Agochie Custom and Tradition

This book is about the custom and tradption of the people of Agochie, a unique people of Aro etnicity, living in the Igbo heartland in Nigeria. The people of Agochie are the descendants of Nzekwe Ezeala Duruiheshie(1) and his brothers who became Aros about the year 1800, when they were adopted by Mazi Uche Izuogu. These Patriarchs were NZEKWE himself, OJIAKO (his nephew), EMEDIKE, ANUEBUNWA and EFEM. Agochie, which is the settlement occupied by the descendants of these patriarchs, is...
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This book is about the custom and tradption of the people of Agochie, a unique people of Aro etnicity, living in the Igbo heartland in Nigeria. The people of Agochie are the descendants of Nzekwe Ezeala Duruiheshie(1) and his brothers who became Aros about the year 1800, when they were adopted by Mazi Uche Izuogu. These Patriarchs were NZEKWE himself, OJIAKO (his nephew), EMEDIKE, ANUEBUNWA and EFEM. Agochie, which is the settlement occupied by the descendants of these patriarchs, is the seventh of the twelve villages that constitute Uche-Izuogu Autonomous Community and is located in the south-western segment of the territory of Ndiuche Uno in Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo State, with its satellite settlements in locations in Okigwe and Onuimo Local overnments, such as