Aminikoro mask Ogbukele festival, Ekpafia Igbo - G.I. Jones, 1930s
The Aminikoro Mask and the Ogbukele Festival are cultural elements primarily associated with the Ijaw people, The Ekpeye "Ekpafia,” which is an Igboid group seems to have borrowed the masquerade display and culture.
This is suggesting an overlap or connection between the Ijaw and Igbo people, especially…