The Izon of the Niger Delta

The Izon of the Niger Delta is a global history of the Izon Ijo or Ijaw people from their homelands in the Niger Delta through Nigeria the West and Central African coastlands and in the Africa diaspora into Europe the America's and the Caribbean. It is a preliminary study which raises questions and opens ground for further research. The book provides chapters that take an overview of issues on the environment of the Niger Delta an analysis of the Ijo population the language culture resources history and linkage to the rest of Nigeria and the world. In effect these chapters provide a synopsis of the Ijo in the past and their situation in the present.