Igbo traditions
art and creation, approach to, 59
and Chinua as writer, 39, 55
Chinua’s early exposure to, 8–10, 12–13, 18–19
democratic ideals, 246
mbari (art as celebration), 18–19, 56
Nnokwa (village) in, 192
Ihetu, Richard (Dick Tiger), 158–59
Ijaw people, 47, 150
Ike, Vincent Chukwuemeka, 25, 28, 156
Ikejiani, Dr. Okechukwu, 67, 69, 99, 119, 216
Ikoku, Dr. Alvan, 91
Ikom people, 150
Ikwerre people, 150
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), 247
Indigenization Decree (1974), 234, 236–37
Innes, Catherine Lynnette, 38
Intellectual community
of African writers. See African literature
Nigeria-Biafra war, response to, 105–14, 157–58, 176–77
and Republic of Biafra founding, 105–14
> as warriors of peace, 109
Interethnic tensions (Nigeria), 74–78. See also Nigeria-Biafra war
ekwolo (rivalries), 123
pre-independence era, 46–47
International Red Cross, humanitarian aid blocked, 101, 230
Interpreters, The (Soyinka), 109
Inyang, Ekpo Etien, 24, 26
Irele, Abiola, 28
Iroaganachi, John, 177