The pre-1940s history, indigenous culture, and heritage of the Igbo and their neighbours.
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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.
"Groepsportret van inwoners van Bonny in Nigeria rond Chief Fred Pepple [Group portrait of people of Bonny in Nigeria around Chief Fred Pepple]" – J.A. da Cunha Moraes, 1870.
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