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.
An Igbo girl photographed by British colonial government anthropologist Northcote Thomas, c. 1910-11. MAA Cambridge. Colourised from black and white, Ụ́kpụ́rụ́ 2019.
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