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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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Jun 2025

Historical Studies

Traces of Igbo Names from the Slave Ships

The Atlantic slave trade, despite its vast erasure of African identities, left behind fragments like names that offer glimpses into the lives of the people stolen from their homelands. Some…

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Jun 2025

Cultural Heritage

Arobinagu Agwunsi: The Agwu Ofia Festival in Igbo Culture

Masquerades performing during the Arobinagu Agwunsi Festival at Nri. Photo - Vanguardngr The Arobinagu Agwunsi, commonly known as the Agwu Ofia Festival, is a vibrant celebration among the Igbo people of…

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Jun 2025

Cultural Heritage

Iguaro: The Igbo Calendar, Culture, and Cosmology

Welcoming the Igbo New Year with the vibrant Iguaro Nri Festival and the start of planting. Photo - Guardian The Iguaro or Ògụ́àfọ̀ is a sacred ritual…

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Mar 2025

Historical Studies

Stories of Diaspora Igbo: Jamaica, Sierra Leone, United States

Cane Cutters in Jamaica. Photo: National Maritime Museum The Igbo people of southeastern Nigeria have a long history of resilience, culture, and survival. During the transatlantic slave trade, many Igbo individuals…

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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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Mar 2025

Historical Studies

The Igbo People in Haiti: Their Influence and Struggles

The Igbo people are one of the largest ethnic groups in Nigeria. During the transatlantic slave trade, many Igbo people were taken from their homeland and sold into slavery in…

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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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Feb 2025

Historical Studies

John Brown: The Igbo Legacy in the Life of a Fugitive Slave

John Brown (c. 1810 – 1876) John Brown (c. 1810–1876), born into the brutal system of slavery in Virginia, is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the…

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Jan 2025

Ethnohistory Historical Studies

Azuta Mbata Emerges as First Ikwerre President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide

Chief Sen. Azuta Mbata Former Senator John Azuta-Mbata, 65, has been elected the new President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, marking a historic milestone as the first Ikwerre man to lead the…

Tag: Igbo Diaspora

Documenting Resistance: Igbo Fugitives in Colonial Jamaica

Traces of Igbo Names from the Slave Ships

Iguaro: The Igbo Calendar, Culture, and Cosmology

Stories of Diaspora Igbo: Jamaica, Sierra Leone, United States

Seven Amazing Days: An Igbo Leader in British Guiana

The Igbo People in Haiti: Their Influence and Struggles

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

John Brown: The Igbo Legacy in the Life of a Fugitive Slave

Azuta Mbata Emerges as First Ikwerre President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide