Ibin Ukpabi Archives ~ Ozi Ikòrò

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King Duke of Calabar, Efik, Calabar. Photo credit;Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge. The economic history of the Cross River basin during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries was defined…

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Mar 2026

Cultural Heritage Ethnohistory

Aro and Alliances with Warrior Groups (e.g., Abam, Ohafia, Edda)

The history of pre-colonial Southeastern Nigeria is often defined by the sophisticated political and economic hegemony of the Aro Confederacy. However, the Aro people were famously not a military society;…

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Mar 2026

Ethnohistory Historical Studies

Aro Merchant Network: Historical Trade Integration in the Cross-Niger Region

The history of pre-colonial West Africa is often characterized by the sophisticated movement of goods, people, and ideas across vast ecological zones. At the center of this historical complexity was…

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Mar 2026

Ethnohistory Historical Studies

Transition to Commodities in the aro confederacy(e.g., Palm Oil, Ivory, Cloth)

Igbo men in the Oil Rivers area of present-day Nigeria bring calabashes full of palm oil to sell to a European buyer, c. 1900 (Image © Jonathan Adagogo Green /…

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Feb 2026

Cultural Heritage Ethnohistory Folklores

Traditional Igbo justice systems, village councils (Amala), and trial by ordeal methods

Meeting with a group of Igbo elders during a trip to Nigeria Photo Credit: Last Places The traditional Igbo justice system is a profound manifestation of "republicanism and communal democracy." Unlike…

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Slave Trade and Debt Bondage in the cross river basin between the aro , efik.

Aro and Alliances with Warrior Groups (e.g., Abam, Ohafia, Edda)

Aro Merchant Network: Historical Trade Integration in the Cross-Niger Region

Transition to Commodities in the aro confederacy(e.g., Palm Oil, Ivory, Cloth)

Traditional Igbo justice systems, village councils (Amala), and trial by ordeal methods