Okpoha Ngodo performance at Okpoha Village-Group, an Igbo village-group northwest of Afikpo, 1959-60. Photo: Simon Ottenberg.
Okpoha Ngodo is a traditional Igbo performance art form, combining: Music (drums, flutes), Dance, Theater and Storytelling.
Okpoha Village-Group, located northwest of Afikpo, is an Igbo community known for it's rich cultural heritage, traditional art forms (e.g., woodcarving, pottery), agricultural practices…
The general name for brass and copper rods in Igbo is okpogho or ikpeghe. These coiled 'snake manilla' rods could form part of a bridewealth payment and could be, as modelled in this photo, used as jewellery. Photo: @Beyonce by Tony Duran for Flaunt Magazine, July 2013.
Okpoho refers to traditional brass or bronze bracelets commonly…