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We are their children : an ethnohistorical study of Isoko religious traditions /

"This intensive study focuses on the historical record of the Isoko clans of the Niger Delta Region, provided by religious traditions as opposed to strictly "political" accounts. Originally, I hoped that these traditions, given their sacred context, ancestral authority, and spiritual...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Peek, Philip M. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria : Onyoma Research Publications, [2024]
Subjects:
Isoko (African people) > History.
Niger River Delta (Nigeria) > History.
Clans > Nigeria > Religious aspects.
Ethnohistory > Nigeria.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Isoko Clan Histories
  • Religious Belief and Individual Histories
  • Clan Deities as Clan Founders
  • The Ethos of Ivri: Warriors of War Medicines
  • The Uvie: Divine Kingship Among the Isoko
  • Clan Development and Maturing Deities
  • Festivals as Living History
  • Religous Time in Space: Sacred Geography and Shrine Arts
  • Oworu Celebrations and the "Old Religion"
  • Witces and Religous Change
  • Isoko and Niger Delta Religious Patterns.