Chitendero chimwe chezviitiko zvemagariro nehupfumi zvine zvinokanganisa zvisingarambike pamunhu chero kupi zvako pasi rose. Sezvitsvene sezvazvinoratidzika, chitendero hachina kukosha chete kunzwisiso yekuvapo kwechero vagari venzvimbo asi zvakare chine hukoshera hwemitemo mumamiriro emarudzi uye ebudiriro. Nhoroondo uye ethnographic humbowo pamusoro pekuratidzwa kwakasiyana uye mazita echiitiko chechitendero akawanda. Rudzi rweIgbo kuSouthern Nigeria, kumativi ese eRwizi rweNiger, nderimwe remapoka makuru evatema ezvetsika netsika muAfrica, ane shungu dzechitendero dzisingakanganisi dzinobatanidza budiriro yakadzikama uye kusangana kwemarudzi mukati memiganhu yechinyakare. Asi chimiro chechitendero cheIgboland chiri kuramba chichichinja. Kusvika 1840, chitendero (chi) chikuru cheIgbo chaive chechizvarwa kana chechinyakare. Pasati papera makore makumi maviri gare gare, apo basa roufundisi hwechiKristu rakatanga munzvimbo iyi, uto idzva rakatangwa iro raizopedzisira ragadzirisazve chitendero chezvizvarwa zvemo. ChiKristu chakakura kuita hutongi hwevapashure. Pamberi pezana remakore rechiKristu muIgboland, chiIslam nezvimwe zvishoma zvitendero zvehegemonic zvakamuka kuti zvikwikwidze zvitendero zvechiIgbo nechiKristu. Iri bepa rinoteedzera kupatsanurwa kwezvitendero uye basa rayo rinoenderana nebudiriro inowirirana muIgboland. Iyo inokwevera data rayo kubva kumabasa akaburitswa, kubvunzurudza, uye artefacts. Inopokana kuti pazvinobuda zvitendero zvitsva, nzvimbo yechitendero cheIgbo icharamba ichisiyana uye / kana kuchinjika, kungave kwekubatanidzwa kana kusarudzika pakati pezvitendero zviripo uye zviri kusimukira, kuti vararame Igbo.