Photographs

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Black-and-white 19th-century engraving of James “Africanus” Beale Horton wearing British Army uniform and holding a hat, circa 1850s.

Portrait/engraving from the Centre for African Studies, University of Edinburgh. © University of Edinburgh

Africanus Horton (1835–1883), Sierra Leonean Igbo physician, scientist, and nationalist. Photo Source; Portrait/engraving from the Centre for African Studies, University of Edinburgh. © University of Edinburgh.

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Album cover of Gentleman Mike Ejeagha standing in a natural outdoor setting, wearing a patterned sleeveless top, beside the text “Akuko Na Egwu Vol. 1.”

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Gentleman Mike Ejeagha on the cover of “Akuko Na Egwu Vol. 1,” blending storytelling and guitar melodies into timeless Igbo folk wisdom. Image from Album cover of Gentleman Mike Ejeagha – Akuko Na Egwu Vol. 1 (POLP 055).

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Gentleman Mike Ejeagha, the storyteller who sang wisdom with strings. Image from the African Music Library: “Mike Ejeagha (Gentleman Mike Ejeagha).

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African sculpture symbolizing Ani, goddess of the earth.

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Traditional figure representing Ani, the Earth Mother and goddess of fertility. Source; @HAKI_KWELI SHAKUR

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Nigerian film crew shooting a movie scene.

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Visual effects scene in a Nollywood movie Photo Credit: Photo: Bestvillage / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Biographical lagacy & research foundations

Adiele Afigbo, the chronicler of Igbo civilization. Source; Biographical lagacy & research foundations

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Kenneth Onwuka Dike, Nigerian historian.

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Professor Kenneth Onwuka Dike, pioneer of African historiography and Nigeria’s first indigenous Vice-Chancellor. ,cited by The Republic / Dike Family Archives.

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Families gathered during ịgba nkwụ, the Igbo traditional marriage ceremony. Photo Credit: EventDesignByBE.

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Kola nut displayed in traditional Igbo wooden plate.

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Fresh kola nuts presented in a carved wooden bowl. Source: www.oraukwu.com

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Igbo women dancing in colorful attire during marriage celebration.

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Women performing traditional dance during an Igbo marriage ceremony. Photo credit / source: EventDesignByBE

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Igbo bride kneeling and offering palm wine to groom.

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A traditional Igbo bride presenting palm wine to her groom during ịgba nkwú nwanyi. Photo Credit: Naija Glam Wedding / Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain)

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Nnamdi Azikiwe Photo credit: Picasa

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Nnamdi Azikiwe addressing an audience during the nationalist movement. Photo: Eliot Elisofon / Life magazine (©️1959)

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Tribes of the Niger Delta, P.A. Talbot 1910s

Chief Of Ndelle, Ikwerre Igbo. Credit: Tribes of the Niger Delta, P.A. Talbot 1910s.

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“An Ikwerri Ibo village showing the Obiri” – Tribes of the Niger Delta, P.A. Talbot 1910s.

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Chief Eleche (Elechi) of Elele stands with his head wife beside the memorial pillar honouring the late Head Priest of Aya-Eke. Photograph taken in 1914 in what is now Ikwerre LGA, Rivers State, was later documented in Some of Nigeria’s Fertility Cults (1927) by P. A. Talbot.”

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Untitled photograph — ozikoro

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Gerald-Sunny-Okafor body

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Reverend Paul Obayi. Credit: BBC

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Father Paul Obayi holds a human skull recovered from a shrine during an exorcism, in this photo taken on April 19, 2022, in Nsukka, Nigeria. A designated exorcist, Father Obayi preserves traditional religious artefacts in a museum to safeguard local cultural heritage. — (CNS photo/Valentine Iwenwanne)

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Reverend Paul Obayi. Credit: BBC

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Father Paul Obayi. Image: thestreetjournal.org

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Nnedi Okorafor. Source: Americanlibrariesmagazine

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