The pre-1940s history, indigenous culture, and heritage of the Igbo and their neighbours.
Original
Igbo names and spellings for various settlements Abakaliki is Abankaleke; Afikpo is Ehugbo; Awgu is Ogu; Awka is Oka; Bonny is Ubani; Enugu is Enugwu; Ibusa is Igbuzö; Igrita is Igwuruta; Oguta is Ugwuta; Onitsha is Onicha; Owerri is Owere; Oyigbo is Obigbo... any more will be added.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
An [female] Ikenga figure seated on a stool with an elaborately carved headdress holding a staff in one hand and a mirror in the other.
G. I. Jones.
Location: ?Unknown?, Alaigbo | Date: 1930s | Credit: Jones
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