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The House of Skulls: A Symbol of Warfare & Diplomacy in Pre-Colonial Niger Delta and Igbo Hinterland

The House of Skulls: A Symbol of Warfare & Diplomacy in Pre-Colonial Niger Delta and Igbo Hinterland

Ejituwu, Nkparom C.
Okoroafor, Stanley I.

Paperback

African HistoryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 978542085X
ISBN13: 9789785420852
Publisher: Lightning Source Inc
Published: Oct 9 2016
Pages: 158
Weight: 0.47
Height: 0.37 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

This is a study of the House of Skulls, one of the lost cultures of the Niger Delta. The House of Skulls was a European label for a house built by some Niger Delta communities with the skulls of their enemies killed in war. The case is used to argue that barbarism is not endemic to African Culture, but rather part of the primitive instinct of man and the House of Skulls, as evidence of human sacrifice, and headhunting in the Niger Delta and its hinterland in pre-colonial times was not worse than some of the practices, both African and European, which have been documented. In doing so the study provides fresh insights into the history of one of the lost cultures of the Niger Delta; a culture much modified in contemporary times.

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