The pre-1940s history, indigenous culture, and heritage of the Ìgbò and their neighbours.
Wednesday, September 2, 2020
Three Men
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Three men, probably from an Igbo town around the Niger River, photographed by William Henry Crosse, part of the Royal Niger Company, 1886 -...
Monday, July 6, 2020
People
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Two women who are most likely Igbo and from the Önïcha area judging by the presence of the Obi Önïcha in related photos. Photographed by H...
Monday, June 29, 2020
Aja Ǹgwùlù
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Igbo compound (ǹgwùlù) entrance and high walls (aja ǹgwùlù), in or near Önïcha. Photographed by Herbert Wimberley, c. 1903-18. Cambridge Un...
A Lady of Ụgwụtā wearing Ivory
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A woman of Ügwüta, Òru area, early 20th century. Internet Archive. Òru, riverine Igbo around the Niger, were known for their markets by wat...
Saturday, May 23, 2020
Arụ̀ Women
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Aro women photographed by Rev. William T. Weir, in The Women's Missionary Magazine of the United Free Church of Scotland, 1904. Google ...
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Dike Nwaàmị̀ Ọ̀hafị̄ā
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Ohafia women with long braids fashionable in Ohafia at the time. Photographed by Rev. William T. Weir. From The Women's Missionary Maga...
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Sunday, May 17, 2020
Bridge over Imo River
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Bridge over Imo River. Published 1920. Internet Archive. A temporary wooden bridge over the Imo River for the Eastern Division railway li...
Saturday, May 16, 2020
Ọ̀kọ̀nkọ̀ Tolls
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An Ekpe masquerader in Uzuakoli, present-day Abia State. Photographed by G. I. Jones, 1930s. MAA Cambridge. Ọ̀kọ̀nkọ̀ members controlled ...
"A Famous Were-Leopard"
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"A Famous Were-Leopard". Percy Amaury Talbot. Internet Archive. The power of metamorphosis is generally termed Uworraw-Ukponn, ...
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Igbo compound walls
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An Igbo compound entrance, in or near Önïcha. Photographed by Herbert Wimberley, c. 1903-18. Cambridge University Library. The ancestral c...
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Prince Chukwuma of Àbọ, William Baikie
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"Prince Tshúkuma [Chukwuma]" of Abö, illustration from an 1854 voyage by William Baikie. Internet Archive. [At Abö] we learnt t...
Thursday, May 7, 2020
A Lady of Nibo
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An Igbo woman from Nibo, present-day Anambra State. Photographed by Northcote Thomas c. 1911. MAA Cambridge.
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