Igbo Women’s Impact in Trade: A Historical Perspective

The Igbo women were very powerful in business, as they controlled small markets and far trade in southern Nigeria before 1900. They were big players in the market—they handled everything from the local market to the international trade, including the slave trade, and later, they switched to palm oil and other goods. Dominance in Local Markets The…

ByChukwunwike OssaiMay 15, 20250Comments

Cultural Heritage Ethnohistory

The Strong Role The Igbo Women Played In our Pre-Colonial Time To Boost The Igbo Economy Through Farming

Before the time of the white men (pre-colonial period) in Igbo land, agriculture was the backbone of everything — from food, to how people lived together, to how they saw themselves. As one scholar, Vincent Uchendu, said, agriculture is an "Igbo staff of life." It covers many things like planting crops, food processing, keeping small…

ByChukwunwike OssaiMay 14, 20250Comments

Ethnohistory Historical Studies

Igbo Women: The Force of Society’s Economy in the 1900s

Igbo market women Before European invaders came to change how buying and selling worked in Igbo land, women, particularly Ndi-Ahia in places like Aboh, Ahaba, Onicha has prepared well for both far and near business. They know more about trade, and they are much in the market, they sell crop harvests, hand-made clothes, and many more things…

ByChukwunwike OssaiNovember 1, 20240Comments

Ethnohistory Historical Studies

Amoung The Igbo People of Nigeria

Igbo masquerade ©Lasttribe The Igbo people are a brilliant definition of how variety can foster cultural harmony. The Igbo did not stop being one of Nigeria's most cohesive ethnic groupings, by a common language that brings communities across geographical areas. The Igbo language remains the primary identity marker, signifying the tenacity and continuity of pan-Igbo culture,…

ByChukwunwike OssaiNovember 1, 20240Comments