Download or read book Among the Ibos of Nigeria written by G.T. Basden and published by Ravenio Books. This book was released on 1966 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic study includes the following chapters: I. From Liverpool to Onitsha II. The Ibo Country III. The Ibo Country (continued) IV. The Ibo Village V. Child Life VI. Courtship and Marriage VII. Ibo Men—Young and Old VIII. Ibo Women and Their Ways IX. Polygamy and Slavery X. Death and Burial Rites and Ceremonies XI. Sports and Pastimes XII. The Ibo at Work XIII. The Yam—The Ibo Staff of Life XIV. Palms—For Use and Profit XV. Some Arts and Crafts XVI. Arts and Crafts for Women XVII. Music XVIII. Trade and Currency XIX. War and Weapons XX. Some Aspects of Religion XXI. Sacrifice and Sacrifices XXII. Secret Societies XXIII. In the Shadow of Death XXIV. Chiefs and Their Orders XXV. Some Points of Etiquette XXVI. Fables—Folklore-Proverbs XXVII. The Day of Better Things XXVIII. Christianity and Islam
Download or read book Among the Ibos of Nigeria written by George Thomas Basden and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Among the Ibos of Nigeria 1921 written by George Thomas Basden and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-08-07 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1921 Edition.
Download or read book Things Fall Apart written by Chinua Achebe and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1994-09-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A true classic of world literature . . . A masterpiece that has inspired generations of writers in Nigeria, across Africa, and around the world.” —Barack Obama “African literature is incomplete and unthinkable without the works of Chinua Achebe.” —Toni Morrison Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read Things Fall Apart is the first of three novels in Chinua Achebe's critically acclaimed African Trilogy. It is a classic narrative about Africa's cataclysmic encounter with Europe as it establishes a colonial presence on the continent. Told through the fictional experiences of Okonkwo, a wealthy and fearless Igbo warrior of Umuofia in the late 1800s, Things Fall Apart explores one man's futile resistance to the devaluing of his Igbo traditions by British political andreligious forces and his despair as his community capitulates to the powerful new order. With more than 20 million copies sold and translated into fifty-seven languages, Things Fall Apart provides one of the most illuminating and permanent monuments to African experience. Achebe does not only capture life in a pre-colonial African village, he conveys the tragedy of the loss of that world while broadening our understanding of our contemporary realities.
Download or read book Among the Ibos of Nigeria written by George T. Basden and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Among the Ibos of Nigeria written by George Thomas Basden and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Among the Ibos of Nigeria written by George T. Basden and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Jewish Identity Among the Igbo of Nigeria written by Daniel Lis and published by . This book was released on 2014-05 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the 20 to 30 million Igbo people in Nigeria there is a widespread belief that the Igbo originated in ancient Israel. Recently a number of Igbo Jewish communities have been established in Nigeria. Although some Igbo have made their way to Israel, the Israeli public is largely unaware of the fact that that there are in addition of 20 to 30 million people in Nigeria that are called by some, 'the Jews of West Africa.' This book offers for the first time an in-depth study and a genealogical history of the Igbo's long term narrative of a possible Jewish origin.
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Download or read book Hebrew Igbo Republics written by Remy Ilona and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-08-22 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Hebrew Igbo Republics" sets out to demonstrate that the Igbos of West Africa, the group known and described as the Jews of Africa, and Biafrans by many, practice a culture and a religion that bring to life the culture and religion of the Israelites of the Bible. The author resurrects biblical characters by showing that they used idioms which correspond to idioms used by Igbos since immemorial times. Awesomely the Igbo expression for marriage "ima ogodo" was what Ruth told Boaz to do when she asked him to marry her through a Levirate arrangement. And we find in the book rock-solid evidence that the Igbos retain what could be the nearest name for Israel's biblical religion and culture. A translation of the Igbo phrase O me na ana leads us to Deuteronomy 6:1. You will be spell-bound when you see that the elusive name of the Hebrew God has a connection to "Chi" which is the Igbo word for God or personal God. And in this book the author shows that many Igbo and Hebrew words which are close in spelling mean the same things. Igbo urimmu and Hebrew urim both mean light. Igbo aru and Hebrew ar mean abomination, forbidden. DNA? The book gives us evidence sourced from MyHeritage DNA company that Igbo genes are in the Middle East gene pool. The reader should read and see for himself or herself what this monograph carries. The book says to all scholars in biblical, Jewish, Igbo, Middle Eastern, African, Christian and Religious studies, we have work to do! We need to go back to the drawing boards!
Download or read book Among the Ibos of Nigeria written by G.T. Basden and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1966. This book offers a description of the primitive life, customs and animistic beliefs of the Ibo people of Nigeria by one who, for thirty-five years, enjoyed the privilege of their intimate confidence and friendship. It includes 70 Illustrations and a Sketch Map and a new Bibliographical Note by John Ralph Willis.
Download or read book There Was a Country written by Chinua Achebe and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-10-11 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the legendary author of Things Fall Apart—a long-awaited memoir of coming of age in a fragile new nation, and its destruction in a tragic civil war For more than forty years, Chinua Achebe maintained a considered silence on the events of the Nigerian civil war, also known as the Biafran War, of 1967–1970, addressing them only obliquely through his poetry. Decades in the making, There Was a Country is a towering account of one of modern Africa’s most disastrous events, from a writer whose words and courage left an enduring stamp on world literature. A marriage of history and memoir, vivid firsthand observation and decades of research and reflection, There Was a Country is a work whose wisdom and compassion remind us of Chinua Achebe’s place as one of the great literary and moral voices of our age.
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Download or read book Dawn for Islam in Eastern Nigeria written by Egodi Uchendu and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2020-08-10 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Die Reihe Islamkundliche Untersuchungen wurde 1969 im Klaus Schwarz Verlag begründet und hat sich zu einem der wichtigsten Publikationsorgane der Islamwissenschaft in Deutschland entwickelt. Die über 330 Bände widmen sich der Geschichte, Kultur und den Gesellschaften Nordafrikas, des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens sowie Zentral-, Süd- und Südost-Asiens.
Download or read book Among the Ibos of Nigeria with Illustrations a Map written by George Thomas Basden and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Igbos and Israel written by Remy Ilona and published by Remy Ilona. This book was released on 2014 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jewish Igbo scholar Remy Ilona presents and analyzes Judaic history, practices and concept within the Igbo culture of Nigeria. Remy has been honored and supported by Kulanu, an American Jewish organization that assists dispersed Jewish communities internationally.
Download or read book Among the Ibos of Nigeria written by George Basden and published by . This book was released on 2017-06-24 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Thomas Basden (1873-1944) arrived Onitsha, British Nigeria in 1900 with a goal "to convert pagans to Christianity" on behalf of the Church Missionary Society. In 1921 he published a book on his time in Nigeria--- "Among the Ibos of Nigeria." In Basden's volume dealing with the Ibos of Southern Nigeria, the author has aimed at giving a fairly detailed, though popularly written, account of these interesting natives, and has succeeded in producing an instructive and attractive volume. He sounds a note of caution which may well be taken to heart by globe-trotters and stay-at-home amateurs who, with little or no experience, write books about native ideas and beliefs. He writes: "The longer one lives amongst West African natives, the more one is convinced that it is a practical impossibility for the European to comprehend fully the subtleties of the native character. Some white men claim to have done this, but my experience leads me to think that the claim can rarely, if ever, be substantiated with definite assurance." This is an honest admission on the part of one who has lived long enough among the natives to realise the difficulties involved in the diagnosis of their mentality, and to recognise the fundamental difference between their "philosophy" and ours. The Ibo people, who form nearly onehalf the population of Southern Nigeria, occupy the country lying mainly between the Niger and Cross rivers, a huge tract extending from the coast to 70 N. lat. There is a westerly extension across the Niger. The Ibos are not homogeneous, important variations occurring in the extensive area occupied. The environment varies considerably, from the low-lying swamps of the Delta to the higher land around Onitsha. The book is a timely one, since the indigenous customs are very rapidly undergoing changes, though in 1900, when Mr. Basden arrived there, primitive conditions still largely persisted. The general life of the Ibos is well presented. A man's greatest desire in life is to advance its social status, and many crimes are committed in order to promote this advancement. Theft (to obtain the necessary funds), murder, and head-taking (as a sign of prowess) are very usually the outcome of this craving for higher titles. Cannibalism has been rampant, human flesh being regarded as a valuable food product. Polygamy is favoured equally by both sexes, and will be suppressed only with great difficulty. The first wife takes precedence of all the others, and is regarded as the legal wife, anasi, who is priestess of the household gods.
