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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.

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Isele Asaba



CHIEF OF ISẸLE ASABA.


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

Orhẹne Onirhe



ORHẸNE (PRIEST) OF ONIRHE AT ASABA.


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

Ichie Onyeso



CHIEF ONYESO WITH ỌFỌ, ỌTỌN, AND BAG.


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

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Yam barn



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

Wooden door





Location: Ihale (Ihiala?) | Date: 1880-1939 | Credit: J Stöcker

Entrance of a building



Location: Ihale (Ihiala?) | Date: 1880-1939 | Credit: J Stöcker

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Market



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

Ala



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


boy standing beside two life-sized wooden Igbo figures. Figures represent a man and a woman.


Location: Ihale [Ihiala?], Alaigbo | Date: 1880-1939 | Credit: J Stöcker

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staff at Fort Salisbury, New Calabar. Men seated on ground are wearing robes and caps and holding drums. Ibo masquerade head-dress on ground in front of a drum.


Location: "Fort Salisbury, New Calabar", Degema | Date: 1890-1905 | Credit: British Museum

Ichi markings



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