The Igbo of Southeast Nigeria
Victor C. Uchendu — The Igbo of Southeast Nigeria (1965)Victor C. Uchendu · 1965 · BookEstablishedSource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-0387 · as of 2026-10-27 · about: Igbo village polities (pre-colonial south-eastern Nigeria) · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team
“Most pre-colonial Igbo communities had no kings; political authority was diffuse, shared among open village assemblies, lineage elders, title-holders and age grades, and decisions rested on consensus rather than force of law.”
Context. Exceptions included the Nri ritual kingship, Onitsha and other kingdoms on the Niger, and the Aro network.
Evidence that supports
3Igbo Village Affairs: Chiefly with Reference to the Village of Umueke Agbaja
M. M. Green — Igbo Village Affairs: Chiefly with Reference to the Village of Umueke Agbaja (1947)M. M. Green · 1947 · Book'Sitting on a Man': Colonialism and the Lost Political Institutions of Igbo Women
Judith Van Allen — 'Sitting on a Man': Colonialism and the Lost Political Institutions of Igbo Women (1972)Judith Van Allen · 1972 · Article · section on traditional Igbo political institutions (Spanish translation, pp. 35–37)Evidence that contradicts
0No counter-evidence recorded.
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