The Warrant Chiefs: Indirect Rule in Southeastern Nigeria, 1891–1929
A. E. Afigbo — The Warrant Chiefs: Indirect Rule in Southeastern Nigeria, 1891–1929 (1972)A. E. Afigbo · 1972 · BookEstablishedSource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-0389 · as of 2026-10-27 · about: Igbo village polities (pre-colonial south-eastern Nigeria) · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team
“The British warrant-chief system created individual chiefs with powers no one had held in most Igbo communities, leading to abuse and resentment.”
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2'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 colonial penetration (Spanish translation, p. 39)Evidence that contradicts
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