~1.HTM

Online Literary Criticism Collection: Buchi Emecheta (The Internet Public Library) http://www.ipl.org/cgi-bin/ref/litcrit/litcrit.out.pl?au=emr-537

Feminism, rebellious women, and cultural boundaries: rereading Flora Nwapa and her compatriots http://www.sistahspace.com/nommo/wom417.html
Flora Nwapa http://www.arts.uwa.edu.au/AFLIT/NwapaEN.html 
Flora Nwapa (1931-1993) http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/nwapa.htm
Nwapa page http://www.cc.emory.edu/ENGLISH/Bahri/Nwapa.html

Return to Nigerian Page http://www.chiamaka.com/nigeria.htm

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4/00. upd. 11/02.