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Igbo Ethnicity in Nigeria: Origin, Evolution and Contemporary Forms

By Ota, Ejitu Nnechi

Igbo Ethnicity in Nigeria: Origin, Evolution and Contemporary Forms Natural Sciences

Igbo Ethnicity in Nigeria: Origin, Evolution and Contemporary Forms

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The book is basically a historical exploration of the circumstances that led to the evolution of Igbo ethnicity in Nigeria. It examines the role of the Igbo State Union in awakening the consciousness of the Igbo as members of an important ethnic group in the context of an emerging Nigerian state in the 1930s. In particular, it establishes the nexus between the people's historical background (including their social, cultural and political attributes) and the important roles they played in the nationalist struggle and in the early years of Nigeria's independence. Ironically, these attributes of the Igbo earned them not applause but opprobrium from other Nigerians. Eventually, a war was forced on them and other Easterners from 1966 to 1970. That war brought out the very best in the Igbo, mentally, physically and technologically. Conversely, since 1970, the Igbo have become atomized, a factor readily traceable to an official federal government policy of marginalizing and treating them as second-class citizens. Igbo ethnicity has, therefore, suffered serious reverses, and there is a compelling need to reinvent the Igbo personality both in Nigeria and in today's globalizing world.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
348
Release Date:
2025-10-30
Publication Date:
2025-10-30
Publisher:
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
6200523320
ISBN13:
9786200523327
Weight:
536 g
Height:
150 cm
Width:
220 cm
Thickness:
21 cm
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