Political Organization in Nigeria since the Late Stone Age [electronic resource] : A History of the Igbo People /
Oriji, J.author.
Although the Igbo constitute one of the largest ethnic nationalities of Nigeria and the West African sub-region, little is known about their political history before the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. This book is a pioneer study of the broad changes Igbo political systems have undergone since the prehistoric period.
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Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations and Tables; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Igboland Before and During the Iron Age: From Stateless Societies to Mini States; 3 The Igbo and Their Neighbors Before the Fifteenth Century; 4 The Igbo and the Benin, Igala, and Ijo Mega States During the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade; 5 The Aro Trade Network: Changes in Igbo Society During the Eighteenth-Nineteenth Centuries; 6 Abolition of the Slave Trade and the Geneses of Legitimate Commerce, Christianity, and the New Imperialism; 7 Developments in Igboland from the 1890s to the 1970s; 8 Conclusion; Notes
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Although the Igbo constitute one of the largest ethnic nationalities of Nigeria and the West African sub-region, little is known about their political history before the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. This book is a pioneer study of the broad changes Igbo political systems have undergone since the prehistoric period.
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