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Igbo

Stories of the Igbo.

7 stories

01 Lost history · Abia

The women who sat on the empire

Aba Women's War, 1929 →
02 Folktale · Anambra

Why the tortoise's shell is cracked

Tortoise and the feast in the sky →
03 Lost history · Abia

The court where losing could mean vanishing

Ibini Ukpabi, the Long Juju of Arochukwu →
04 Lost history · Enugu

Twenty-one miners at Iva Valley

Iva Valley shooting, Enugu, 1949 →
05 Forgotten person · Anambra

The merchant queen of the Niger

Omu Okwei of Ossomari →
06 Lost history · Anambra

The bronzes he used to water his goats

Isaiah Anozie and the Igbo-Ukwu bronzes →
07 Lost history · Delta

The morning Asaba danced for One Nigeria

Asaba massacre, October 1967 →