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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.
Showing posts with label Altars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Altars. Show all posts

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Ala



Location: ?Unknown? | Date: 1880-1939 | Credit: J Stöcker

Ala, goddess of the earth



Location: ?Unknown? | Date: 1927-1943 | Credit: Edward Rowland Chadwick

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Ancestor worship



WORSHIP OF ANCESTORS NZE, ỌFỌ AND IKẸṄGA (ONI[CH]A OLONA).


— Thomas

Location: Onicha Olona, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure?, Before 1921 | Credit: Thomas.