The image displays raw African Black Soap, also known as Alata Samina or Ncha nkota. Photo credit; Etsy.
Ncha, an indigenous soap traditionally made by the Igbo people of southeastern Nigeria…
Wealthy Market women in Onicha. G. F. Packer, 1880s. Pitt Rivers Museum.
Igbo women played significant and powerful roles in pre-colonial Igbo society's economy. They supported not just their families, but…