Alusi shrine with its priest (seated) and the osu (‘ritual slave’), Orsu, West Isuama Igbo. Photograph by G. I. Jones, 1930s. Jones Archive, Southern Illinois University
In different Igbo societies, Osu…
Uli painting on the walls of the Ogwugwu shrine, Nibo, present-day Anambra State, Nigeria. Photographed by one of Northcote Thomas’s assistants in 1911. Photo: Re-Entanglements.
Ogwugwu is a special ancestral spirit…
Nkpor originates from the Igbo word "nkpogho," which means "repositioning." From this, one can understand the history of the people who moved from where they originally lived.
Nkpor is a…
