Nsukka

Nsukka is a northern Igbo community on the uplands east of the Niger. Its constituent communities include Nkpunano, Nru and Ihe'n Owerre, whose traditions trace their descent to a common ancestor. Archaeological evidence points to early settlement and pottery production in the wider Nsukka area. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the communities of Nsukka maintained fighting forces and fought neighboring settlements, including Ejuona-Obukpa, over land and expansion.