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Igbo names and spellings for various settlements
Abakaliki is Abankaleke; Afikpo is Ehugbo; Awgu is Ogu; Awka is Oka; Bonny is Ubani; Enugu is Enugwu; Ibusa is Igbuzö; Igrita is Igwuruta; Oguta is Ugwuta; Onitsha is Onicha; Owerri is Owere; Oyigbo is Obigbo... any more will be added.

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Okorosie or Okoroshi masquerade


An Okorosie or Okoroshi masquerade of a female character called Nwanyire dancing in front of a group of spectators. The masquerader is wearing a white female face mask with a superstructure of a carved head on top with a pipe in her mouth. The masquerader is draped in cloths and holding a white feather.

— G. I. Jones

Location: ?Unknown?, Alaigbo | Date: 1930s | Credit: G. I. Jones

Wall painting by Annang artist


Close up photograph of wall painting in Okwu village painted by an Anang artist in the style of Ngwomo ghost houses. The wall painting depicts a large horse on the left, a cat and a figure on the right. A geometric border is at the bottom of the painting.
— G. I. Jones

Location: Okwu, Alaigbo | Date: 1930s | Credit: G. I. Jones

Sunday, November 17, 2013

A Niger Delta-Igbo Owu masquerade


A Niger Delta-Igbo Owu masquerade

Location: Ugwuta, | Date: 1940s | Credit: Sabine Jell-Bahlsen

Saturday, November 9, 2013

Okorosie or Okoroshi masquerade


Okorosie or Okoroshi masquerade An Okorosie or Okoroshi masquerade of a female character called Nwanyire dancing in front of a group of spectators. The masquerader is wearing a white female face mask with a superstructure of a carved head on top with a pipe in her mouth. The masquerader is draped in cloths and holding a white feather.
— G. I. Jones

Location: ?Unknown? | Date: 1930s | Credit: Jones