Nsukka is a town and a Local Government Area in Enugu State, Nigeria. Nsukka shares a common border with Edem, Opi (archaeological site), Ede-Oballa, and Obimo.

The postal code of the area is 410001 and 410002 respectively referring to University of Nigeria Campus, and Nsukka Urban.

History
Nsukka is made up of Mkpunano, Nru, and Ihe na Owere. Presently, there is an erroneous trend of referring to all the towns under Enugu North Senatorial Zone as Nsukka. This trend could be as a result of Nsukka housing the headquarters of the now defunct Nsukka province under the colonial rule.

Nsukka is also a local government and compromises of several towns including Nsukka.

People in Nsukka speak central Igbo and Nsukka dialect, a sub dialect of larger Igbo language.

The influence of Nsukka people was felt as far as Idah, the Achadu Oko Attah clan in Idah historically migrated from Nsukka.

Nsukka’s ancient wars

Nsukka in the 18th and 19th century had one of the best fighting forces in what is present-day Enugu-North which they employed in waging war against their neighbours in order to gain more territories for their rising population and for other purposes[citation needed]. Each community that made up the town of Nsukka had stationed in them a fighting force made up of people from that community.
Nsukka’s numerous wars with her neighbours were usually successful such that some surrounding communities requested help from Nsukka to protect them from their attackers.

Another instance of Nsukka’s expansionist bid was the war with Ejuona-Obukpa (a community in Obukpa) which eventually ended in the annexing of a part of Ejuona-Obukpa. According to D. C. Ugwu, this war should not be viewed as one between Nsukka and the entire Obukpa as Ejuona (the involved community) refused the assistance of the rest of Obukpa.

By the time the war ended, Nsukka succeeded in taking parts of Ejuona-Obukpa, almost wiping out one village (Umugboguru) of all its inhabitants in the process.

Climate
Climate data for Nsukka
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 36.1
(97.0) 36.9
(98.4) 37.8
(100.0) 36.7
(98.1) 35.0
(95.0) 33.3
(91.9) 35.0
(95.0) 32.8
(91.0) 32.8
(91.0) 34.4
(93.9) 35.0
(95.0) 35.6
(96.1) 37.8
(100.0)
Average high °C (°F) 33.5
(92.3) 34.9
(94.8) 34.7
(94.5) 33.6
(92.5) 32.0
(89.6) 30.5
(86.9) 29.5
(85.1) 29.6
(85.3) 30.2
(86.4) 31.2
(88.2) 32.6
(90.7) 32.9
(91.2) 32.1
(89.8)
Daily mean °C (°F) 25.6
(78.1) 27.2
(81.0) 28.3
(82.9) 27.4
(81.3) 26.6
(79.9) 25.5
(77.9) 25.0
(77.0) 24.8
(76.6) 24.8
(76.6) 25.3
(77.5) 26.0
(78.8) 25.6
(78.1) 26.0
(78.8)
Average low °C (°F) 20.3
(68.5) 22.8
(73.0) 23.9
(75.0) 23.9
(75.0) 23.1
(73.6) 22.6
(72.7) 22.3
(72.1) 22.3
(72.1) 22.1
(71.8) 22.3
(72.1) 21.6
(70.9) 20.0
(68.0) 22.3
(72.1)
Record low °C (°F) 12.8
(55.0) 12.8
(55.0) 16.1
(61.0) 19.4
(66.9) 19.4
(66.9) 18.9
(66.0) 19.4
(66.9) 18.9
(66.0) 18.3
(64.9) 18.9
(66.0) 14.4
(57.9) 12.2
(54.0) 12.2
(54.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 18.8
(0.74) 15.4
(0.61) 70.3
(2.77) 130.1
(5.12) 217.2
(8.55) 251.9
(9.92) 241.9
(9.52) 237.1
(9.33) 292.0
(11.50) 200.9
(7.91) 12.1
(0.48) 7.7
(0.30) 1,695.4
(66.75)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 1.4 1.2 3.9 6.8 12.2 13.7 15.6 15.3 17.8 12.2 1.3 0.7 102.1
Average relative humidity (%) (at 15:00 LST) 34.3 37.4 45.6 56.4 63.6 68.5 71.3 70.8 70.3 66.4 50.5 38.7 56.1
Mean monthly sunshine hours 186.0 173.6 182.9 183.0 186.0 153.0 117.8 117.8 123.0 173.6 219.0 217.0 2,032.7
Mean daily sunshine hours 6.0 6.2 5.9 6.1 6.0 5.1 3.8 3.8 4.1 5.6 7.3 7.0 5.6
Source 1: NOAA[6]
Source 2: Deutscher Wetterdienst (extremes)
Cultural practices
Cow (Eshu) rituals
There are many other rituals performed by the people either the Christians or the traditional believers after the burial, Cow (Eshu) in funeral rite is bound up with the belief of the people which point to their conception of the world that encompasses the spiritual and physical worlds. The circle of human life becomes complete with the people’s belief that the funeral cow facilitates the dead into the spirit world. The cow ritual like any other ritual in Igbo traditional religion unveils the innate meaning of the people’s world view and their religious belief. Nsukka people believe that only people with ascribed status are 36 entitled to cow ritual of the funeral rite since every dead person are not qualified for it, those who died good death, died at ripped age, performed cow ritual to their dead parent(s) are entitled to funeral cow ritual.[8]

Ndishi tradition
In traditional Igbo society, men’s dominance was total. Women were to be seen but not to be heard: it was a man’s world. Whether in the day to day governance, economic activities, religion, among others, women played a peripheral role in the society. A man could marry as many wives as he wants. The younger wives could be the age mates of his first set of children. Whether the husband is virile enough to satisfy the innumerable wives is hardly taken into consideration. To check marital infidelity on the part of the women in this polygamous society, the Nsukka Igbo instituted the Ndishi/Nna tradition. The Ndishi/Nna tradition connotes a spiritual avowal among the Nsukka people which origin is embedded in myth. The tradition forbids any married woman from engaging in any form of extra-marital affairs or assisting the relations without express permission of the husband. Women from other parts of Igboland who are married to the men of this area are usually forewarned about the efficacy of this tradition. It is the general belief among the people that any such act attracts the wrath of the gods, which results to instant madness for the transgressor. Employing qualitative approach which includes, participant observation, indepth interviews and oral tradition, the researchers explored the potency of this tradition in checking marital infidelity. Enugu-Ezike, Obollo, and Imilike communities which have distinct cultural practices among Nsukka people were selected for the study. Johannes Andenaees’s theory of punishment and deterrence would be applied.