Social control in precolonial Igboland of Nigeria

This study is a descriptive investigation of the traditional system of social control and order maintenance in the Igbo nation of Nigeria in Africa. It discusses how the Igbo employed customary standards of conduct and negative sanctions for breach of norms to control its people prior to the advent...

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Autores principales: Onyeozili, Emmanuel C. (Autor) ; Ebbe, Obi N.I. (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2012
En: African journal of criminology and justice studies
Año: 2012, Volumen: 6, Número: 1/2, Páginas: 29-43
Acceso en línea: Volltext (Publisher)
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Palabras clave:
African Studies
Anthropology
Criminal Justice
Criminology
History
Political Science
Sociology
Council of elders
Age-grade associations
Title-making associations
Ancestral worship
Dibia fraternities (medicine men)
Oracles
Secret societies
Reincarnation
Non-transmigration