June 2025 ~ Ozi Ikòrò

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Ikoro Drum, Amongst the Igbos, G.T. Basden (1921) In the heart of Igbo land, within the ancient kingdom of Aguleri, on the Omambala River side in Southeastern Nigeria, the Ikolo sacred…

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Jun 2025

Historical Studies

The 1898 British Punitive Expedition and the Catholic Mission in Western Igboland (Anioma)

In 1893, Fr. Carlo Zappa, an Italian priest of the Society of African Missions (SMA), established a Catholic mission in Issele-Ukwu, a significant town in western Igboland. His efforts, however, were met with…

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Jun 2025

Anthropology and Ethnography

The Influence of Igbo Women in Language and Cultural Exchange: Insights from Colonial Anthropology

Northcote Thomas (1914). Anthropological Report on the Ibo-Speaking Peoples of Nigeria, Vol. IV: Law and Custom of the Ibo of the Asaba District, S. Nigeria, pp. 5 In his 1914 Anthropological Report…

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Jun 2025

Cultural Heritage

Nzu in Igbo Culture: A Symbol of Purity, Peace, and Spirituality

image: anitaquansahlondon.com Among the many elements of Igbo culture, Nzu (white chalk) holds a special place as a powerful symbol with deep spiritual and social significance. Despite challenges from…

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Jun 2025

Cultural Heritage

Ọjị Igbo and Its Significance in Ọdịnana Igbo Spirituality

Ọjị Igbo. Photo - Ọganihu Igbo In Igbo culture, the kola nut, known as Ọjị Igbo, is a sacred symbol deeply rooted in Ọdịnana, the traditional spiritual and cultural practices of…

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Jun 2025

Historical Studies

The Killing of Dr. Stewart and the Brutal Ahiara Expedition of 1905

The story of a white man dragged off his bicycle and killed while riding through Igbo territory has been told in different versions, including in Chinua Achebe’s famous novel Things…

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Jun 2025

Cultural Heritage Ethnohistory

Ohuhu/Olokoro-Igbo Man with Ritual Headdress

Photograph by G.I. Jones, 1930s. A man from the Ohuhu/Olokoro-Igbo community sits in his compound, holding an ogbom headdress. The skillfully carved wooden headdress showcases a seated figure(female) on a stool…

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Jun 2025

Historical Studies

Documenting Resistance: Igbo Fugitives in Colonial Jamaica

University of Florida Digital An 18th-century Jamaican newspaper advertisement offers a reward for capturing escaped enslaved people, preserved in a historical compilation of such notices (Rucker, 2013). This document lists over…

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Jun 2025

Historical Studies

Traces of Igbo Names from the Slave Ships

The Atlantic slave trade, despite its vast erasure of African identities, left behind fragments like names that offer glimpses into the lives of the people stolen from their homelands. Some…

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Jun 2025

Cultural Heritage Ethnohistory

The Impact of Western Christianity on Nsukka-Igbo Marriage Rituals: A Cultural and Spiritual Dilemma

Marriage is a big event that carries cultural, spiritual and community power everywhere. In Nsukka, on the side of Igboland, Nigeria, marriage is not just a man-and-woman business but the…

Monthly Archives: June 2025

The Ikolo: A Sacred Sonic Symbol of Aguleri’s Cultural and Spiritual Heritage

The 1898 British Punitive Expedition and the Catholic Mission in Western Igboland (Anioma)

The Influence of Igbo Women in Language and Cultural Exchange: Insights from Colonial Anthropology

Ọjị Igbo and Its Significance in Ọdịnana Igbo Spirituality

The Killing of Dr. Stewart and the Brutal Ahiara Expedition of 1905

Ohuhu/Olokoro-Igbo Man with Ritual Headdress

Documenting Resistance: Igbo Fugitives in Colonial Jamaica

Traces of Igbo Names from the Slave Ships

The Impact of Western Christianity on Nsukka-Igbo Marriage Rituals: A Cultural and Spiritual Dilemma