Farmers of the savanna woodland between the Igala, the northern Igbo and the Benue.
The ruling lineages of the later Idoma chiefdoms trace themselves to Apa (the Kwararafa country) in later centuries, but the Idomoid languages are old in this region, so Idomoid-speaking villages are the likeliest inhabitants in 1200.
Who holds it
- Title
- Lineage and village heads
- Since
- not pinned
- Confidence
- low
How things stand that morning
Self-governing.
Customs
Lineage elders and ancestral masquerades.
Assemblies
Village councils.
Overlord claims
None attested.
What the year holds
What happened next, if nothing in play changes it. Each event carries what it depends on and what would stop it.
- 1200No dated event.Depends on: Not applicable Stopped by: Not applicable
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Linguistic inference and later tradition.
On the map: A people's country drawn as a dashed outline; borders are approximate.
Sources and studies
- From the researcher's knowledge of the ethnography and oral traditions (Alagoa, Afigbo, Isichei, Forde and Jones, Bradbury); used only as a guide to who lived where
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.