ANCESTRAL WORSHIP AND MARRIAGE CEREMONY IN IGBOLAND: THE UMUAHIA EXAMPLE UP TO 1896

Abstract

This paper highlighted some salient points on ancestral worship and marriage ceremony in Igboland: the Umuahia example up to 1896. This paper opined that ancestral veneration in Umuahia pre-colonial social institutions was a critical component of Umuahia culture. It instituted social order and sanity in Umuahia precolonial social institutions. This paper is of the view that marriage was a respected institution in Umuahia pre-colonial social institutions. Marriage brought social control in Umuahia pre-colonial social institutions. This- paper adopted historical methodology specifically primary and secondary sources. This paper recommended that Umuahia pre-colonial social institutions should be revived and modernized through well constituted legal authority to sanitize her society.