A paradigm of Igbo Status Structure 

  

 Professor Victor Chikezie Uchendu (FRAI)
 

Culled from Ezi na Ulo: The Extended Family in Igbo Civilization, the 1995 Ahiajoku Lecture {Entire lecture much later...}

A: STATUS OF FREE MEN AND WOMEN

1) Kinship

(a) Opara
(b) Ada
(c) Umunna
(d) Umunne/Ikwunne

 

 2) Political

(a) Am[a]ala
(b) Nd[i]ichie
(c) Obi
(d) Eze
(e) Uke

 

3) Associational 

(a) Ozo
(b) Nze
(c) Dibia
(d) Okonko
(e) Eze ji

 

4) Wealth

(a) Ogaranya
(b) Ogbenye

 

5) Residence

(a) Obia
(b) Nw[a]afo

 

B: STATUS OF BONDAGE

1) Social 

(a) Pawns
(b) Ohu

 

2) Ritual 

Osu