edited by Umezurike, G. M. et.al2024-01-302024-01-301986https://nigeriareposit.nln.gov.ng/handle/20.500.14186/1063Every year, on the day preceding the Ahiajoku Lecture, selected Igbo dignitaries from various walks of life are invited to discuss aspects of a broad theme chosen outside the focus of the year's main lecture. This innovation has proved a huge success as it has continued to give opportunities to many more speakers than the distinguished Ahiajoku Lecturer of the year, to express their views on any chosen subjectIgbo ethnic and discipline; Igbo rites of passage; Igbo political structure; Urban and industrial culture in Igboland: the crises of adaptation; Relations of adaption and contemporary Igbo: patterns of socializationenThe IGBO socio-political system papers presented at the 1985 Ahiajoku Lecture ColloquiumBook