The Historical Origin of Abakaliki - Onyeji Nnaji
Copied from, IGBO HISTORY FROM PAST TO PRESENT , by Onyeji Nnaji Details are in the book mentioned above. Not much has been discussed about the population that formed the Nodo of the later days. The reason for this may be blamed on two varying factors. One, it appeared as though the population went into extinct during the flood, thereby concealing their name from the reach of historians. But this was not true. They too survived the flood, but not in their very abode. The second reason is that the population showed themselves relatively unsearchable following the heavy restrictive features of their languages. I have discussed the negative effects of this condition in my other book when I noted that, “The reason why some important historical movements and local evolutions go unnoticed or remain doubtful is because the unit on which the transmission is calculated is geographically too restrictive.” The geographical location of Nodo is somewhat restrictive, but the actual restriction was f...
