Encyclopaedia Britannica's reference entry on the Ijo (Ijaw) people of Nigeria's Niger Delta, their culture, language and traditional religion.
Facts
Assessment
Reliability Tier2
Encyclopaedia Britannica's entry on the Ijo (Ijaw) people is written and edited in-house without an academic peer review process, the middle tier reflecting a professionally fact checked general reference rather than a specialist Niger Delta ethnography source. NotesA general reference encyclopedia with editorial staff and a long institutional record, continuously revised rather than dated to a single print year. Reliable for Ijaw cosmology, Egbesu's public role and the Kalabari Ekine society's existence; Ekine's initiation content is not drawn from this or any source.
Citation
AuthorThe Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
PublisherEncyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
URLhttps://www.britannica.com/topic/Ijo
Source Typereference
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This source names Niger directly: "entry on the Ijo (Ijaw) people of Nigeria's Niger Delta, their culture, language and traditional religion."
Claims Backed By This Source (18 claims)
This source backs 18 claims across the atlas. As facts: 13 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds, 2 connected. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Articles, 10 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 connected, 2 general references.
- Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.
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