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The Sobo of the Niger Delta. By the Rev. J. W. Hubbard. Zaria: Gaskiya Corporation. Pp. xxvi + 369, maps, plates, diagrams.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 August 2012

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Africa , Volume 23 , Issue 4 , October 1953 , pp. 358 - 360
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Copyright © International African Institute 1953

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page 358 note 1 Since the time at which Mr. Hubbard wrote most if not all of the Sobo clans have been included in the Urhobo Division. The remaining part of the Jekri-Sobo Division has been renamed Warri Division.

page 358 note 2 Full population figures are not given but the total for the fourteen clans for which the author makes an estimate is 108,100.

page 359 note 1 The date is derived by the author from Egharevba, J. V., A short history of Benin, 1936. C.M.S. Bookshop, Lagos.Google Scholar