Yam is King! But Cassava is the Mother of all Crops: Farming, Culture, and Identity in Igbo Agrarian Economy

Authors

Chima J. Korieh, Marquette UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2007

Publisher

Springer

Source Publication

Dialectical Anthropology

Source ISSN

0304-4092

Original Item ID

DOI: 10.1007/s10624-007-9022-9

Abstract

The history of Igbo scholarship has benefits from pioneer scholars such as Victor Uchendu, Ikenna Nzimiro, Don Ohadike, Michael Mbabuike, Ezenwa-Ohaeto, and Angela Uwalaka, among many others. Collectively, their scholarship defined the contours of Igbo political economy, anthropology, and sociology, and linguistic. As an agricultural people, the history of the Igbo people was defined by their relationship to the land and their ecology. These scholars, to whom I humbly devote this piece, have touched upon the changing nature of Igbo political economy as much as the link between Igbo agriculture and their identity.

Comments

Dialectical Anthropology, Vol. 31, Nos. 1-3 (2007): 221-232. DOI.

Recommended Citation

Korieh, Chima J., "Yam is King! But Cassava is the Mother of all Crops: Farming, Culture, and Identity in Igbo Agrarian Economy" (2007). History Faculty Research and Publications. 315.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/hist_fac/315