Young Ibo Women of Ibuza

YOUNG IBO WOMEN OF IBUZA, ASABA DISTRICT, WITH CICATRIZED DESIGNS ON BODIES.

— Kitson

Location: Igbuzo, Aniocha, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure?, Before 1912 | Credit: A. E. Kitson

Inyaba Valley

INYABA VALLEY FROM UDI HIGHLANDS, LOOKING EASTWARD OVER GREAT VALLEY OF OLDER BENUE. BENIN SANDS ON COAL-BEARING CRETACEOUS STRATA.

— Albert Ernest Kitson

Location: Udi, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure?, Before 1912 | Credit: A. E. Kitson

Nsibidi conjunctions 2

Nsibidi symbols use less characters than the Latin alphabet for Igbo sentences. It is ideal for everyday use.

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Ugo na cho mma

Location: Studio | Date: ?Unsure? | Credit: University of Florida

Surgical Knives

Location: Studio | Date: ?Unsure?, Before 1930 | Credit: Basden

Mbubu President

This old woman was president of the union of professional "cutters" at Umunede. Her union badge and razors hang at her waist. She gave them to the author.

— Basden

Location: Umunede, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure?, Before 1930 | Credit: Basden

Ikperikpe Ogu

Location: Ibeku?, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure? | Credit: Corbis, G. I. Jones?

Virginia Gazette, Williamsburg, December 24, 1772

Chesterfield, December 15, 1772. Run away from the Subscriber, on Sunday the 22d of November, a new Negro Fellow of small Stature, and pitted with the Smallpox; he calls himself BONNA, and says he came from a Place of that Name in the Ibo Country, in Africa, where he served in the Capacity of a Canoe Man; his Clothing is a new Felt Hat, new Cotton Waistcoat and Breeches, and new Shoes and Stockings; his Stockings were knit, and spotted black and white. Whoever secures him so that I get him shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS reward, besides what the Law allows.

— Richard Booker

Location: Williamsburg, Virginia | Date: December 24, 1772 | Credit: Richard Booker