Precolonial Norms and Values as the Pillar for the Sustenance of Igbo Post-Colonial Society.

Abstract

Igbo post-colonial Igbo society has witnessed various degrees of desecration of its values and norms through the indices of modernism. The work aims at studying those values and norms in pre-colonial Igbo society that endeared communalism, good neighbourliness and live let spirit. This will invariably be inculcated in the protege of pre-colonial Igbo society in order to ameliorate the incessant decadence predominate in the post-colonial era/society.

Table of Contents

 Abstract.                                                  1

Introduction.                                              1

The Igbo and their religion.                      3

A brief study of Igboland Geographical Area.  5

Cultural values in the Igbo Pre - Colonial society as Pillar for the sustenance of the Igbo Post colonial society.      6

Determinants of Igbo Traditional Morality              13

Drivers of Igbo Moral values.                                     16

Recommendations and Conclusion.                           22

Conclusion                                                                        23

References.                                                                        24