Overview
Identify the main features of the social and political organisation of the non-centralized polities of Nigeria. Identify aspects of their socio-political institutions which cut across lineages and villages and so provide a unifying force despite the absence of centralized political system. Explain the arrangements made for settling issues and disputes. Discuss socio-political relations between these peoples and other groups.
What you'll learn
- General characteristics of non-centralized States
- Main socio-political institutions of the peoples (Igbo, Ibibio, Isoko, Idoma, Tiv, Birom, Angas etc).
- The working of government.
- Unifying factors:- age grade associations, intermarriages, Oracle systems, negotiated covenants
- socio-political relations between these peoples and other groups.