Egbema tribe

The Egbema tribe, also called Egbema Kingdom, is a sub-clan of the Ijaw people. They are of Ijaw ethnicity from the Delta and Edo States.

The Egbema have a strong Ijaw cultural identity, despite their location on the western fringe of Ijawland. The Kingdom traces its origins to several migrations from the Ijaw heartland centuries ago. Egbema tribe is under the overlordship of the Agadagba of Egbema Kingdom. The Kingdom is made up of nine original settlements (clans) called the Egbema-Isenabiri. These are

1. Ofiniama
2. Ajakurama
3. Opuama
4. Ogbudugbudu
5. Gbeoba
6. Abere
7. Abadigbene (Bolou-Jamagie)
8. Jamagie, and
9. Ogbinbiri

Further reading

• Alagoa, Ebiegberi Joe (2005) [1972]. A History of the Niger Delta: An Historical Interpretation of Ijo Oral Tradition. Onyoma Research Publications. ISBN 978-978-37314-5-5.
• Alagoa, E. J.; Kowei, E. A.; Owei, B. J.; Dunu, J. B. (2009). "The Western Delta Limit". In Alagoa, Ebiegberi Joe; Tamuno, Tekena Nitonye; Clark, John Pepper (eds.). The Izon of the Niger Delta. Onyoma Research Publications. ISBN 978-978-8195-00-9.
• Anyanwu, U. D.; Aguwa, Jude C. U. (1993). "The Political Arrangement of the Egbema Community: A Case of Exigency?". The Igbo and the Tradition of Politics. Fourth Dimension Publishing. ISBN 978-978-156-366-9.
• Ike, Eruali Ukachukwu (2009). The People and Culture of the Egbema Kingdom. University of Port Harcourt Press. ISBN 978-978-900-350-1.