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The Nsukka Industrial Complex: Lejja and Opi

Long before modern factories, industrial parks, and mechanized manufacturing, parts of Igboland in southeastern Nigeria had already developed complex metallurgical traditions. Among the most remarkable of these are the ancient iron-smelting centres of Lejja and Opi, both located within the Nsukka cultural zone of Enugu State. Archaeological evidence suggests that these sites were once among…

Place Lejja, Nsukka, Opi