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Preface
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CONTENTS
Chap.
I.
Relationship —
II.
The Bale —
III.
Guardianship —
IV.
Rights of Property —
V.
Government —
■•"' VI.
Kingship —
VII.
Titles —
VIII.
Free Labour —
IX.
X.
Criminal Law —
> XL
XII.
Cruelty to Animals —
« ^CIII.
XIV.
Kirikiri —
XV.
Punishment —
>XVI.
Tribunal —
XVII.
Ordeal is Practised —
XVIII.
XIX.
Society —
XX.
Marriage —
XXI.
Contracts —
XXU.
XXlB.
Pawn System —
XXII.
Breach of Contract —
xxm
Funeral —
XXIV
Widowhood —
Supplement —
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24
25
26
28
32
33
35
36
37
39
44
45
48
51
64
69
70
73
79
84
86
CHAPTER I
RELATIONSHIP
(c)
Omoiya
19
"Mother's children," brother
or sister.
(d)
Obakan
99
(e)
(0
Baba
means Father.
lya „ Mother.
Omogene „ Great-great-
grandchild.
Olukp „ Teacher.
CHAPTER II
THE BALE
1 Every bale (head of a compound house) is
responsible to the authorities for the conduct of the
inmates of his compound. He must be respected and
obeyed by the inmates of his house. He must also
be conversant with all the secrets in the compound.
THE BALE f
I GUARDIANSHIP
CHAPTER IV
RIGHTS OF PROPERTY
10 RIGHTS OF PROPERTY
14 RIGHTS OF PROPERTY
16 RIGHTS OF PROPERTY
18 RIGHTS OF PROPERTY
CHAPTER V 19
GOVERNMENT
GOVERNMENT 21
KINGSHIP
24 KINGSHIP
CHAPTER VII
TITLES
TITLES 25
CHAPTER VIII
FREE LABOUR
Free labour exists for
CHAPTER IX
(2) Tributes.
CHAPTER X
CRIMINAL LAW
28 CRIMINAL LAW
13 Manslaughter is a crime.
14 Misappropriation of m o n e y or goods is a
crime.
CRIMINAL LAW 31
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS 33
CHAPTER XIII
PROVOCATION, ADULTERY, ETC.
CHAPTER XIV
KIR1KIRI
CHAPTER XV
PUNISHMENT
CHAPTER XVI
TRIBUNAL
TRIBUNAL 39
TRIBUNAL 41
CHAPTER XVII
ORDEAL IS PRACTISED
CHAPTER XVIII
JUJU, MEDICINE, AND DIVINATION
45 CHAPTER XIX
SOCIETY
46 SOCIETY
CHAPTER XX
MARRIAGE
MARRIAGE 49
MARRIAGE 51
MARRIAGE 53
MARRIAGE 55
freeborn and legitimate sons of his. Should the man
find such a woman to be insolent or uncontrollable or
of bad behaviour, he may reject her, when she loses
her freedom by the marriage and becomes a bond-
woman as before. But any child which she may have
had by the master is still a legitimate child of the
father.
MARRIAGE 57
CHAPTER XXI
CONTRACTS
CONTRACTS 59
CONTRACTS 61
CHAPTER XXIa
PAWN SYSTEM
64 PAWN SYSTEM
CHAPTER XXII
BREACH OF CONTRACT
68 BREACH CF CONTRACT
7 Should there be a bitter quarrel between two
persons, and if one of the two parties is bereaved,
ihe other party shall set aside the quarrel and pay a
visit or send to visit his enemy (so called) to express
sympathy for bereavement. Should he fail to do
ihis, a worse ard lasting enmiiy results.
70 BREACH OF CONTRACT
Yam Custom
This is a festival observable about the month of
October. On this occasion the king and the staff of
fetishmen connected with it take part. All who can
by any possibility attend it assemble to celebrate the
goodness of the fetish in having granted an abundant
harvest. The king, protected by his state umbrella
and the fetishmen (the priests so to speak dressed in
their fetish robes) offer the usual sacrifices. The
fetishman first partakes of the yam, the king then eats
of the valuable root. After these two have pro-
nounced them to be ripe and fit for food, the people
consider themselves at liberty to commence digging
and eating the same.
Circumcision
CHAPTER XXIII
FUNERAL
FUNERAL 73
FUNERAL 75
CHAPTER XXIV
WIDOWHOOD
(b) She must not take a bath for the three months.
(c) She must not change the clothes which she was
wearing at the time of her husband's death.
76 WIDOWHOOD
SUPPLEMENT
No. 1
SUPPLEMENT 77
No. 2
(c) Resignation.
No. 3
No. 4
Reckoning or Computation of Time and distance.
No. 5
No. 6
Igba or Gidigbo
Secret Societies
SUPPLEMENT 81
SUPPLEMENT 83
Hospitality
SUPPLEMENT 85
Salutation
SUPPLEMENT 87
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JUL 1 7 1992
SEP 18 1991
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