Igbo Social Life & Customs -- Chiamaka: African Language & Cuture

Igbo (Ibo) Social Life & Customs

Ala-Umuokoroala: The Divinity of an African Igbo Village
by Rev. Dr. A. M. Okorie
http://www.uni-marburg.de/religionswissenschaft/
journal/diskus/okorie.html

German:
http://www.uni-marburg.de/fb03/religionswissenschaft/
journal/diskus/okorie.html

Igbo Kitchen

Great site for Igbo language and culture: http://www.igboguide.org/

For pictures of Igbo villagers, take a look at G. I. Jones -- Igbo Music, Shrines and Architecture by John C. McCall. http://www.siu.edu/~anthro/mccall/jones/misc.htm

Igbo Marriage (Emekuku, Imo State) provided by Dr. Rose Mezu http://www.nathanielturner.com/igbomarriage.htm

Igbo wedding:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/4717608.stm

Igbo (Ibo--Nigerian) Names & Their Meanings: The Standard e-Dictionary of Igbo Names

(An alphabetical listing and translations of Igbo names; includes gender). Compiled by Dele Chinwe Ukwu, Librarian, Long Beach City College Library http://culture.chiamaka.com/igbonames.html

palm oil for cooking

Palm Oil for Cooking

This is a picture of a mud house in an Igbo village.
Notice the cement blocks in the front of the house implying
that this mud house may be soon replaced by a new/modern house.

Igbo People http://www.lioness.cm.utexas.edu:80/I-files/Igbo.dir including links to essays contributed by chuksun@ssimicro.com:

- Igbuagha Okuko (Naming/Thanksgiving Ceremony) http://www.lioness.cm.utexas.edu/I-files/Igbo.dir/Culture/chuk1.htm

- Ihanyekwa nwanyi (Retaining a daughter for procreation in the family)
http://www.lioness.cm.utexas.edu/I-files/Igbo.dir/Culture/chuk2.htm

- Women Climbing the Palm Tree
http://www.lioness.cm.utexas.edu/I-files/Igbo.dir/Culture/chuk3.htm

Igbo People: Clothing & Cosmetic Makeup
at the Time of Things Fall Apart written by Dele C. Ukwu in consultaion with Anthony Ikebudu http:/culture.chiamaka.com/IgboClothing.html

Igbo People: Igbo Culture and Socialization collated by Uzoma Onyemaechi, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Visit this site if you are interested in learning more about some of the issues or items mentioned or addressed in Things Fall Apart, such as osu, oru, kolanut, etc.
http://lioness.cm.utexas.edu/I-files/Igbo.dir/Culture/culture_and_socialization.html

Aziza=Broom

Igbo People (Nigeria) & Their Beliefs or Views About Suicide by Dele Chinwe Ukwu and Anthony I. Ikebudu http://culture.chiamaka.com/Igbo-Suicide.html

Igbo Political Systems (Title Men Obi/Eze functions; Female administrative titles; Recognition of old age; Position of elders) Collated by Uzoma Onyemaechi http://www.umunna.org/politicalsystems.htm

Igbo 'Traditional Rulers': Chieftaincy and the State in Southern Nigeria Axel Harneit-Sievers http://www2.hu-berlin.de/orient/igbo/igbochef.htm

Ikenga Art as Historical Record
http://www.aib.uni-linz.ac.at/AFRIKA/katalog/node100.htm

Marriage Among the Igbo of Nigeria by Celestine A. Obi http://isizoh.net/afrel/igbo-marriage.htm
http://www.nigeriamasterweb.com/igbomarriage.html

This is a picture of a water well in a village in Igboland.
There is a woman drawing water from the well.
Water collected may be poured in a water pot.

My Memories of the Nigerian-Biafran Civil War "Osondu agwu ike" compiled by Dele Chinwe Ukwu http://culture.chiamaka.com/Nigerian-biafranwar.html

NigerianNation. Ethnic Groups. http://www.aghadiuno.atfreeweb.com/EthnicGroups/

Nutritional Materials for the Igbo Language (Food pyramid, etc. in the Igbo language) http://monarch.gsu.edu/nutrition/Igbo.htm

Onitsha Ado: Names and Meaning http:///www.geocities.com/onitshaado/focus/

Religion And the Igbo People
http://www.qub.ac.uk/english/imperial/nigeria/religion.htm

Well & Clay Pot in an Igbo village, Nigeria

Clay Pot for storing water, Igboland, Nigeria

The “Rite of Passage” Celebration or
“Coming of Age” in Igbo land By Victoria Nneka Agu Edited by Dele Chinwe Ukwu http://culture.chiamaka.com/riteofpassage.html

Urhobo Historical Society. Other Nigerian Interests (Related sites) by Dr. Peter P. Ekeh. http://www.waado.org/WebResources/
OtherNgInterests.html?FACTNet

Widowhood Among The Igbo of Eastern Nigeria by Chima Jacob Korieh http://www.uib.no/hi/korieh/chima.html

Woods Museum Nigerian Research -- Includes information on: Ikenga, Ofo, Mmuo mask, and so on. http://www.nsu.edu/resources/woods/nigeria.htm

Another Igbo Kitchen

Kola Nut

Learn more about kola nuts and their significance to the Igbo people
(Note: You may read the above linked-page in print preview since the background is black).

Learn more about the kola nuts and their significance to Igbo people:
Diaspora Dimensions in Kolanut Communinion by Dr. M. O. Ene

Kola nut (significance in Things Fall Apart) by Stan Walker

Isu oji - Omenala Ndi Igbo by Theresa Okewuihe

Ripe and Unripe Plantains

Yams

Yams

Women preparing food for sale

Women roasting corn for sale

"Akara" (beanball) sellers frying akara for sale by the roadside

Ekwe=Drum

Ogene=Gong

Odo=Grinder

Dele Chinwe Ladejobi Ukwu