Igbo Calendar from A.D. 0001 to A.D. 8064

About the Book

The Igbo Calendar presents a comparative analysis of the Igbo calendar, Gregorian calendar, and other world calendars. It gives insight into the origin of Igbo calendar dealing with the origin of the four Igbo market days (EKE, ORIE, AFO, and NKWO). It portrays the calendar as 112 Reference Charts from AD 0001 to AD 8064 with each reference chart showing 72 related years with identical Igbo market days and Gregorian week days which co-jointly repeat every 112 years. It also gives guidance on how to read and use the calendar. The book pioneers a critical basis and guide for further research into the origin, nomenclature and applicability of the Igbo Calendar in contrast to the Gregorian calendar. It pioneers a critical basis and guide for further research into the origin, nomenclature and applicability of the Igbo Calendar in contrast to the Gregorian calendar. The book also contains the Map of Igboland, and two poems- The Last Words of Adam to Eve before partaking of the Forbidden Apple, and Eagle is King of the Birds, both written by the author. The Igbo Calendar is a sound penetrating and well-researched original work that should be in the hands of all grades of readers. Seekers of the footprints of Igbo history and culture should find it absorbing and relevant.

About the Author

H.R.H Silver Nnanyereugo Ibenye-Ugbala is a Historian and Researcher, born April 10, 1930 Imo State, Nigeria. He was married February 6, 1951 to Veronica Chinyere (Ugo-Eze) with four daughters and four sons. He was the Area Administrator and Comptroller of Customs and Excise, Apapa, Lagos Area from 1975-1979. He received his Diploma in Public Administration and International Affairs from the University of Pittsburgh in 1975, Diploma in Indirect Tax control and Excise Administration from Dans Les Services Extérieurs De Le Direction Générale Des Impôts Paris, France in 1967, and Diploma in Customs and Excise Administration from Her Majesty’s Customs Training College Southend-on-Sea, England in 1967. He is currently the Traditional Ruler, Eze-Ugo III, of Okporo, and the Patron of Imo State Council of Traditional Rulers (Nna Ndi Eze), Imo State, Nigeria.