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- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Book Title
- Borderland
- Special Attributes
- 1st Edition
- Age Level
- Adults
- ISBN
- 9780873950824
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
STATE University of New York Press
ISBN-10
0873950828
ISBN-13
9780873950824
eBay Product ID (ePID)
953233
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
274 Pages
Publication Name
Igbo-Igala Borderland : Religion and Social Control in Indigenous African Colonialism
Language
English
Subject
Ethnic & Tribal
Publication Year
1971
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Religion
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
19.6 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
70-141493
TitleLeading
The
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Illustrated
Yes
Table Of Content
Introduction One: Background: History & Social Structures 1. The Nsukka-Igala Borderland The Igbo The Umunri The Igala 2. Onojo Ogboni, the Conquest of Nsukka, and Later Borderland History 3. Nsukka Igbo Temporal, Familial, and Spatial Organization Time The Family The Household and Affinity The Village and Village-Group Two: Nsukka Religion 4. Sacred Precincts 5. Nsukka Family and Household Religion: Gods and Ancestors Chi and the High God Man and the Ancestors Arua and Ancestral Force 6. Nsukka Village Religion: Alusi Special Alusi in the Nsukka Borderland Alusi Powers and Activities Continuing Positive Functions of Alusi Worship of Alusi Three: Control and Adaptation 7. Forces of Social Control Lineage Control Agents Titled Persons The Omabe Association Attama and Diviner 8. Accommodation and Adaptation in the Nsukka Borderland Changed Emphases in Igbo Religion Problems and Adjustments in Family and Household Igbonization Conclusion Appendix Supplementary Legendary Material Bibliography Glossary of Terms and Names Pronunciation Guide and Diacritical Marks Index
Synopsis
This ethno-historical survey of the northern Nsukka borderland examines particularly one method of African colonial control. When, in the late eighteenth century, the Igala conquered the indigenous Igbo, they gained and held social control through monopoly of certain religious positions. However, despite conscious effort to maintain Igala religious lineages, these gradually became Igbonized. In delineating this religious-social control, Professor Shelton describes extensively border conditions and the nature of Igbo life in the Nsukka area. He dwells particularly on the Igbo religious framework which includes well-disposed, beneficent spirits and more capricious and potentially more hostile outside spirits called alusi. The invading Igala installed their own men as priests, or attama, to the dangerous alusi, thereby becoming the sole mediators between these spirits and the Igbo. Since the attama also controlled most divination, which is employed to explain any unclear or mysterious phenomenon, there was no essential social activity the Igala attama could not influence. Professor Shelton shows how the Igbo attempted to circumvent the alusi worship by emphasizing various aspects of familial worship (of the ancestors, the High God, Earth), but how this attempt failed because these essentially friendly beings did not require propitiation while it was demanded by the alusi. On the other hand, although the Igala attempted to keep the attama lineages Igala, these families gradually formed so many connections with Igbo families that they eventually Igbonized even though they retained a nominal Igala identification. Professor Shelton's description of religious activity in the borderland is clear and original. He makes extensive use of material gathered in the field, particularly oral transmissions, and pays marked attention to linguistic clues for information. In extended descriptions of religious ceremonies, Professor Shelton provides evidence that the social control maneuvers of both the Igala and the Igbo are revealed in the content of their prayers. An appendix gives important material concerning the origin of these borderland people and a glossary of Igbo terms provides diacritical marks to aid pronunciation of these words which have little standard orthography. The work is also supplemented with maps, charts, and photographs.
LC Classification Number
GN470.S52
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