14 Mar 2026 Ethnohistory Historical Studies Transition to Commodities in the aro confederacy(e.g., Palm Oil, Ivory, Cloth) Igbo men in the Oil Rivers area of present-day Nigeria bring calabashes full of palm oil to sell to a European buyer, c. 1900 (Image © Jonathan Adagogo Green /…
04 Feb 2026 Ethnohistory Historical Studies Middlemen of the Oil Rivers: How the Itsekiri Dominated the Exchange Between the Hinterland and Europe River, canoes and paddler on the Niger River in Nigeria showing traditional watercraft and riverine movement typical of the waterways (like the Benin, Ethiope, and Escravos) used for transporting goods…
