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Title: | Oproza and early trade on the Escravos: a note on the interpretation of the oral tradition of a small group |
Author: | Alagoa, E.J. |
Year: | 1969 |
Periodical: | Journal of the Historical Society of Nigeria |
Volume: | 5 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 151-156 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Nigeria |
Subjects: | Ijo domestic trade oral history |
Abstract: | The Ijo heartland, lying between the Forcados River in the west and Bonny River in the east, is settled exclusively by over thirty Ijo subgroups. To the east and west of this area live a number of Ijo subgroups. Thus, the Gbaramatu (1963 population census, 6,143) on the Escravos live as a minority among the Itsekiri of Warri Division, Mid-West State. Other subgroups are the Egbema, Olodiama, Furupagha, Apoi and Aragbo. These subgroups are comparatively recent migrants from the central area of the Ijo delta. In this note attention is directed only to the area of commercial relations between the Gbaramatu settlement of Oproza on the Escravos River and its neighbours. Some attempt is made to answer the questions raised by the single early mention of trade on the Escravos by Duarte Pacheco Pereira. Second, the oral traditions of the Gbaramatu are searched for information on the pattern of internal trade and intergroup relations. Ref., map. |