Polity Atlas
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The Igbo of Southeast Nigeria

Victor C. Uchendu · Holt, Rinehart and Winston · 1965

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Victor C. Uchendu
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2026-09-01
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Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology; ISBN 003052475X.

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EstablishedMost 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.