A name that dances off the tongue, carrying the grace of an eagle and the pride of a queen, a name that turns heads and warms hearts. This is Achalugo,…
Ịyị Masquerade on display at the Umuoji, Uzoiyi Festival - Umuigbo
The Uzoiyi Festival is one of the most significant cultural celebrations in Umuoji, a historic town in Anambra State, Nigeria.…
Guinea fowl dancers probably from Nri. (Egwu Ụkpọ)
Dance has always played a significant role in Igbo cultural expression, serving as a form of storytelling, entertainment, and spiritual connection. One of…
Natives of Asaba: Outside a pagan village, Lower Niger. Photo by G. F. Parker, 1890s.
Asaba, located on the western bank of the Niger River, played a pivotal role in the…
"Igbo woman from Illah. Southern Nigeria." Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. [Postcard]
Illah (Ila), located in present-day Delta State, Nigeria, is a historically significant settlement with deep cultural and political connections…
Ndị Ngwa, around Aba, photographed by Northcote Thomas, c. 1913. MAA Cambridge.
In Igbo society, agriculture has always been more than a means of sustenance; it is a symbol of status,…
Igbo ghost policemen masks, representing symbols of colonial authority, were part of the same masquerade performance as the Oyibo or Onye Ocha mask from Amobia (Amawbia), previously mentioned. Captured by…
Pole Vaulting, Abiriba School, today's Abia State, ca. 1930-1940. USC Digital Library.
Education in colonial Nigeria was largely controlled by Christian missionaries who used it as a tool for religious conversion…
A young Igbo woman from Onicha Olona, or surrounding settlement, c. 1912-13.
Onicha Olona is an Enuani settlement of the western Igbo people, located west of the Niger River in present-day…
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.
