The Female King of Colonial Nigeria: Ahebi Ugbabe

Contents

CONTENTS Ekene / Acknowledgments ix Nkwado / The Preparation: All Trees Grow in the Forest, but the Ora Singled Itself Out 1 Nkowa / The Introduction: Unspoken, Blame the Mouth; Unheard, Blame the Ear 19 ONE Oge Nwatakili: The Time of Childhood, ca. 1880–1895 37 TWO Mgbapu Ahebi: Exile in Igalaland, ca. 1895–1916 62 THREE Performing Masculinities: Homecoming—and She Becomes a Man, ca. 1916–1930 97 FOUR Inside King Ahebi’s Palace, ca. 1916–1948 136 FIVE Mastering Masculinities: Ekpe Ahebi Masquerade—the Final Insult, ca. 1931–1948 172 Mmechi / The Conclusion: Ahebi Today—the Works That We Do Are the Things by Which We Are Remembered 199 Appendix: Select Criminal and Civil Cases in Nsukka Division, in which Ahebi Participated 1918–1930 209 Glossary of Chronological Terms 219 Glossary of Igbo and Igala Words 221 Notes 225 Bibliography 277 Index 297 ...