Title, Rituals, and Land Use: The Heritage of a Nigerian Society
Among the Igbo of Southeastern Nigeria, land is regarded as the source of human sustenance and the eternal sacred pot from where all plants and humans draw their powers of fertility and reproduction. The Igbo venerate land as an earth goddess. As a predominantly agrarian society, they not only deify...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2017-04-01
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| Series: | SAGE Open |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244016689129 |