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Saturday, November 10, 2018
An Achala Man
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An Igbo man from Achala, p.d. Anambra State, photographed by British colonial government anthropologist Northcote Thomas, 1910-1911. Museum...
Igbo Compound Entrance
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An entrance in a compound in Nimo, p.d. Anambra State. Photographed by Northcote Thomas, 1910-11. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, C...
Sunday, November 4, 2018
Names in Igbo folk religion
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A few examples of Igbo folk religious names primarily found as peoples surnames today. Christian influence from the early 20th century alte...
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Woman of Öka (Awka)
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A woman of Öka (Awka) photographed by British colonial government anthropologist Northcote Thomas, 1910-1911. Museum of Archaeology and An...
Mgburuichi - Bruchee - Breechee
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An mgburuichi, an Igbo person with ichi marks associated with Nri. Northcote Thomas, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge. Igb...
Boy of Mgbakwu
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A boy of Mgbakwu, p.d. Anambra State, photographed by British government anthropologist Northcote Thomas between 1910 and 1911. The pictur...
Lady of Igbariam
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This is a cropped and coloured part of a larger picture of a young woman from Igbariam, photographed by Northcote Thomas, a British coloni...
Chi and Chi-na-eke: Dualism in divinity
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Photo: Igbo double bell/gong. British Museum. 1930s. The relationship between chi and Chineke is by far more complex and enigmatic. [......
Saturday, November 3, 2018
Iko Concubinage
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Photo: Wall painting on an Ekpe house in Umuajata, Olokoro (Umuahia) painted by an Anang artist. G. I. Jones, c. 1935. The Igbo lay more e...
Origin of the Modern Igbo Number System
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Entry from the dictionary of the Igbo language centering around the Onicha and Asaba dialects, by British government colonial anthropolog...
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, September 19, 2018
Murdering Women in Nigeria [Women's War]
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The Crisis, May 1930, p. 164. “Murdering Women in Nigeria” by Ben N. Azikiwe, better known as Nnamdi Azikiwe. This is a report concerni...
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