Ugbo has been in existence since ancient times. It is said that people have been residing there as far back as 3000 BC. Ugbo is one of the first communities…
Igbo Etiti is a local government area (LGA) in Enugu State, rich in Igbo culture, fertile farming land, and a strong history. It is located in the northern part of…
The Igbo people are one of Nigeria's largest ethnic groups. Their knowledge of culture and creativity is so overwhelming. For centuries, art forms like Uli body painting, masks, and Mbari…
Mbari is a unique and deeply spiritual artistic tradition of the Igbo people, specifically practiced in the Urata (Oratta) and Echie (Etche) regions of present-day Imo State and Rivers State.…
photographed by A. A. Whitehouse, 1904.
Mbari houses are sacred votive shrine galleries created by the Urata-Echie Igbo people, primarily in what is now Imo and Rivers States, Nigeria. These structures…
"[An Igbo] spirit worker painting the walls of an Mbari nearing completion. Note the double Mami Wata images at left. Photo 1930s, [Near Owere (Owerri)]." - Herbert Cole, 1988.
