ONITSHA

ōnĭchˈə, city (1991 est. pop. 328,000), SE Nigeria, a port on the Niger River. The city's manufactures include textiles, beverages, shoes, lumber, and printed materials. Fishing and canoe-building are traditional local industries. Onitsha is the northern limit of year-round navigation on the Niger and is an important entrepôt linking traders from the Niger delta with the upper Niger and Benue rivers and with a wide region of E Nigeria. A road bridge (built 1965) across the Niger at Onitsha is a vital link between E and W Nigeria. Onitsha was probably founded in the 16th cent. by immigrants from Benin. In the 17th cent. it became capital of an Igbo kingdom. In 1857 a British trading station and a Christian mission were established in the city, and in 1884 Onitsha came under British protection.

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books on: Onitsha  - 214 results

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The Nigerian Federal Election of 1959: Politics and Administration in a Developing Political System
Book by K. W. J. Post; Oxford University Press, 1963
Subjects: Elections--Nigeria, Nigeria--Politics And Government
...see Okotie-Eboh, Chief Festus OMMATA, see Onitsha Main Market Amalgamated Tenants Association...objections, 449 ; registration and result, 216 Onitsha Central Mosque, dispute over, 408 Onitsha Division, 70 n.3, 108 , 150 , 151 , 243...
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Women, Culture, and Development: A Study of Human Capabilities
Book by Martha C. Nussbaum, Jonathan Glover; Clarendon Press, 1995
Subjects: Sex Role, Women In Development, Women's Rights
...elusiveness. Today, the Onye-isi-ikporo-Onitsha rules through a Governing Council of 35...each from the nine founding villages of Onitsha. In keeping with the communitys principle of equality, representation to Ikporo-Onitsha is on the basis of equal representation...
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The Chinua Achebe Encyclopedia
Book by M. Keith Booker, Simon Gikandi; Greenwood Press, 2003
Subjects: Achebe, Chinua--Encyclopedias, Authors, Nigerian--20th Century--Biography--Encyclopedias, Nigeria--In Literature--Encyclopedias
...collectively known as market literature. Onitsha is a principal setting for Achebes childrens...which includes a description of the great Onitsha market. Achebe acknowledges the importance of Onitsha in his essay Onitsha, Gift of the Niger...
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Murder at Montpelier: Igbo Africans in Virginia
Book by Douglas B. Chambers; University Press of Mississippi, 2005
Subjects: Culture Conflict--Virginia--History--18th Century, Igbo (African People)--Cultural Assimilation--Virginia--Orange County--History--18th Century, Madison, Ambrose--Ca. 1696-1732--Death And Burial, Madison, James--1751-1836--Family, Montpelier (Va. : Dwelling)--History, Murder--Virginia--Orange County--History--18th Century, Orange County (Va.)--Biography, Plantation Life--Virginia--Orange County--History--18th Century, Slaves--Virginia--Orange County--Social Conditions--18th Century, Virginia--Race Relations
...sale into slavery, in i8?r8 women from Onitsha who had carried European goods to the...were plundered by their hosts.39 The Onitsha market women had gone to Nkwerre, at...women from nearby Nsube. At the time, Onitsha was a much less powerful village group...
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This House Has Fallen: Midnight in Nigeria
Book by Karl Maier; PublicAffairs, 2000
Subjects: Nigeria--Politics And Government--1993-
...the next morning I was leaving Enugu for Onitsha, the tempestuous market town on the banks of the Niger, he feigned shock. "Onitsha!" he said, pronouncing it sharply as...that place. There is such commotion in Onitsha that sometimes it seems like the buildings...
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journal articles on: Onitsha  - 105 results

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"Landlords of Onitsha": Urban Land, Accumulation, and Debates over Custom in Colonial Eastern Nigeria, Ca. 1880-1945*
Journal article by Patrick Mbajekwe; The International Journal of African Historical Studies, Vol. 39, 2006
Subjects: Case studies, Changes, Competition, Litigation, Trade relations, Traditions, Urban areas
"Landlords of Onitsha": Urban Land, Accumulation, and Debates...family in the south-eastern city of Onitsha to show how urban land became a source...the multiple meanings embedded in the Onitsha peoples struggles over and debates about...
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Remembering J. M. Stuart-Young of Onitsha, Colonial Nigeria: Memoirs, Obituaries and Names
Journal article by Stephanie Newell; Africa, Vol. 73, 2003
Subjects: Authors--Appreciation, Stuart-Young, John Moray--Appreciation, Writers--Appreciation
Remembering J. M. Stuart-Young of Onitsha, Colonial Nigeria: Memoirs, Obituaries...by Stephanie Newell ABSTRACT Colonial Onitsha provided the stage for John Moray Stuart...to remember him. The extent to which Onitsha citizens accepted his version of his life...
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`The Daughter She Will Eat Agousie in the World of the Spirits' Witchcraft Confessions in Missionised Onitsha, Nigeria
Journal article by Misty L. Bastian; Africa, Vol. 72, 2002
Subjects: Missions--History, Nigeria--Religion, Witchcraft--Nigeria
...witchcraft confessions in missionised Onitsha, Nigeria. by Misty L. Bastian BACKGROUND...Missionary Society (Anglican) mission in Onitsha--a town in what would soon become the...to convince indigenes and residents of Onitsha that Christianity was the best possible...
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"The Demon Superstition": Abominable Twins and Mission Culture in Onitsha History(1)
Journal article by Misty L. Bastian; Ethnology, Vol. 40, 2001
Subjects: Ethnology--Research, Igbo (African people)--Folklore, legends, etc., Indigenous peoples--Folklore, legends, etc., Missionaries--Africa, Multiple birth--Folklore, legends, etc., West Africa--Folklore, legends, etc.
...ABOMINABLE TWINS AND MISSION CULTURE IN ONITSHA HISTORY(1) by Misty L. Bastian The...redefined in one southeastern Nigerian town, Onitsha, during the late nineteenth and early...twentieth centuries. Throughout this period, Onitsha indigenes insisted on understanding multiple...
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Young Converts: Christian Missions, Gender and Youth in Onitsha, Nigeria 1880-1929
Journal article by Misty L. Bastian; Anthropological Quarterly, Vol. 73, 2000
Subjects: Anthropology, Children & youth, Christianity, Gender, Indigenous people, Missionaries, Nigeria
...Christian Missions, Gender and Youth in Onitsha, Nigeria 1880-1929 by Misty L. Bastian...on Social other subjects next year at Onitsha-may lead women to see their duty in...this article that CMS missionization in Onitsha and other parts of the southeastern region...
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magazine articles on: Onitsha  - 14 results

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Fame and Poverty - the Career of Nigerian Novelist Cyprian Ekwensi Exemplifies the Plight of the African Writer
Magazine article by Charles R. Larson; World and I, Vol. 15, October 2000
Subjects: African literature--Criticism and interpretation, Authors--Criticism and interpretation, Ekwensi, Cyprian--Criticism and interpretation, Writers--Criticism and interpretation
...pulp fiction" writers known as the Onitsha Market school, though his first book...may have helped to inspire the popular (Onitsha) pamphlet literature." Moreover, Ekwensi...transition from writing for readers of Onitsha Market literature to the mainstream audience...
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From Mission to Church: the Heritage of the Church Mission Society
Magazine article by J. F. Ade Ajayi; International Bulletin of Missionary Research, Vol. 23, April 1999
Subjects: Church Mission Society, Clergy, England, Evangelism, History, Missionaries, Wesley, John
...Bishop Crowther from welcoming Catholics to Onitsha at the start of their remarkable work...tradition. The Holy Ghost Fathers at Onitsha took up the tradition just when the CMS...schools as Dennis Memorial Grammar School, Onitsha; Enitona High School, Port Harcourt...
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Nigeria: The Agenda for Growth; Peter Odili: My Mission
Magazine article; New African, January 2007
Subjects: Economic development--Management, Economic development--Nigeria, Nigeria--Economic aspects, Nigeria--Political activity, Odili, Peter--Political activity, Odili, Peter--Speeches, lectures and essays
...the historic towns of Oguta in neighbouring Imo State, and Onitsha in Anambra State. ILLUSTRATION OMITTED ILLUSTRATION OMITTED...on to attend the famous Christ the King College (CKC) in Onitsha. Even in those early years, he showed unmistakable signs...
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Quality Street
Magazine article by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; New Statesman, Vol. 139, April 5, 2010
...being seated. The bridesmaids were ready, lips glistening with gloss. The Kenyan arrived with his family from the hotel in Onitsha. His Senegalese kaftan, delicately embroidered at the collar, was perhaps the closest he would ever come to looking elegant...
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Will It Be Pope Arinze I or Pengo II?
Magazine article by Clayton Goodwin; New African, June 2001
Subjects: Catholicity--International aspects, International relations--Religious aspects, Popes--Appointments, resignations and dismissals
...strong contender. For almost 20 years until 1985, the year in which he was proclaimed cardinal, Arinze was Archbishop of Onitsha, in which archdiocese he had been born in Eziowelle. His education and experience has been primarily in Africa and in "outstanding...
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newspaper articles on: Onitsha  - 2 results

 
 
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Laden Maiden Voyage Memories of the Onitsha
Newspaper article; The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland), September 21, 2006
Subjects: Shipbuilding industry
Laden Maiden Voyage Memories of the Onitsha. Byline: Heritage Lagan Legacy by Charlie...brand new Belfast-built 6,000 ton Onitsha. "On June 4, 1952," Edward told me...Dempster house flag was hoisted". "Onitsha was now their ship," he told me...
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Pope's Special Envoy Extends Sympathy to Aquino Family
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, August 7, 2009
Subjects: Aquino, Corazon, Diplomats
...this special Year for Priests.Arinze was appointed bishop of Onitsha in Nigeria by Pope Paul VI in August 1965 at the age of 32. In 1967, Arinze was designated Archbishop of Onitsha and was the leader of the Catholic community in Biafra during...


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encyclopedia articles on: Onitsha  - 3 results

 
 
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Onitsha
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ONITSHA onich , city (1991 est. pop. 328,000...building are traditional local industries. Onitsha is the northern limit of year-round navigation...bridge (built 1965) across the Niger at Onitsha is a vital link between E and W Nigeria...
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Nigeria
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Ilorin , Iwo , Kaduna , Kano , Maiduguri , Mushin , Ogbomosho , Onitsha , Oshogbo , Port Harcourt , and Zaria . Nigeria is easily the...The country became more urbanized as Lagos, Ibadan, Kano, Onitsha, and other cities grew in size and importance. From 1922...
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Le ClÉzio, Jean-Marie Gustave
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...colonial evils, and a brutal European society; Le Chercheur dor (1985, tr. The Prospector, 1993); the semiautobiographical Onitsha (1991, tr. 1997); Etoile errante (1992, tr. Wandering Star, 2004); and Ritournelle de la faim (2008). Among his...


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