The history of Abbi, in present-day Delta State, is kept in traditions of migration, settlement, kinship and the slow absorption of different families into one community. The founding story centres on Amacha, said to have come from Achalla-Ukwu, east of the Niger, and to have eventually settled in the area now called Abbi. According to…
Place Abbi
Ezionum is one of the nine communities inside Ukwuani Local Government Area in Delta State, Nigeria. This place is special among the Ukwuani people who are a subgroup of the larger Igbo tribe and it has many histories and cultures that connects it to Niger Delta. Before Colonialism came to Nigeria, Ezionum had a…
Place Okpala
Ukwata Abbi is a big festival that the Abbi people of Delta State, Nigeria, celebrate every year. It is enjoyed not only by the Abbi people but also by other neighbouring communities. It is one of the valued cultural ceremonies that spell out their history, unity, and various lifestyles. It happens mostly in February when…
Place Abbi