Perebo Kalabari
Kalabari · mortal · Kalabari traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Perebo Kalabari is the eponymous ancestor of the Kalabari, the founding forebear from whom the clan and its several settlements take their name. Remembered in oral genealogy as a son of Meinowei, he stands among the ancestral dead, the duein, whose commemoration binds the living lineages to their origins. Traditions of the founding ancestors of Elem Kalabari are recited to establish the descent and precedence of the wards and houses of the city-state.
Parentage
- parent: MeinoweiE. J. Alagoa, 'Oral Tradition among the Ijo of the Niger Delta,' Journal of African History 7:3 (1966), pp. 405-419. (secondary)
Domains
- ancestry and lineage
Powers
- gives his name to the Kalabari people
Relations
- parent: MeinoweiE. J. Alagoa, 'Oral Tradition among the Ijo of the Niger Delta,' Journal of African History 7:3 (1966), pp. 405-419. (secondary)
Sources
- Kalabari oral tradition traces the clan-name to the eponymous ancestor Perebo Kalabari, remembered as a son of Meinowei.: E. J. Alagoa, A History of the Niger Delta (Ibadan University Press, 1972). (secondary); E. J. Alagoa, 'Oral Tradition among the Ijo of the Niger Delta,' Journal of African History 7:3 (1966), pp. 405-419. (secondary)