This book is a brave and courageous enquiry, exposition, revelation and critique of the pre-colonial, colonial and postcolonial history of Igbo Nsukka, that is, Igbos north of the South-East, Nigeria. The book begins with what is obviously the most ferocious and critical enquiry into the proposed Igala and Nri origin and migration of the people of Igbo Nsukka, distilling, by means of evidences factual and astonishing, an unprecedented uniqueness into the origin, past and practices of the Nsukka people; putting an end to shallow debates and propositions, complicating establishments and excavating essences into the past and primitive norms and values of the people under reference.

The most defining and profound territorial contests by the leading states of the people of Igbo Nsukka before the colonial encounter are not left behind in the book, neither is the Nsukka side of the story into the horrors of the civil war. To have done all these and more, evolving and using what is uniquely indigeneous Igbo Nsukka letters of the alphabet, with a full chapter dedicated to discourses on Igbo Nsukka phonetics and phonology is not only daring but symbolic of the astuteness of a work resolved to open up questions and answers into an obscured past.

Among the few remittances that we have had so far in the history of Igbo Nsukka, Ekene Ugwuanyi's Precolonial, Colonial and Postcolonial account seems to have distinguished itself as not just the most elaborate, but the most comparative and, most importantly, the most daring and interpretative.

It is within this scope of comparison, interpretation and courage, where history situates its power, that Ekene Ugwuanyi equally situates his relevance in the committee and cult of the scribes of Igbo Nsukka "historidom".

The following are the contents of the book👇

CHAPTER ONE
An Introduction to Igbo Nsukka Phonetics and Phonology
Letters of Igbo Nsukka alphabet

CHAPTER TWO
Igbo Nsukka: An Overview
Nsukka as a Town
Nsukka as a Local Government
Nsukka as a Cultural Zone in the Igbo Tribe
Communities in Igbo Nsukka

CHAPTER THREE
Igbo Nsukka Communities: Origins and Migrations
Acho Omeppa, the First Achadu Attah of Idah
The Emergence of Achadu in Igala History

CHAPTER FOUR
Igbo Nsukka and Nri: the Question of Origin
Igbo Nsәka Communities Who Claim Nri Origin
Eze-Ọkpaka Nwa Eze-Nshi of Ẹha-Arụmọna
Awa Nwa Eze-Nshị of Ogboduele, Ẹha-Arụmọna

CHAPTER FIVE
Igbo Nsukka and Igala: the Question of Origin

CHAPTER SIX
The Evolution of Names in Igbo Nsәka and Why Some Nsukka Igbos Bear Igala Names

CHAPTER SEVEN
The 19th Century Wars of Territorial Expansion among the Ancient States of Igbo Nsukka

CHAPTER EIGHT
Religion and Spirituality of the Pre-Colonial Igbo Nsukka
Understanding Igbo Nsukka Traditional Religion
The Idea of the Supreme Being in Igbo Nsukka
God’s Essence In Igbo Nsukka Cosmology
The Question of God’s Gender in Igbo Nsukka Cosmology
Alә/Anә – (Earth God(Dess))

CHAPTER NINE
Deities in Igbo Nsukka

CHAPTER TEN
Chi as a Guardian Angel in Igbo Nsukka Cosmology
The Differences between Chi, Chukwu and Chineke in Igbo Ontology
Ọgọ Chi Ritual and Reincarnation (ịlụa-ụwa) in Igbo Nsukka and their Significance

CHAPTER ELEVEN
Ekwensu in Igbo Nsukka Cosmology

CHAPTER TWELVE
Evil Spirits in Igbo Nsukka Cosmology and their Exorcisms

CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Ọfọ as a Symbol of Justice in Igbo Cosmology

CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Ọmabẹ Akweka Odi: History, Ritual and Festival
Ọmabẹ Feast Celebration in Igbo Ọmabẹ

CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Odo Festival: History, Ritual and Celebration

CHAPTER SIXTEEN
The History of Slave Trade and the Ohu/Osu Caste System in Igbo Nsukka
The Beginning of Domestic Slavery in Nsukka

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
Nd’ Ishi/Nna Di Tradition and Marital Infidelity in Igbo Nsukka
Ishi Nri Nna-Di Ritual for a Married Woman in Igbo Nsukka
The Ritual of Appeasement, Ngọdo, of the Ancestors by an Adulterous Wife
Marital Laws Binding on Men in Igbo Nsukka

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
Paternity Rules and Ownership of Children in Igbo Nsukka

CHAPTER NINETEEN
Marriage between a Woman and a Fellow Woman in Igbo Nsukka

CHAPTER TWENTY
The Concept of Orinechi in Igbo Nsukka and the Mysteries behind the Use of Cows for Funerals

CHAPTER TWENTY ONE
How to Count Days In Igbo Nsukka Dialect

CHAPTER TWENTY TWO
The Indigeneous Method of Counting Money in Igbo Nsukka Dialect

CHAPTER TWENTY THREE
The Coming of the White Man to Igbo Nsukka and the History of Colonialism

CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR
Introduction of Christianity and Western Education to Igbo Nsukka

CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE
Biafran War: the Nsukka Side of the Story
The Coups and the Plights of Nsukka
Igbo Nsukka and the Biafran War
The Intervention of Nzeogwu

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Which one is "Igbo Nsukka" here and there?

Have you ever heard
"Igbo Owerri"
"Igbo Onitsha"
"Igbo Aba"

Makachi, guy make una wise up abeg 🙏

Echile:

Which one is "Igbo Nsukka" here and there?

Have you ever heard
"Igbo Owerri"
"Igbo Onitsha"
"Igbo Aba"

Makachi, guy make una wise up abeg 🙏

He literally explained the phrase in his very first sentence. Every author is at liberty to coin unique words or phrases as they see fit.
We need to be calming down - the courage to criticise is very cheap.

@OP
Interesting take on history. I read the Igbo - Igala borderland by Shelton in university - it does provide a unique perspective. I however look forward to reading an indigenous account of Igbo Igala relations. Please let me know how to order the paperback version.

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Nwa Ajangwu

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christejames:




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22o62021:


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christejames:



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22o62021:



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christejames:




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christejames:



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I left that side permanently since 2016

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22o62021:


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I left that side permanently since 2016

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christejames:



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SamResearch:


So how do we know you?

Very soon you will...