Nsibidi (sometimes spelled “Nsibiri”) is one of Africa’s oldest indigenous writing systems. Originating among the Ejagham people of southeastern Nigeria and southwestern Cameroon, it was later adopted and expanded by…
Ekwensu: The Igbo God of war. Photo credit; Talkafricana.com.
Among the various deities in Igbo cosmology, none has been as widely misinterpreted as Ekwensu. In many modern contexts especially through Christian…
Young male Nkporo initiates dancing masks with tall fibre extensions, Eastern Igbo area (p.d. Abia State), 1930s. Photo: G.I. Jones.
The 1930s witnessed a remarkable documentation of the vibrant cultural practices…
