Yam holds an important and general position amoung Anioma people , aside being a staple food, it's also a vital representation of spirituality, economic power, and status.
This crucial traditional practice…
Ndi Anioma, like other Igbo groups, have long kept deep cultural and spiritual ties to Nri, an ancient aristocratic and theocratic kingdom dated from 9th century.
An important part of the…
An Onicha woman of the Otu Odu society
In Onitsha (Onicha), women who belong to the Otu Odu society hold significant social and spiritual influence. The Otu Odu is an exclusive…
The general name for brass and copper rods in Igbo is okpogho or ikpeghe. These coiled 'snake manilla' rods could form part of a bridewealth payment and could be, as…
Owu mask, Ugwuta (Oguta) area, 1940s. Photo via Sabine Jell-Bahlsen.
The Ogba people of Rivers State and the Oguta people of Imo State also known as the “Riverine Igbo”.
(Oru/Olu) which they…
Artist Ben Enwonwu (right) with Secretary-General U. Thant unveiling Enwonwu's statue Anyanwu, the Igbo sun deity, UN Headquarters, New York, October 1966. UN Photo/ Teddy Chen.
Ben Enwonwu’s Anyanwu is an…
The relationship of Anioma with the Igala people is being displayed in some social and political institution influenced by the Igala and igbo, these influences is particularly felt in Anioma…
An Igbo woman is painting a persons back, presumably with uri, 1930s. Photo: Winifred Yeatman.
Igbo Uri painting, also known as uli painting, is a traditional form of body art practiced…
Diviner Stephen Nwedozie casting afa chains in Umuazu Nise, Nigeria, 1966. Photo: Herbert Cole.
Stephen Nwedozie, a renowned diviner from Umuazu, Nise, was photographed by Herbert Cole in 1966, casting afa…
The extinction of the traditional structure of leadership in Anioma was heavily influenced by the introduction of warrant chiefs by the British colonial administration.
Formerly, the people of Anioma governed themselves…