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Title:Written sources of the Igbo mmonwu idea
Author:Ugonna, Nnabuenyi
Year:1977
Periodical:Umoja: a scholarly journal of Black Studies
Volume:1
Issue:3
Pages:1-12
Language:English
Geographic term:Nigeria
Subjects:Igbo
masks
Abstract:The use of the term mmonwu among the Igbo is extremely complex and to different Igbo it may mean different things. Here its use is restricted to refer to a unique type of mask drama generally regarded as sacred. The author discusses some of the written sources from which he has derived information concerning the general idea of mmonwu. These sources show how mmonwu drama is related to the general African masking tradition and what critical attention mmonwu has thus far received. Notes.
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