Portraits of Nwada Nwangborie Iwundu of Ezeoke Nsu and Nze Ukwu Nnadum Nwelue, circa 1821. Credit: Onyeka Nwelue
Nwanyi bụ íhè ụlọ( When a woman shines, the whole household is bright).
Before…
In the thick green heart of Arochukwu, where mist curls around ancient stones and the whispers of ancestors stir in the wind, stood the shrine of Ibini Ukpabi, the Long…
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The dust of war had barely settled when strange hymns began to rise from the hills of Arochukwu. The same valleys that once echoed with war…
Tea time at a British camp in Itu, Akwa Ibom, during the 1901 Aro Expedition that led to the invasion of Arochukwu and a three-month standoff with the Eastern Igbo…
Ụwa bụ ndụ; ndụ bụ ụwa (The world is life, and life is the world).
The Forest as a Living Ancestry
In the time before tarred roads and concrete skylines, Igboland…
Mmụọ na mmadụ na-ebi ọnụ n’ụwa a—Spirits and humans coexist in this world. This proverb reminds the Igbo that the visible and invisible share one space and nature is not…
Ihe atụfuru n’aka nne ochie, a na-ahụ uru ya mgbe e mesịrị (The treasure lost in the grandmother’s hand is valued only after it is gone). This proverb whispers the…
Aro Nnewanyi bi na Agu (Arobinagu).
Deep in the heart of Igbo spirituality lies Arobinagu (also known as Obinagu or Ahobinagu), a powerful cosmic presence that embodies the very soul of…
Every group in Igbo society has its own Ofo. The Family Ofo is different from the village Ofo, and the village Ofo also differs from the Ofo of many villages…
The bronze sculpture *Anyanwu* by Nigerian artist Ben Enwonwu stands at the United Nations Headquarters. Gifted in 1966, it symbolizes the rising sun and hope for a new nation, blending…