Otiri Ngbagba Ikoro Masquerade from Abiriba. Photo: Jones Archive
The Ngbagba Ikoro masquerade is a thrilling cultural performance from the Igbo town of Abiriba in Abia State, Nigeria. It…
Ọ̀kọ̀nkọ̀ masks at Umuowa in the central-Igbo area (Imo) on the cover of African Arts. Photographed by Eli Bentor, March 1988.
The Okonko masquerade is a central cultural and social institution…
The Abiriba Afo Ukwu Celebration in Aba, 2024. Photo by Kepukepu TV.
The Abiriba Afo Ukwu celebration is a grand annual cultural festival rooted in the traditions of the Abiriba people…
Ngwomo Ghost House - G.I. Jones 1930s.
"View of Ekpe (Egbo) society meeting house in Umuajatta (Olokoro) village [Umuahia area]. The house had a tall thatched roof, and a wall painted…
"The goddess of the earth," as described by P. A. Talbot, c. 1932. Musée du quai Branly. This may be Ala, the Igbo earth divinity and the man pictured may…
Ekpo Masquerade dance in display at Ubakala, Umuahia, Abia State. In an Igbo Town of Ubakala, the annual Ekpo masquerade was held to honor the ancestors. Amadi, a young man,…
