Nri

Who holds it

Name

Buife in Onwuejeogwu's reconstruction; not known otherwise

Title

Seat of the Eze Nri

Since

not pinned

Confidence

low

Lord in 1200

The Eze Nri (Buife in Onwuejeogwu's reconstruction) with the Umunri elders.

How things stand that morning

The ritual centre of the Umueri towns.

Council

The Eze Nri, the Umunri lineage elders and the holders of the ozo title.

Communities

The Umunri lineages and their dependants.

Fairs and markets

Markets on the Igbo four-day week (Eke, Orie, Afo, Nkwo); the yam festival under the Eze Nri's blessing.

Militia

None: violence was taboo on Nri soil.

Trade and crafts

Ritual services, title-making, farming; the region's iron came from the Awka and Nsukka smiths and its salt from the Uburu lakes.

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.

1. 1200No dated event.Depends on: Not applicable Stopped by: Not applicable

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: Tradition and ethnography (Onwuejeogwu).

On the map: Approximate.

Primary sources for Nri

Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.

• Ife, Benin, Nri, the Yoruba towns and the Akan: archaeology and recorded tradition (no contemporary text; traditions written down from the 1890s). No text of any kind exists for the forest belt in 1200.