Let's sit back and allow the photos to tell history.

odumchi: Let's sit back and allow the photos to tell history.

I am eager to see the pics, post them soon.
That region is where I'm from.

fellis:
I am eager to see the pics, post them soon.
That region is where I'm from.

No problem. I'll post them as soon as possible. If I may ask, what town are you from?

From Edo. Can't mention town sorry.

fellis: From Edo. Can't mention town sorry.

Okay. And you might have confused "Bendel region" (Edo and Delta) with "Bende region" (Abia).

I'll start.
The following pictures are from Ututu, Abia State:

"First Mission House at Abuma Ututu"

"The ancestral village shrine (Anamankiri) at Abuma"

"The Obasi shrine adjacent to the Mission House or Church at Abuma"

The chief and ritual specialist with others inside the ancestral village shrine in Abuma

The ritual specialist pouring a libation at the public presentation in Amaeke

The following pictures are from Bende, Abia State.

"Ahia Afor, the busiest slave market in the 19th Century"

Ahia Afor Bende now

A typical Igbo traditional house or vernacular architecture in Ndigborogwu

"Ulo Isi a small dark room or cell for Omenuko's slaves"

(Omenuko was real after all)

One of the Omenuko's slave cells (Ulo Isi)

The following pictures are from Umuahia, Abia state.

"Entrance to the compound where the tower tree stands"

Front of St. John's Presbyterian Church, Ndume

The following are from Ikpe Ikot Nkon, Akwa Ibom:

"A former slave route to the market at Ikpe Ikot Nkon in Akwa Ibom State"

Crossing the Nkana bridge enroute to the former slave market in Ikpe

(this bridge has been in disrepair since the Biafran war)

The route leading to Calabar in Cross River State

The following are from Obegu, Abia:

A welcome to Obegu town landmark

(Honestly, aside from Umuahia, Aba, and a few places here and there, most of Abia is like this)

fellis:
I am eager to see the pics, post them soon.
That region is where I'm from.

where? I am from Bende

These are from Aba, Abia state.

The Museum of Colonial History in Ogbor Hill Aba

odumchi: The ritual specialist pouring a libation at the public presentation in Amaeke

Amaeke Item?

Gboliwe:
Amaeke Item?

I'm not sure. I'm assuming Amaeke is a village in Ututu.

odumchi:

I'm not sure. I'm assuming Amaeke is a village in Ututu.

Okay. I am from Item and we have Amaeke that is why I asked

Back to Ututu:

St. Paul's Junction; former Ahia Ose Nwamkpi and the route to Ihe Osu

Gboliwe:
Okay. I am from Item and we have Amaeke that is why I asked

Ah, okay. I have a few pictures from Item. You might recognize some places.

odumchi: Back to Ututu:

St. Paul's Junction; former Ahia Ose Nwamkpi and the route to Ihe Osu

Lol @Nwamkpi

odumchi:

Ah, okay. I have a few pictures from Item. You might recognize some places.

Okay. Post away!

A sacred forest in Amaeke where the founder of Ututu first settled

The author receiving a sacred white clay from the ancestral village shrine