HIS 204Intermediate
History
Reading Igbo History Through Sources
Learn to interpret oral testimony, archival records and material culture with scholarly care.
Subject
African History
States, societies and change across the continent, read through evidence.
Subject
Courses
HIS 260Intermediate
History
Pre-colonial Governance & Society
Study political authority, title systems, assemblies and community justice before colonial rule.
Peoples and cultures
Culture profiles
Culture / PeopleIgbo
A people of south-eastern Nigeria whose history spans Igbo-Ukwu bronzes, Nri ritual authority and republican village assemblies.
Culture / PeopleYorubaA people of south-western Nigeria, Benin and Togo, associated with Ife, Oyo and a rich tradition of urban kingship and art.
Culture / PeopleEdo (Benin)The people of the Kingdom of Benin, known for royal court arts, guilds and long-lived monarchy.