Caribbean history Archives ~ Ozi Ikòrò

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University of Florida Digital An 18th-century Jamaican newspaper advertisement offers a reward for capturing escaped enslaved people, preserved in a historical compilation of such notices (Rucker, 2013). This document lists over…

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Mar 2025

Historical Studies

Ibo Granmoun: The Roots of Haitian Democracy

Ibo Granmoun: The Roots of Haitian Democracy. Photo: Ukpuru Haiti's journey toward democracy has been long and complex, deeply influenced by its African heritage. One of the strongest roots of Haitian…

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Mar 2025

Biography Historical Studies

Nancy Daniels: The Long Life and Legacy of a Former Slave

Nancy Daniels. Photo: Barbados National Trust Nancy Daniels was an African-born Barbadian ex-slave of probable Igbo descent who was taken from her home and forced into slavery in Barbados. She was…

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Mar 2025

Historical Studies

Seven Amazing Days: An Igbo Leader in British Guiana

Eze A. Ogueri II, from Obibi-Ezena, Owerri Province, Nigeria. Photo: Ukpuru In the summer of 1950, an important cultural visit took place between West Africa and British Guiana. This visit was…

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Feb 2025

Ethnohistory Historical Studies

Nancy Daniels: A Barbadian Ex-Slave of Igbo Descent and the Igbo Legacy in Barbados

Nancy Daniels, photographed in the 1850s, was an African born Barbadian ex-slave of probable Igbo descent. Nancy Daniels, an African-born Barbadian ex-slave, represents the enduring presence of Igbo heritage in the…

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Jan 2025

Cultural Heritage Ethnohistory Historical Studies

Cultural Continuities: The Igbo Origins and Global Legacy of Masking in the Caribbean and Americas

Introduction The Caribbean and Americas are cultural mosaics where traditions from Africa have been preserved, adapted, and disseminated through centuries of displacement and cultural exchange. Among these traditions, masking holds…

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Documenting Resistance: Igbo Fugitives in Colonial Jamaica

Ibo Granmoun: The Roots of Haitian Democracy

Nancy Daniels: The Long Life and Legacy of a Former Slave

Seven Amazing Days: An Igbo Leader in British Guiana

Nancy Daniels: A Barbadian Ex-Slave of Igbo Descent and the Igbo Legacy in Barbados

Cultural Continuities: The Igbo Origins and Global Legacy of Masking in the Caribbean and Americas