IKEJI FESTIVAL AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN AROCHUKWU FROM 1900-2023
Abstract
Ikeji festival is a significant annual cultural event celebrated in the Igbo community of Arochukwu of Southeastern Nigeria, by the Aro people at home and in diaspora. Over the years, there have been scholarly attention on the origin and the organization of the festival to anear neglect of the role of this festival in community development. To fill this broad gap, this research specifically seeks bring into lime light the role of Ikeji festival in the development of Arochukwu community to accomplish this, the research employs a historical approaches in its analysis. It relied on sources namely; primary and secondary sources Primary sources were oral interviews while the secondary sources were books, journal articles and internet materials. The research therefore concluded that specific aspects of economic and socio cultural development is visible in Arochukwu due to Ikeji annual festival.
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