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Title:Crises in the institution of chieftaincy among the Idoma 1600-1900
Author:Erim, E.O.
Year:1980
Periodical:Kiabārā: Journal of the Humanities
Volume:3
Issue:1
Pages:133-144
Language:English
Geographic term:Nigeria
Subjects:Idoma
history
traditional polities
Abstract:The Idoma today inhabit an area of land which lies within the lower valley of the Benue River. This homeland is flanked by the Tiv to the east; the Igala to the west; the Alago and Igbira to the north and the Igbo to the south. Their ancestors in pre-colonial times had come from different sources and directions and through a network of interconnected events built this modern homeland. Attempted in this paper is an examination of a series of crises which characterised the institution of chieftaincy which the Idoma ancestors evolved between circa 1600-1900. Notes, map.