The Ijaw people, one of the most prominent ethnic groups in the Niger Delta, have long engaged in struggles against external domination, beginning with European contact in the 15th century…
The fall of the Benin Kingdom in 1897 followed one of the most organized indigenous military defenses in West Africa. Central to this resistance were the Igun Eronmwon, the royal…
Chief Okoye Odili (Okoye Chief) of Adegbe Umueri. Photo: Akukoeri.wordpress.com
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the Umueri community in the Omambala region of present-day Anambra State was led…
In 1893, Fr. Carlo Zappa, an Italian priest of the Society of African Missions (SMA), established a Catholic mission in Issele-Ukwu, a significant town in western Igboland. His efforts, however, were met with…
Natives of Asaba: Outside a pagan village, Lower Niger. Photo by G. F. Parker, 1890s.
Asaba, located on the western bank of the Niger River, played a pivotal role in the…
An unidentified group portrait, taken by a Royal Niger Company employee between 1886 and 1895. Based on similar photos, the individuals may be from the Asaba or Onitsha area. Source:…
Unidentified women photographed by Henry Crosse with the Royal Niger Company, c. 1886–1895. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge. It is plausible to identify the woman on the left as…
