Original

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.

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Mmanwu



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

Imo River




Location: ?Unknown? | Date: February 28, 1946 | Credit: Edward Rowland Chadwick

Agbogho Mmanwu



Location: ?Unknown? | Date: 1946 | Credit: Edward Rowland Chadwick

Mbari shrine house



Location: ?Unknown? | Date: 1946 | Credit: Edward Rowland Chadwick

Burial platform



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

Mbari interior





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

Mbari house



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

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Mud-modellings



IBO MUD-MODELLINGS, N[N]EWI OTOLO, ONITSHA DISTRICT.


— Kitson

Location: Nnewi Otolo, Nnewi, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure?, Before 1912 | Credit: A. E. Kitson

Painted figures



PAINTED WOODEN FIGURES OF ANIMALS, ETC., OF IBO CEREMONIAL DANCES, UMBAGBU OHA, WESTERN UDI HIGHLANDS; OIL-PALMS IN BACKGROUND.


— Kitson

Location: Umbagbu Oha, Udi, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure?, Before 1912 | Credit: A. E. Kitson

Chi Shrine



INTERIOR OF CHI SHRINE


— P. Amaury Talbot

Location: Nkarahia, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure? | Credit: P. Amaury Talbot

Monday, September 19, 2011

Ozẹle



YOUNG MAN OF ASABA WITH OZẸLE HAIR.


— Thomas

Location: Ahaba, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure?, Before 1913 | Credit: Thomas

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Northern Types of Hairdressing



HAIRDRESSING IS A STRONG FEATURE. YOUTHS PLAIT IT TO ENHANCE THEIR ATHLETIC APPEARANCE.


Location: ?Unsure?, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure?, Before 1921 | Credit: Basden