Ohafia

Ohafia
—  LGA and Town  —
Ohafia Location in Nigeria
Coordinates: 5°37′N 7°50′E / 5.617°N 7.833°E / 5.617; 7.833Coordinates: 5°37′N 7°50′E / 5.617°N 7.833°E / 5.617; 7.833
Country	Nigeria
State	Abia State
Population
- Ethnicities	Igbo
Time zone	WAT (UTC+1)
Postcode	442...

Ohafia is a town and local government area in Abia State, Nigeria. It is an Igbo speaking region. The ancestral capital of Ohafia is the centrally located village of Elu. The Ohafia Local Government Area also includes the towns of Abiriba and Nkporo.^[1]

The ancestors of the Ohafia people were renowned as mighty warriors.^[1] This aspect of the Ohafia peoples history remains fundamental to the Ohafia people's sense of identity. The warrior's cap or "leopard cap" (Igbo: Okpu agu)^[1] is well known and is an associated product of Ohafia. The Ohafia warrior tradition is embodied in the performance of Iri agha.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "A Brief Description of Ohafia". Souther Illinois University. http://www.siu.edu/~anthro/mccall/ohafia/index.html. Retrieved 2008-11-20.