The Izon Of The Niger Delta

Download or read book The Izon of the Niger Delta written by Ebiegberi Joe Alagoa and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2009-12-29 with total page 872 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Izon of the Niger Delta is a global history of the Izon, Ijo, or Ijaw people from their homelands in the Niger Delta, through Nigeria, the West and Central African coastlands, and in the Africa diaspora into Europe, the America's and the Caribbean. It is a preliminary study which raises questions and opens ground for further research. The book provides chapters that take an overview of issues on the environment of the Niger Delta, an analysis of the Ijo population, the language, culture, resources, history and linkage to the rest of Nigeria and the world. In effect these chapters provide a synopsis of the Ijo in the past and their situation in the present.