# Oloko

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{{Short description|Clan in Abia State, Nigeria}}
{{Infobox ethnic group | group   = Oloko<br><small>''Ndi Oloko''</small>|population = <100,000 | languages = Oloko [Igbo](/source/Igbo_language), [English](/source/English_language), [Nigerian Pidgin](/source/Nigerian_Pidgin)| religions = [Christianity](/source/Christianity)  | related = [Ariam/Usaka](/source/Ariam%2FUsaka), [Ngwa](/source/Ngwa), [Annang](/source/Annang), [Nkari](/source/Nkari), [Abam](/source/Abam)}}
'''Oloko''' {{Audio|LL-Q33578 (ibo)-Vivian Amalachukwu-Oloko.wav|Listen|help=no}} is one of the four clans that make up [Ikwuano](/source/Ikwuano) [Local Government Area](/source/Local_government_areas_of_Nigeria) of [Abia State](/source/Abia_State), [Nigeria](/source/Nigeria).<ref>{{Cite web |title="Igwe bu ike." ("In unity there is strength.") – Enyia Strategies |url=https://enyiastrategies.com/igwe-bu-ike-in-unity-there-is-strength/ |access-date=2023-01-18 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-01-05 |title=Akobundu's day out in the Ikwuano sun |url=https://www.thecable.ng/akobundus-day-out-in-the-ikwuano-sun |access-date=2023-01-18 |newspaper=[TheCable](/source/TheCable)|language=en-US}}</ref> Oloko is from the Isuogu group. It borders [Oboro](/source/Oboro_(Nigeria)) to the north, Olokoro and [Ngwa](/source/Ngwa) to the west, [Ariam/Usaka](/source/Ariam%2FUsaka) to the east and [Ikono](/source/Ikono); a clan in [Akwa Ibom State](/source/Akwa_Ibom_State) to its south. Oloko is one of 18 [Igbo](/source/Igbo_people) clans of the Old [Bende](/source/Bende%2C_Abia) Division.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Chiedozie |first=Dr |last2=Atuonwu |first2=Chiedozie |title=ORIGIN, MIGRATION AND SETTLEMENT IN PRE-COLONIAL OLD BENDE DIVISION OF SOUTHEASTERN NIGERA |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/356191302_ORIGIN_MIGRATION_AND_SETTLEMENT_IN_PRE-COLONIAL_OLD_BENDE_DIVISION_OF_SOUTHEASTERN_NIGERA |access-date=15 September 2023 |website=[ResearchGate](/source/ResearchGate)}}</ref> It was classified in the [Ohuhu](/source/Ohuhu)-[Ngwa](/source/Ngwa) cluster of the Southern [Igbo](/source/Igboland) area.<ref>{{Cite book  |url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9781315297736/ibo-ibibio-speaking-peoples-south-eastern-nigeria-daryll-forde-jones |doi=10.4324/9781315297736|title=The Ibo and Ibibio-Speaking Peoples of South-Eastern Nigeria |year=2017 |last1=Forde |first1=Daryll |last2=Jones |first2=G. I. |isbn=9781315297736 }}</ref>

==Origin==
Oloko was originally known as Afa. The settlers at Oloko came from [Abam](/source/Abam) and settled at Ihu-Uro; a site between Oloko village and Amizi. It was from there that they moved westward and south-west driving away the [Annang](/source/Annang) of Otoro and [Nkari](/source/Nkari). Subsequently, they established the ten villages of [Ahaba](/source/Ahaba_Oloko), Oloko, [Akanu Nchara](/source/Nchara), [Etoruo Nchara](/source/Nchara), [Awomukwu](/source/Awomukwu), Umugo, Azuiyi, Amizi, Obuohia Okike and Usaka Eleogu. The conquerors retained the names of the villages they conquered. This accounts for the phonetic similarities of names of many [Ikwuano](/source/Ikwuano) and [Annang](/source/Annang) villages.<ref name=":0" />

==Culture==
The people of Oloko celebrate the [Ekpe](/source/Ekpe) and Iri Ji (New Yam) festivals. They speak the Oloko dialect of the [Igbo language](/source/Igbo_language). Generally, their cultural elements are similar to other [Igbo](/source/Igbo_people) groups as they speak a common language, dress like them and eat similar delicacies.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bring more Development to Rural Areas -Traditional Ruler tells Gov Ikpeazu |url=https://nationalambassador.com.ng/amp/19039-2/ |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=National Ambassador |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Women's War==
An incident at Oloko started the [Women's War](/source/Women's_War) in 1929. This arose from fears that a new taxation scheme would impose taxes on women, particularly widows, which they had no previously been expected to pay. When the widow Nwanyereuwa was approached by a tax inspector she immediately refused to co-operate, and went into Oloko Town, where a women's meeting was in progress discussing the issue. The meeting then started to mobilise resistance to the new taxes.<ref name = "Glover">{{Cite book|title=Women, Culture and development: A study of human capabilities|url=https://archive.org/details/womenculturedeve00nuss|url-access=limited|last=Glover|first=Jonathan|publisher=Oxford University|year=1995|pages=[https://archive.org/details/womenculturedeve00nuss/page/n461 449]}}</ref> Three women active in this campaign, Ikonnia, Nwannedia and Nwugo, became known as the [Oloko Trio](/source/Women's_War).<ref name = "Oriji">Oriji, John N. (2000). Igbo Women From 1929-1960. West Africa Review: 2, 1.</ref>

==See also==
• [Aba Women's Riot](/source/Women's_War)

==References==
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Category: Igbo clans
Category: Igbo subgroups

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