Photographs

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G. I. Jones Archives / Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge

Participants in the Awankere Festival in Okere-Warri, celebrating the community’s ancestral heritage. Photo Credit: G. I. Jones Archives / Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge.

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Foreign and Commonwealth Office Archival Collection / The National Archives (UK

A historical portrait of an Itsekiri Chief, representing the aristocratic class that governed the expanding Warri Kingdom. Photo Credit: Foreign and Commonwealth Office Archival Collection / The National Archives (UK).

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Delta State Archives / Ministry of Culture and Tourism

A historical view of the Okere community in Warri, established by the descendants of the Benin General Ekpenede. Photo Credit: Delta State Archives / Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

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G. I. Jones Archives / Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge

A historical comparison of traditional regalia in the Delta region, showing the strong Yoruba and Itsekiri visual influence. Photo Credit: G. I. Jones Archives / Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge.

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G. I. Jones Archives / Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge

Ceremonial regalia in the Western Niger Delta showing the overlap in aesthetic between Itsekiri and Olukunmi traditional elites. Photo Credit: G. I. Jones Archives / Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge.

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National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Nigeria

Traditional hand-loomed textiles from the Western Niger Delta, showcasing patterns shared by the Olukunmi and neighboring groups. Photo Credit: National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Nigeria.

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Nana Olomu (1852–1916) was an Itsekiri chief, Palm Oil Super Magnate, nationalist and a fighter from the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria. Photo credit : kwekudee-tripdownmemorylane

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DORE NUMA-Portrait photograph of an African Chief and his wife, c.1920

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Foreign and Commonwealth Office Archival Collection

A bustling “waterside” market in the Niger Delta, where riverine and hinterland peoples met for commercial exchange. Photo Credit: Foreign and Commonwealth Office Archival Collection.

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G. I. Jones Archives / Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge

A historical scene of riverine salt production in the Niger Delta, a trade dominated by Itsekiri families. Photo Credit: G. I. Jones Archives / Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge.

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National Archives of Nigeria / Historical Collection

An archival image of palm oil processing in the Niger Delta hinterland, the economic foundation of the Urhobo-Itsekiri partnership. Photo Credit: National Archives of Nigeria / Historical Collection.

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Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford

Ceremonial artifacts from the Niger Delta region showing the overlapping artistic styles of the Itsekiri and Urhobo peoples. Photo Credit: Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford.

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G. I. Jones Archives / Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge

Temotsi between Mr Jube and Mrs Tuoyo Metsese. Photo Credit: G. I. Jones Archives / Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge.

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G. I. Jones Archives / Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge

A historical portrait of an Itsekiri bride in traditional coral regalia, a style often seen in prominent merchant families with inter-ethnic ties. Photo Credit: G. I. Jones Archives / Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge.

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Foreign and Commonwealth Office Archival Collection

Steamships and merchant vessels anchored at Koko Port, loading palm kernels and oil for export to Liverpool and Hamburg. Photo Credit: Foreign and Commonwealth Office Archival Collection.

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United Africa Company (UAC) Archives / Unilever PLC

Logs being floated down the Ethiope River toward the Sapele sawmills, a primary driver of the town’s global commercial status. Photo Credit: United Africa Company (UAC) Archives / Unilever PLC.

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The National Archives (UK) / Colonial Office Collection

A view of the Sapele riverfront in the early 20th century, showing the mix of colonial architecture and bustling maritime activity. Photo Credit: The National Archives (UK) / Colonial Office Collection.

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Partington, J. / Southern Nigeria Historical Survey

The traditional Ekpe meeting house in the Cross River region, the seat of local regulatory and judicial power. Photo Credit: Partington, J. / Southern Nigeria Historical Survey.

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Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford

Examples of Nsibidi symbols, the secret script used by the Ekpe society to communicate laws and handle administrative matters. Photo Credit: Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford.

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G. I. Jones Archives / Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge

An Ekpe masquerade (Idem) in Calabar, symbolizing the judicial and executive power of the secret society. Photo Credit: G. I. Jones Archives / Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge.

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The National Archives of the United Kingdom

The consequence of their signing the Treaties was that these Chiefs and their people lost their sovereignty. Photo Credit: The National Archives of the United Kingdom.

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The National Archives of the United Kingdom

A specimen of the standard “Treaty of Protection” used by British Consuls to establish the Niger Coast Protectorate in 1884. Photo Credit: The National Archives of the United Kingdom.

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Untitled photograph — british-treaty-in-nigeria_itsekiri-1884_0

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Foreign and Commonwealth Office Archival Collection

Mrs, Florence-Elemi-Rewane, a key figure in the British colonial administration of Warri and the Benin River district. Photo Credit: Foreign and Commonwealth Office Archival Collection.

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