Ụkpụrụ̄: Images of Ìgbò Before

The pre-1940s history, indigenous culture, and heritage of the Ìgbò and their neighbours.

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.
Wednesday, May 6, 2020

'The King of the Eboes'

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People on the island of Jamaica. USC Digital Library. March 22, 1816. A European's account of a thwarted African uprising in Jamaica. ...
Sunday, May 3, 2020

Ùlì

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An Igbo girl from Nibo, present-day Anambra State, with ùlì designs on her skin. Photographed by Northcote Thomas c. 1911. MAA Cambridge.
Sunday, April 26, 2020

Aro Sword

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Double edged sword with a fluted blade from Arochukwu, c. 1932 or earlier. Pitt Rivers Museum [ + ].
Friday, April 17, 2020

Palm Oil

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A palm oil factory photographed by Jonathan Adagogo Green likely in either Opobo or Bonny, c. late 19th century. British Museum. The palm ...
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