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Acholonu and Davis (2013

Onu Oshuru (lit. Oshuru Bottomless Pit), one of several structures found at the Lejja communal sacred solar plaza, Nsukka. Utu-Udele-Igwe, a solar-tree deity of justice in this locale is said to rise from the pit each day. Image source: Acholonu and Davis (2013).

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Ala by the artist, Ezem, in Enyiogugu, Aboh-Mbaise, Nigeria, 1960. Photo by Herbert M. Cole.

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Untitled photograph — IMG_20241012_135803

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Ada Nshi and Okpala Nshi: The Role Nri traveling Priests played in Building Anioma’s Ritual and Cultural Practices

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Untitled photograph — Screenshot_20241012_124054

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A woman of Nibo, present day Anambra State, Nigeria photographed by British government anthropologist Northcote Thomas, c. 1912.

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Untitled photograph — IMG_1276

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Untitled photograph — IMG_1275

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Oratta-Ikwerre-Etche – Igbo and Ibibio speaking people of South-eastern Nigeria

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“The goddess of the earth,” as described by P. A. Talbot, c. 1932. Musée du quai Branly. This may be Ala, the Igbo earth divinity and the man pictured may be an Eze Ala, a head priest of Ala. Ala is represented by trees and shrubs.

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The Igbo Earth Mother, Ala in an Mbari house dedicated to her in Ebele, near Owere (Owerri). William Fagg, 28th February 1946. British Museum.

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Marriage rights between the Oratta and Etche, Tribes of the Niger Delta. – P.A. Talbot.

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“Mbari house, Umowa town, Oratta Ibo [Urata Igbo], just completed, 1933.” G. I. Jones.

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March 1, 1946. Deity recorded as Arioku, a deity that is sworn to, in Enyiogugu, Mbaise, central Igbo area, Eastern Nigeria. British Museum.

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An Onicha woman of the Otu Odu society

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Coiled copper or “snake manilla” currency from the Igbo area, used in old times throughout what became Eastern Nigeria before the enforcement of the use of the British West African pound by the British colonial administration. Early 20th century. Minneapolis Institute of Art.

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The general name for brass and copper rods in Igbo is okpogho or ikpeghe. These coiled ‘snake manilla’ rods could form part of a bridewealth payment and could be, as modelled in this photo, used as jewellery. Photo: @Beyonce by Tony Duran for Flaunt Magazine, July 2013.

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Untitled photograph — IMG_1417

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Eboe Town in Belize City, Belize in the 1829 Honduras almanack. Columbia University.

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Ethnographic survey on The Ibo and Ibibio speaking people of South-eastern Nigeria. Darryl Forde and G.I. Jones.

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Traditions of lgbo Origin · A Study of Pre-Colonial Population Movements in Africa. J.N. Oriji.

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Owu mask, Ugwuta (Oguta) area, 1940s. Photo via Sabine Jell-Bahlsen.

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Artist Ben Enwonwu (right) with Secretary-General U Thant unveiling Enwonwu’s statue Anyanwu, the Igbo sun deity, UN Headquarters, New York, October 1966. UN Photo/ Teddy Chen.

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