19 Dec 2024 Anthropology and Ethnography Cultural Heritage Photos The Okonko Masquerade: A Cultural Pillar of the Southeastern Igbo Communities 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…