Anthropology 3332F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter online reading : Cultural Capital
20 Nov 2017
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Burials and belonging in nigeria: rural-urban relations and. A divide between rural and urban in nigeria. Those from rural expected to die in their villages and be buried there. This is very expensive and norm to spend a lot of money on dead relatives" burials. The urban rural relationship is where processes of social change happen. Frequently, the tensions laid bare in igbo burials crystallize latent con icts and make them worse. In igboland, as in many african societies, kinship relationships are often simultaneously patron-client relationships. Few of them can make a decent living off farming. Everyone a patron to somebody and a client to someone else more powerful. Funerals are community events and very important to attend. During the two years, the author observed 20 burials. He was privileged and honoured at these burials because he was white. He is married to an igbo woman.
