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Igbo Farming

Pre-Post Colonial

Colonization Of Nigeria

approx. 1961

Pre

Land Ownership

  • Men owned all of the farming land.

Crops grown

Post

  • YAMS
  • cassava
  • taro
  • cocoyams
  • plantains
  • maize
  • melons
  • okra
  • pumpkins
  • peppers
  • gourds
  • beans

Pre

Gender Roles

  • Males did all the farming: preparation, planting, upkeep, and harvesting.

Post

exports

  • palm oil
  • palm kernel

Post

Land Ownership

  • land was controlled by kinship groups
  • many people owned a piece of land together
  • the land was split up and people used their share for farming

Pre

Crops Grown

  • Yams
  • Cassava
  • Taro

Affects On Other Aspects

Pre

  • Farming in the Igbo tribe was mainly subsistence, but not only was it their way of getting food, it also was used as a way of ranking men in social classes.
  • More yams = Higher social class.

Gender Roles in Igbo Farming

Post

  • Men grow yams for it is considered a "Man's crop"
  • Women grow the other crops (cocoyams, cassava, taro, etc) for they are "Women's Crops"
  • Men usually cut the palm fruit and tap the palm trees, however, women do most of the preparing (palm wine, palm oil)

Igbo Farming

Leah Bentley & Jacob Harvey

Works Cited

Amadiume, Ifi. "Igbo." Encyclopedia of World Cultures.

1996. Encyclopedia.com. 15 Dec. 2014.

"Igbo." Encyclopedia Brittanica. Encyclopedia

Brittanica. 15 Oct. 2014. Web. 11 Dec. 2014.

Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall Apart.

New York: Anchor Books, 1994. Print.

Editors of Encyclopedia Brittanica. “Igbo (people).”

Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia

Britannica, 15 Oct 2014. Web. 15 Dec 2014.

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