Traditional Birthing Practices in Igbo Land, Nigeria

The Igbos are socially and culturally diverse, and are the second largest population in southern Nigeria, childbearing and failure to procreate denotes failure of womanhood. In rural traditional Igbo society, pregnancy is not announced until after twelve weeks of gestation when they would then enlis...

The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences: Annual Review

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