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Fishing Communities

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Oko and Okwe: Two Neighbouring Communities on the Western Niger

Oko and Okwe are old communities in the western Niger region of present-day Delta State, within the wider Enuani-Igbo cultural area. Their histories grew up along the Niger and its side waters, where farming, fishing, hunting and river trade kept communities on both banks in steady contact. The two are neighbours, but each has its…

Place Oko Okwe

The Owu Masquerades: Inviting the Water Spirits to Dance

The Owu masquerades occupy a significant place in the cultural and spiritual identity of the Kalabari people of the Eastern Niger Delta. As a water-spirit masquerade tradition, Owu represents the close relationship between the Kalabari and the aquatic world that surrounds their communities. Rooted in centuries of riverine cosmology, Owu masquerades are far more than…