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Onitsha (ōnĭch`ə), 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 Benin, which was probably founded in the 13th cent. and flourished from the 14th through the 17th cent. The kingdom was ruled by the Oba and a sophisticated bureaucracy. From the late 15th cent. Benin traded slaves as well as ivory, pepper, and cloth to Europeans. ..... Click the link for more information. . In the 17th cent. it became capital of an Igbo Igbo (ĭg`bō) or Ibo ..... Click the link for more information. kingdom. In 1857 a British trading station and a Christian mission were established in the city, and in 1884 Onitsha came under British protection. Onitsha a port in S Nigeria, in Anambra State on the Niger River: industrial centre. Pop.: 565 000 (2005 est.) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Similarly, young Onitsha men in Nigeria bought expensive western clothing over the objections of their elders, and colonial authorities in Kenya noted with concern that young men in trousers were often disrespectful to their elders. Mokeme, an Igbo from Oba, near Onitsha, in southeastern Nigeria. Buchi Emecheta's Ojebeta, whose name denotes her ogbanje status in The Slave Girl, moves from one sphere to another, from the trading capital in Onitsha to the political capital in Lagos. |
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