Igbo People And Culture Essay
NAME:
BOLARINWA BOLAJOKO. K
LEVEL:
200
COLLEGE:
COLLEGE OF SOCIAL AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT:
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
COURSE TITLE:
NIGERIA PEOPLE AND CULTURE
COURSE CODE:
GNS 203
COURSE LECTURER:
MRS MBAKA
ASSIGNMENT:
GATHER PICTURE BOTH FROM THE INTERNET AND REAL LIFE AND BUILD AN ALBUM ILLUSTRATING NIGERIA PEOPLE AND THEIR CULTURE
NIGERIA
THE PEOPLE AND THEIR CULTURE
Nigerian people and culture famous for her huge population of more than 150 million and with more 370 ethnics groups, Nigeria has the highest population in African continent. The country is made up of three major ethnic groups namely: the Hausa-Fulani, the Yoruba and the Igbo –and they represent around 70 per cent of the population. …show more content…
There are a small population of Igbo Jews Chukwu created the world and everything in it and is associated with all things on Earth. Chukwu is the supreme deity in Odinani as he is the creator in their pantheon and the Igbo people and the rest of the spiritual world is under his control.
MARRIAGE
The process of marrying usually involves asking the young woman's consent, introducing the woman to the man's family and the same for the man to the woman's family, testing the bride's character, checking the woman's family background and paying the brides wealth.
Fig 1.6 A modern Igbo wedding, Nnewi, Nigeria
In the past, many Igbo men practiced polygamy. The polygamous family is made up of a man and his wives and all their children. Some Western marriage customs, such as weddings in a church, are adopted after the lgbo cultural traditional Marriage.
TRADITIONAL ATTIRE
The attire of the Igbo generally consisted of little clothing as the purpose of clothing originally was to conceal private parts, although elders were fully clothed. Children were usually nude from birth until they reach puberty status but sometimes ornaments such as beads were worn around the waist for spiritual …show more content…
There are celebrations such as the New yam festival (Igbo: Iwaji) which are held for the harvesting of the yam. During the festival yam is eaten throughout the communities as celebration. Yam tubers are shown off by individuals as a sign of success and wealth.
NRI KINGDOM
Fig 1.9 Bronze from the ninth century town of Igbo Ukwu, now at the British Museum.
The Nri people of Igbo land have a creation,myth which is one of the many creation myths that exist in various parts of Igbo land. The Nri and Aguleri people are in the territory of the Umueri clan who trace their lineages back to the patriarchal king-figure Eri.
Archaeological evidence suggests that Nri hegemony in Igbo land may go back as far as the 9th century, and royal burials have been unearthed dating to at least the 10th century. Eri, the god-like founder of Nri, is believed to have settled the region around 948 with other related Igbo cultures following after in the 13th
BOLARINWA BOLAJOKO. K
LEVEL:
200
COLLEGE:
COLLEGE OF SOCIAL AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT:
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
COURSE TITLE:
NIGERIA PEOPLE AND CULTURE
COURSE CODE:
GNS 203
COURSE LECTURER:
MRS MBAKA
ASSIGNMENT:
GATHER PICTURE BOTH FROM THE INTERNET AND REAL LIFE AND BUILD AN ALBUM ILLUSTRATING NIGERIA PEOPLE AND THEIR CULTURE
NIGERIA
THE PEOPLE AND THEIR CULTURE
Nigerian people and culture famous for her huge population of more than 150 million and with more 370 ethnics groups, Nigeria has the highest population in African continent. The country is made up of three major ethnic groups namely: the Hausa-Fulani, the Yoruba and the Igbo –and they represent around 70 per cent of the population. …show more content…
There are a small population of Igbo Jews Chukwu created the world and everything in it and is associated with all things on Earth. Chukwu is the supreme deity in Odinani as he is the creator in their pantheon and the Igbo people and the rest of the spiritual world is under his control.
MARRIAGE
The process of marrying usually involves asking the young woman's consent, introducing the woman to the man's family and the same for the man to the woman's family, testing the bride's character, checking the woman's family background and paying the brides wealth.
Fig 1.6 A modern Igbo wedding, Nnewi, Nigeria
In the past, many Igbo men practiced polygamy. The polygamous family is made up of a man and his wives and all their children. Some Western marriage customs, such as weddings in a church, are adopted after the lgbo cultural traditional Marriage.
TRADITIONAL ATTIRE
The attire of the Igbo generally consisted of little clothing as the purpose of clothing originally was to conceal private parts, although elders were fully clothed. Children were usually nude from birth until they reach puberty status but sometimes ornaments such as beads were worn around the waist for spiritual …show more content…
There are celebrations such as the New yam festival (Igbo: Iwaji) which are held for the harvesting of the yam. During the festival yam is eaten throughout the communities as celebration. Yam tubers are shown off by individuals as a sign of success and wealth.
NRI KINGDOM
Fig 1.9 Bronze from the ninth century town of Igbo Ukwu, now at the British Museum.
The Nri people of Igbo land have a creation,myth which is one of the many creation myths that exist in various parts of Igbo land. The Nri and Aguleri people are in the territory of the Umueri clan who trace their lineages back to the patriarchal king-figure Eri.
Archaeological evidence suggests that Nri hegemony in Igbo land may go back as far as the 9th century, and royal burials have been unearthed dating to at least the 10th century. Eri, the god-like founder of Nri, is believed to have settled the region around 948 with other related Igbo cultures following after in the 13th