Devotees at a female Alụsị shrine, where women play the lead role in the ritual upkeep and invocation of the deity. Photo Credit: Material Culture
In the traditional cosmology of the…
Aguleri is an old town in Anambra State, Nigeria, where the people are well-known in Igbo history as one of the oldest and most respected communities in Igboland. Some people…
Chief Mgbeze of Okpanam, photographed by Northcote Thomas in 1912 after his title-taking ceremony. He holds a pair of alo staffs and wears the eriri ukwu on his ankles. Mgbeze is painted…
The Nri people are a significant Igbo ethnic group in Igbo land that established their influence through a state system that was rooted in deep, profound religious beliefs. At the…
