Tag: Igbo

Traditional Igbo Judiciary System

The Igbo people, who primarily inhabit southeastern Nigeria, have a rich and complex traditional judiciary system that predates the colonial period and the modern legal system. Igbo society is organized around a system of clans and villages, and their traditional judiciary system reflects their comm...

What Pre-colonial Igbo Democracy Looked Like

Precolonial Igbo societies practiced a form of decentralized and participatory democracy that was rooted in their traditional governance structures. While it may not fit the classical Western model of democracy, the Igbo system of governance was characterized by principles of consensus, inclusivenes...