Original

Reformed spellings for Igbo Settlements
Abakaliki is Abakaleke; Afikpo is Ehugbo; Asaba is Ahaba; Awgu is Ogu; Awka is Oka; Bonny is Ubani; Enugu is Enugwu; Ibusa is Igbuzor; Igrita is Igwuruta; Oguta is Ugwuta; Onitsha is Onicha; Owerri is Owerre; Oyigbo is Obigbo; Port Harcourt is Diobu; Ogwashi-Uku is Ogwa Nshi Ukwu... any more will be added.

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Mature woman



Location: Okigwe, Alaigbo | Date: 1880-1939 | Credit: J Stöcker
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Young man



Location: ?Unknown? | Date: 1880-1939 | Credit: J Stöcker
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Girl with beads



Igbo girl wearing neck-beads


Location: ?Unknown? | Date: 1880-1939 | Credit: J Stöcker
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Ichi scarification



Igbo man with ichi markings on his face. Hair plaited.


Location: ?Unknown? | Date: 1880-1939 | Credit: J Stöcker
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Arrow



Location: Studio | Date: 1926 | Credit: British Museum Department of Ethnography
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Elaborate masquerade



Location: ?Unknown? | Date: 1927-1943 | Credit: Edward Rowland Chadwick
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Ala, goddess of the earth



Location: ?Unknown? | Date: 1927-1943 | Credit: Edward Rowland Chadwick
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Man and dog infront of Mbari



Location: ?Unknown? | Date: 1927-1943 | Credit: Edward Rowland Chadwick
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