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Interior of an Ekpe society house in Bende photographed by P. Talbot around or before the mid-1920s.

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Ekpe (leopard society) club-house, Bende, in Abia State, Nigeria today. Percy Amaury Talbot, 1910s.

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The interior of an Ekpe or Mgbe (leopard society) house, Cross River area, 1900s-1910s. The motifs on the wall may represent the knowledge and iconography of the society, such as in masking, and may also contain nsibidi semasiographic signs. RAAI.

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An Igbo woman photographed by Northcote Thomas, Onicha Olona, 1912. Onicha Olona (now in Delta State) is one of the sister settlements to Onicha Mmili (‘Onitsha’) as part of the Umu Eze Chima (or Chime) lineage, a lineage of the patriarch Eze Chima who travelled from the west.

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In Onicha Olona, a western Igbo town, two individuals in the courtyard of a house with what seems to be blacksmithing tools (tongs and hammers). Photographed by Northcote Thomas, 1912. MAA Cambridge.

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Pillars at the entrance of an iba ancestral house at Onicha (Onitsha), Nigeria. Zbigniew Dmochowski, 1960s.

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Photo with no context, likely Igbo men from Onicha (Onitsha), photographed by Henry Crosse in the late 19th century. MAA Cambridge.

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Untitled photograph — Screenshot 2025-01-07 002730

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Untitled photograph — Screenshot 2025-01-07 001504

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Untitled photograph — Screenshot 2025-01-07 000409

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Untitled photograph — Okoloba

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Untitled photograph — Polo

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Olfert Dapper Work on Bonny, Kalabari and Okrika

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Untitled photograph — img_4352

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Untitled photograph — IMG_4363

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“Water play Bonny For Oko Jumbo” Jonathan Adagogo Green (Ibani photographer). 1895-1905. British Museum.

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Untitled photograph — img_4355

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Ụbanị Igbo, the Igbo spoken on Bonny Island in today’s Rivers State, recorded by the slave trader Captain Hugh Crow from the late 18th century, from “Memoirs of the late Captain Hugh Crow of Liverpool.” some of the words might be from other languages like Ibani Ijo.

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Ekeleke Masquerade at Ewuru, Agbor Delta state Photo by Ozikoro.com

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Ekeleke Dance: Cultural Journey From Ekwe to Western Igbo Areas

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A titled Igbo woman, Ndoni, present day Rivers State, Nigeria.Lower Niger French Catholic mission postcard, turn of the 20th century.

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A titled Igbo woman in Ndoni, present-day Rivers State, Nigeria. Lower Niger French Catholic mission postcard, 1904. Colored by Author 2024.

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“A chief of Onicha [Onitsha] wearing a schako [hat] of the Royal Guard of England in which he has fixed bird feathers.” Via the French Foreign Legion officer, Antoine Mattei, late 19th century. Gallica Bibliothèque nationale de France.

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