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Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 191-202

The urban fabric of Igbo architecture in South-eastern Nigeria in the 1990s

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Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE; BUILDING DESIGN; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HOUSING DEVELOPMENT; IGBO PEOPLE; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 0030446191     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0197-3975(95)00052-6     Document Type: Article
Times cited : (7)

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    • The 'civil war' referred to throughout this paper is the Nigerian-Biafran war, fought between July 1966 and January 1970
    • The 'civil war' referred to throughout this paper is the Nigerian-Biafran war, fought between July 1966 and January 1970.
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    • Main sources consulted on traditional Igbo living were E. Isichei, A History of the Igbo People (Macmillan, London, 1976) and C. Meek, Law and Authority in a Nigerian Tribe, a Study in Indirect Human Rule (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1937; reprinted by Humanities Press). C. Achebe's novel Things Fall Apart (Heinemann, London, 1958) gives a very descriptive, albeit fictional, account of the traditional Igbo household.
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    • Main sources consulted on traditional Igbo living were E. Isichei, A History of the Igbo People (Macmillan, London, 1976) and C. Meek, Law and Authority in a Nigerian Tribe, a Study in Indirect Human Rule (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1937; reprinted by Humanities Press). C. Achebe's novel Things Fall Apart (Heinemann, London, 1958) gives a very descriptive, albeit fictional, account of the traditional Igbo household.
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    • novel Heinemann, London, gives a very descriptive, albeit fictional, account of the traditional Igbo household
    • Main sources consulted on traditional Igbo living were E. Isichei, A History of the Igbo People (Macmillan, London, 1976) and C. Meek, Law and Authority in a Nigerian Tribe, a Study in Indirect Human Rule (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1937; reprinted by Humanities Press). C. Achebe's novel Things Fall Apart (Heinemann, London, 1958) gives a very descriptive, albeit fictional, account of the traditional Igbo household.
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    • Given different names in different Igbo dialects, the word describes the formal meeting room found in traditional Igbo households
    • Given different names in different Igbo dialects, the word describes the formal meeting room found in traditional Igbo households.
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    • The name given to the missionary compounds built to house both European missionaries and missionary schools, hospitals and churches
    • The name given to the missionary compounds built to house both European missionaries and missionary schools, hospitals and churches.
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    • The gender bias towards male education was very strong up until the 1970s, meaning that few girls would have had community scholarships. Furthermore, most Igbos inherit land patrilineally; thus women were rarely able to build houses. See A. Ahanotu, "The Role of Ethnic Unions in the Development of Southern Nigeria: 1916-66", in B. Obichere (ed.), Studies in Southern Nigerian History (Frank Cass, London, 1982), pp. 155-174; C. Ubah, "Western Education in Africa: the Igbo Experince, 1900-1960", Comparative Education Review 24, 3 (1980), pp. 371-388; S. Igwe, Education in Eastern Nigeria 1847-1975 (Evans, London, 1987); and Isichei (1976), see note 2.
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    • The gender bias towards male education was very strong up until the 1970s, meaning that few girls would have had community scholarships. Furthermore, most Igbos inherit land patrilineally; thus women were rarely able to build houses. See A. Ahanotu, "The Role of Ethnic Unions in the Development of Southern Nigeria: 1916-66", in B. Obichere (ed.), Studies in Southern Nigerian History (Frank Cass, London, 1982), pp. 155-174; C. Ubah, "Western Education in Africa: the Igbo Experince, 1900-1960", Comparative Education Review 24, 3 (1980), pp. 371-388; S. Igwe, Education in Eastern Nigeria 1847-1975 (Evans, London, 1987); and Isichei (1976), see note 2.
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    • The gender bias towards male education was very strong up until the 1970s, meaning that few girls would have had community scholarships. Furthermore, most Igbos inherit land patrilineally; thus women were rarely able to build houses. See A. Ahanotu, "The Role of Ethnic Unions in the Development of Southern Nigeria: 1916-66", in B. Obichere (ed.), Studies in Southern Nigerian History (Frank Cass, London, 1982), pp. 155-174; C. Ubah, "Western Education in Africa: the Igbo Experince, 1900-1960", Comparative Education Review 24, 3 (1980), pp. 371-388; S. Igwe, Education in Eastern Nigeria 1847-1975 (Evans, London, 1987); and Isichei (1976), see note 2.
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    • and Isichei (1976), see note 2
    • The gender bias towards male education was very strong up until the 1970s, meaning that few girls would have had community scholarships. Furthermore, most Igbos inherit land patrilineally; thus women were rarely able to build houses. See A. Ahanotu, "The Role of Ethnic Unions in the Development of Southern Nigeria: 1916-66", in B. Obichere (ed.), Studies in Southern Nigerian History (Frank Cass, London, 1982), pp. 155-174; C. Ubah, "Western Education in Africa: the Igbo Experince, 1900-1960", Comparative Education Review 24, 3 (1980), pp. 371-388; S. Igwe, Education in Eastern Nigeria 1847-1975 (Evans, London, 1987); and Isichei (1976), see note 2.
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    • The family house in West Africa, a forgotten resource for policy makers
    • This phenomenon is different from many towns in South-west and Northern Nigeria where urban 'family houses' are often the free inheritance of, or sub-let at token cost to, indigent members of the extended family. See B. Amole et al., "The Family House in West Africa, a Forgotten Resource for Policy Makers", Third World Planning Review 15, 4 (1993), pp. 355-372.
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    • Promoting community based initiatives in Nigerian towns
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    • For example the works of H. Fathy as recorded in Natural Energy and Vernacular Architecture (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, 1986) and H. Fathy, Architects in the Third World (Mimar, Singapore, 1985) and more recently K. Yeang, Tropical Urban Regionalism (Mimar, Singapore, 1987) have begun to articulate local architectural discourse in both regions towards cultural forms which integrate the traditional with the modern.
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    • Mimar, Singapore
    • For example the works of H. Fathy as recorded in Natural Energy and Vernacular Architecture (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, 1986) and H. Fathy, Architects in the Third World (Mimar, Singapore, 1985) and more recently K. Yeang, Tropical Urban Regionalism (Mimar, Singapore, 1987) have begun to articulate local architectural discourse in both regions towards cultural forms which integrate the traditional with the modern.
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    • Mimar, Singapore, have begun to articulate local architectural discourse in both regions towards cultural forms which integrate the traditional with the modern
    • For example the works of H. Fathy as recorded in Natural Energy and Vernacular Architecture (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, 1986) and H. Fathy, Architects in the Third World (Mimar, Singapore, 1985) and more recently K. Yeang, Tropical Urban Regionalism (Mimar, Singapore, 1987) have begun to articulate local architectural discourse in both regions towards cultural forms which integrate the traditional with the modern.
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    • See N. Uduku (1994), see note 8
    • See N. Uduku (1994), see note 8.
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    • Unlike in Western and Northern Nigeria, major ceremonies such as traditional weddings and funerals amongst the Igbo must, in most circumstances, be performed in one's village or ancestral home, and not in a town
    • Unlike in Western and Northern Nigeria, major ceremonies such as traditional weddings and funerals amongst the Igbo must, in most circumstances, be performed in one's village or ancestral home, and not in a town.
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    • the late British-born Nigerian architect, was the most successful in attempting this with Yoruba traditional architecture back in the 1950s; very little has been done to emulate him
    • A. Vaughan Williams, the late British-born Nigerian architect, was the most successful in attempting this with Yoruba traditional architecture back in the 1950s; very little has been done to emulate him. See West African Builder and Architect 7, 2 (1967), pp. 24-49.
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    • This approach is not radical. Recent editorials in Habitat International present a similar strategy for development in the 1990s; see: C. Choguill et al. Habitat International 17, 4 (1993), pp. 1-12 and 18, 1 (1994), pp. 3-11.
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    • This approach is not radical. Recent editorials in Habitat International present a similar strategy for development in the 1990s; see: C. Choguill et al. Habitat International 17, 4 (1993), pp. 1-12 and 18, 1 (1994), pp. 3-11.
    • (1994) Habitat International , vol.18 , Issue.1 , pp. 3-11


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