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Slave trade from Africa to America from 1650 to 1860. Photo credit; University of Richmond blogs. Between 1650 and 1850, the Bight of Biafra emerged as one of the Atlantic…

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⁠Religion and Spirituality

Igbo Religious Survivals in Caribbean Vodun and Obeah

The transatlantic slave trade not only displaced millions of Africans from the Bight of Biafra but also transported their worldviews, cosmologies, and spiritual practices to the Caribbean. The Igbo, one…

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Anthropology and Ethnography

Masquerade Traditions from Igboland to the Caribbean (Jonkonnu, Mocko Jumbie)

The transatlantic slave trade not only dispersed millions of Igbo people across the Atlantic world but also carried their cultural, spiritual, and artistic traditions into the Caribbean. Among the most…

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Anthropology and Ethnography Ethnohistory

Mapping Igbo Destinations in the Americas: A Comparative Analysis

Bight of Biafra. Photo credit: Britannica. Between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries, people from the Igbo-speaking regions of southeastern Nigeria were dispersed across the Atlantic through the transatlantic slave trade. During…

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Anthropology and Ethnography Historical Studies

Igbo Linguistic Influences on Caribbean Creole Languages

Between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries, the massive forced migration of Igbo speakers from the Bight of Biafra to the Caribbean left deep cultural and linguistic imprints on the region.…

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Cultural Heritage Discography

Music and Drum Traditions: Tracing the “Igbo Drum” in the Americas

Igba/Drum. Photo credit; Igbo people. The forced migration of Igbo-speaking peoples from the Bight of Biafra to the Caribbean and wider Americas between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries led to the…

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Nov 2025

Cultural Heritage Ethnohistory Historical Studies

Trade and Transformation: The Rise of the “Slave Coast”

The image is an engraving depicting a parade of the Dodds column on the public square of Abomey in November 1892. The stretch of coastline along the Bight of Benin, encompassing…

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Nov 2025

Anthropology and Ethnography Ethnohistory Historical Studies

War, Wealth, and Wives: The Annual Customs of the Kingdom of Dahomey

The map of Dahomey. Photo credit: Britannica The Kingdom of Dahomey (c. 1600–1894), located in present-day Benin, established itself as a formidable power in West Africa largely due to its highly…

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Jun 2025

Historical Studies

Documenting Resistance: Igbo Fugitives in Colonial Jamaica

University of Florida Digital An 18th-century Jamaican newspaper advertisement offers a reward for capturing escaped enslaved people, preserved in a historical compilation of such notices (Rucker, 2013). This document lists over…

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Mar 2025

Historical Studies

Stories of Diaspora Igbo: Jamaica, Sierra Leone, United States

Cane Cutters in Jamaica. Photo: National Maritime Museum The Igbo people of southeastern Nigeria have a long history of resilience, culture, and survival. During the transatlantic slave trade, many Igbo individuals…

Tag: transatlantic slave trade

The Demography of Biafran Slave Exports (1650–1850)

Igbo Religious Survivals in Caribbean Vodun and Obeah

Masquerade Traditions from Igboland to the Caribbean (Jonkonnu, Mocko Jumbie)

Mapping Igbo Destinations in the Americas: A Comparative Analysis

Igbo Linguistic Influences on Caribbean Creole Languages

Music and Drum Traditions: Tracing the “Igbo Drum” in the Americas

Trade and Transformation: The Rise of the “Slave Coast”

War, Wealth, and Wives: The Annual Customs of the Kingdom of Dahomey

Documenting Resistance: Igbo Fugitives in Colonial Jamaica

Stories of Diaspora Igbo: Jamaica, Sierra Leone, United States