Igbo Religion, Social Life, and Other Essays

by Simon Ottenberg

In this volume Emeritus Professor Simon Ottenberg presents a number of detailed essays on the religious life of the Igbo people in southeastern Nigeria and on the Limba of northern Sierra Leone, based on extensive anthropological field research over many years. Ottenberg stresses the important of looking at African religious life in terms of ritual activity and change over time. There are also chapters on the growth of Abakaliki, an Igbo town, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1592214444
• ISBN13: 9781592214440
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Africa Research and Publications
• Length: 782 Pages