Trading

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Beyond the Slave Trade: The Aro Confederacy’s Adaptive Commerce and Colonial Misinterpretations

“The first Europeans to visit Arochukwu, in 1901, noted with some surprise — since it contradicted what they had been led to expect by their superiors — that the Aro trade in factory goods was no less than their trade in slaves, and that in fact Palm oil seems to be the main export. [W.J.…

Aboh-Ndoni Market at junction of Ndoni Creek with the Niger

In P.A. Talbot’s book “Tribes of The Niger Delta”, which examines various communities and their cultures in the Niger Delta, he refers to places like Aboh and Ndoni, important riverine communities with significant historical relevance in the region’s trade and cultural development. . The Aboh-Ndoni market was more than just a site for economic transactions;…

Place Aboh, Ndoni