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Tag: Trade

The Y-Shaped Currency of the Igbo People: Àpá and Its Evolution

A Y-shaped currency piece known as àpá in Igbo, or the 'Ogoja penny', it replaced an earlier hoe-shaped currency in the Cross River Igbo area (around Arochukwu) known as ányú. Taken in 1908. British Museum The Y-shaped currency, referred to as àpá in Igbo, holds significant historical and cultural value in Igbo society. It was commonly…

ByChuka12 hours ago0Comments

Anthropology and Ethnography

Aboh-Ndoni Market at junction of Ndoni Creek with the Niger

"Abaw Ndonni Market at junction of Ndonni Creek with the Niger" - P.A. Talbot In P.A. Talbot’s book “Tribes of The Niger Delta”, which examines various communities and their cultures in the Niger Delta, he refers to places like Aboh and Ndoni, important riverine communities with significant historical relevance in the region’s trade and cultural development.…

ByChukaOctober 21, 20240Comments

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