Obi (ruler)

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Obi is a title among the Igbo people of southeast Nigeria. Historically, obis were appointed by the Bini Oba of Benin (monarch of the Benin Empire).[1]

[edit] List of obis

  • Obi of Ogwashi-Uku
    • As of 2007, the Obi of Ogwashi-Uku is Chukwuma Okonjo[2]
  • Obi of Onitsha
    • As of 2004, the Obi of Onitsha is Igwe Nnaemeka Achebe[3]
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[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Ogot, Bethwell Allan (1999). Africa from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century. Berkeley: University of California Press, 474. ISBN 0520067002. 
  2. ^ Agborh, Alphonsus. "Obi emerges after 22 years legal tussle", Nigerian Tribune, African Newspapers of Nigeria, 2007-03-26. Retrieved on 2007-10-06. 
  3. ^ Adindu, Godwin. "Day Onitsha stood still for Ofala", Daily Sun, Sun News Publishing, 2007-10-27. Retrieved on 2007-10-07. 
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