Ụkpụrụ̄: Images of Ìgbò Before

The pre-1940s history, indigenous culture, and heritage of Ìgbò through images.

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Showing posts with label Culture & Custom. Show all posts
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, October 13, 2019

Òmenàlà

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Symbol of Ala, the Earth Mother, among the Eda Igbo, present-day Abia or Ebonyi State. P. A. Talbot, c. 1920s. Most Igbo people in the pa...
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Saturday, November 3, 2018

Unique Igbo Names, Past & Present

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Some unique Igbo names that are from the past and some made up here, that sound quite modern and new. Dije - di ije, master traveller Ki...
Wednesday, January 3, 2018

An old kind of warrant chief, from The Nigeria Handbook, 1936

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As a largely acephalous people*, the British colonial government found it difficult to incorporate Igbo communities into the imperialist s...
Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Igbo Burial Rites

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Burial rites and hand washing, food offering at an Igbo funeral in Isele Azagba. Photo by Northcote Thomas, 1900s, coloured by Ụ́kpụ́rụ́ 2...
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