Abstract:
This work is on post-contact proverbs in Inyi community of southeastern Nigeria. It is observed that there is the need to remove the dearth of focused research or ethnography on post-contact Inyi proverbs. The researcher utilized the quantitative research method. Interview schedule and participant observation are the instruments of data collection. Post-contact proverbs in Inyi were obtained from Umunna meetings and traditional marriage ceremonies and also from respondents who are Okenyes or Inyi elders versed in Inyi culture. The meanings of these proverbs and the occasions in which they are used are also obtained. Forty-four post contact proverbs were collected during the fieldwork. The eleven (11) contact proverbs which were obtained during participant observation were utilized by Inyi indigenes who were younger than the Okenyes. The remaining thirty-three post contact proverbs came from the Okenyes. The need for a wider study of Igbo post contact proverbs is advanced.
