Shrubbery is the focal point for the veneration of Ànà (Ala, Ali, Ani, Eli, Ali), the Earth Mother, at Nofia (Nawfia), in today's Anambra State. Igbo customary law is based on the sanctions of Ànà. Photographed by Northcote Thomas, c. 1910-11.
An elder from Nsukwa, a Western Igbo community in the Enuani region of present-day Delta State. Photographed by Northcote Thomas circa 1913. Courtesy of MAA Cambridge.
Northcote Thomas's photographs depict a man named Iyiazi with ichi scarification marks. They were taken in Nri in 1911.
Nri Obalike, the Eze Nri from Uruoji Photographed by Northcote Thomas in Agukwu Nri, 1910s. Colourized by Ukpuru 2018 and Filtered by Ozi Ikoro 2024.
Nri Obalike, the Eze Nri from Uruoji, ruled as the Eze Nri from 1889 to 1935, a period marked by significant political and cultural challenges in the north-central Igbo region. His…