Photographs

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“Rich Women. Onitsha. (church members.)” G. F. Packer, 1880s. Pitt Rivers Museum.

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Photo of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa – 1700s.

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Photo by Miden Pictures, Edited by Author.

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Alusi with its priest and its ritual iron belled staff, Ösü (Orsu), West Isuama Igbo. Photo by G. I. Jones, 1930s.

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Untitled photograph — screenshot-2025-01-27-000221

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Photo: Igbo weaver and vertical loom. Photo: J Stocker, early 20th century. British Museum.

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Untitled photograph — 335734083_877500833357603_1301224841782768784_n (1)

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Omu Okwei: The First Woman to Drive a Car in Nigeria and a Queen of Trade

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The Sacred Law of the Land: The Isuikwuato Pregnancy Taboo

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The hairstyle for a new Igbo 口 mother, according to P. A. Talbot, 1926. Musée du quai Branly.

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Photo: Mbari votive shrine in Percy Amaury Talbot (1926). “The people of Southern Nigeria.” Flight. II, fig.13. via the Musée du quai Branly. Creation of the days from the Owere.

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Textile patterns from the Ndoki Igbo women’s weaving industry at Akwete, in what is now southern Abia State. National Library of the Netherlands, The Hague.

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Untitled photograph — 335734083_877500833357603_1301224841782768784_n (1)

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The Omu of Okpanam, photographed by Northcote Thomas in September 1912.

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Omu Okwei of Osomari – The Igbo Merchant Queen

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To honor her legacy, a marble statue was erected in her memory, and a street in Onitsha was named after her.

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Odogwu himself Chief Ugezu J. Ugezu.

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Omu Anioma: A Unique Female Leader in Igboland

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Meet Her Royal Majesty, Obi Martha Dunkwu, Omu Anioma/Nneoha.

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Benin ivory mask representing Idia, the court of Benin, 16th century (British Museum, London)

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The Okpu mme or red cap of the present-day Omu of Okpanam. Photograph by George Agbo.

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Odogwu of Asaba, Obi Chief Nwanze Oduah

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Entrance to an Igbo compound (ǹgwùlù) with high protective walls (aja ǹgwùlù), located in or near Onitsha. Photographed by Herbert Wimberley, circa 1903–1918. Courtesy of Cambridge University Library.

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Ekpe Society Meeting House in Olokoro, Umuajatta, Umuahia. Ngwomo Ghost House – G.I. Jones 1930s.

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