Austin J. Shelton is Professor of African Studies at State University College, New Paltz. He was awarded his bachelor's degree and his doctorate by St. Louis University, where he began his teaching career. He was later a Professor and Assistant Dean at Mercy College, Detroit. As senior lecturer at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, from 1961-64, Professor Shelton was able to make a detailed ethnographical study of the northern Nsukka borderland area, a study which included the Igbo, Igala, and Okpoto peoples and languages. Professor Shelton is the author of The African Assertion: A Critical Anthology of Modern African Literature.

• Introduction One: Background: History & Social Structures 1. The Nsukka-Igala Borderland The IgboThe UmunriThe Igala2. Onojo Ogboni, the Conquest of Nsukka, and Later Borderland History 3. Nsukka Igbo Temporal, Familial, and Spatial Organization TimeThe FamilyThe Household and AffinityThe Village and Village-GroupTwo: Nsukka Religion 4. Sacred Precincts 5. Nsukka Family and Household Religion: Gods and Ancestors Chi and the High GodMan and the AncestorsArua and Ancestral Force6. Nsukka Village Religion: Alusi Special Alusi in the Nsukka BorderlandAlusi Powers and ActivitiesContinuing Positive Functions of AlusiWorship of AlusiThree: Control and Adaptation 7. Forces of Social Control Lineage Control AgentsTitled PersonsThe Omabe AssociationAttama and Diviner8. Accommodation and Adaptation in the Nsukka Borderland Changed Emphases in Igbo ReligionProblems and Adjustments in Family and HouseholdIgbonizationConclusion Appendix Supplementary Legendary Material Bibliography Glossary of Terms and Names Pronunciation Guide and Diacritical Marks Index

Austin J. Shelton is Professor of African Studies at State University College, New Paltz. He was awarded his bachelor's degree and his doctorate by St. Louis University, where he began his teaching career. He was later a Professor and Assistant Dean at Mercy College, Detroit. As senior lecturer at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, from 1961-64, Professor Shelton was able to make a detailed ethnographical study of the northern Nsukka borderland area, a study which included the Igbo, Igala, and Okpoto peoples and languages. Professor Shelton is the author of The African Assertion: A Critical Anthology of Modern African Literature.

• Introduction One: Background: History & Social Structures 1. The Nsukka-Igala Borderland The IgboThe UmunriThe Igala2. Onojo Ogboni, the Conquest of Nsukka, and Later Borderland History 3. Nsukka Igbo Temporal, Familial, and Spatial Organization TimeThe FamilyThe Household and AffinityThe Village and Village-GroupTwo: Nsukka Religion 4. Sacred Precincts 5. Nsukka Family and Household Religion: Gods and Ancestors Chi and the High GodMan and the AncestorsArua and Ancestral Force6. Nsukka Village Religion: Alusi Special Alusi in the Nsukka BorderlandAlusi Powers and ActivitiesContinuing Positive Functions of AlusiWorship of AlusiThree: Control and Adaptation 7. Forces of Social Control Lineage Control AgentsTitled PersonsThe Omabe AssociationAttama and Diviner8. Accommodation and Adaptation in the Nsukka Borderland Changed Emphases in Igbo ReligionProblems and Adjustments in Family and HouseholdIgbonizationConclusion Appendix Supplementary Legendary Material Bibliography Glossary of Terms and Names Pronunciation Guide and Diacritical Marks Index

Austin J. Shelton is Professor of African Studies at State University College, New Paltz. He was awarded his bachelor's degree and his doctorate by St. Louis University, where he began his teaching career. He was later a Professor and Assistant Dean at Mercy College, Detroit. As senior lecturer at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, from 1961-64, Professor Shelton was able to make a detailed ethnographical study of the northern Nsukka borderland area, a study which included the Igbo, Igala, and Okpoto peoples and languages. Professor Shelton is the author of The African Assertion: A Critical Anthology of Modern African Literature.

• Introduction One: Background: History & Social Structures 1. The Nsukka-Igala Borderland The IgboThe UmunriThe Igala2. Onojo Ogboni, the Conquest of Nsukka, and Later Borderland History 3. Nsukka Igbo Temporal, Familial, and Spatial Organization TimeThe FamilyThe Household and AffinityThe Village and Village-GroupTwo: Nsukka Religion 4. Sacred Precincts 5. Nsukka Family and Household Religion: Gods and Ancestors Chi and the High GodMan and the AncestorsArua and Ancestral Force6. Nsukka Village Religion: Alusi Special Alusi in the Nsukka BorderlandAlusi Powers and ActivitiesContinuing Positive Functions of AlusiWorship of AlusiThree: Control and Adaptation 7. Forces of Social Control Lineage Control AgentsTitled PersonsThe Omabe AssociationAttama and Diviner8. Accommodation and Adaptation in the Nsukka Borderland Changed Emphases in Igbo ReligionProblems and Adjustments in Family and HouseholdIgbonizationConclusion Appendix Supplementary Legendary Material Bibliography Glossary of Terms and Names Pronunciation Guide and Diacritical Marks Index