While reading about the igbo people on a Wikipedia article i came across this picture of three igbo women, and its interesting that as recently as 1921 they were still as scantily clad as they were.
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There headgear and the bangles on their legs are very interesting

Ok...3rd to comment BTW!

Ive seen this picture before. Beautiful and perfect.

So 1921 is recent?
by the way, even up to the 50's, igbo women still wore just jigida(waist beads) ...that is even those that are of wealthy background ooh...including on their wedding day










Wasn't there sha...what my papa told me

shitt....

I doubt these women were igbos, igbo women never wore hats (or cones)

oladimejiX: While reading about the igbo people on a Wikipedia article i came across this picture of three igbo women, and its interesting that as recently as 1921 they were still as scantily clad as they were.
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Please don't blind my eyes with this ur pix

purplesummer: I doubt these women were igbos, igbo women never wore hats (or cones)

How did u know that How sure are you

When women were still Virgins.....see bobby standing erect like elecrode.....chai God forgive ooo today na Uka

They don't look igbo to me though...
They look very African, if you know wah I mean...

KAYCEEJUNIOR: When women were still Virgins..... see bobby standing erect like elecrode .....chai God forgive ooo today na Uka

ideyhere: So 1921 is recent?
by the way, even up to the 50's, igbo women still wore just jigida(waist beads) ...that is even those that are of wealthy background ooh...including on their wedding day

Wasn't there sha...what my papa told me

Well i said recent because of how developed other parts of the world was at that time

This is a picture of Igbo brides in G.T Basden's Among the Ibos.
Yes,morallys were high in those days and even the Egyptians did not emphasize on three piece suits. I don't know the agenda of this thread but it will interest you to know that all Nigerian tribes were naked at one point. Some tribes in Africa still prefer to maintain their adamic form. 1921 is recent,western civilization arrived quite late to igbos,remember? Besides,scanty clothes in Africa does not mean barbarism,barbarism is when a woman decides to go naked in the name of fashion in this 21st century.

Ihuomadinihu: This is a picture of Igbo brides in G.T Basden's Among the Ibos.
Yes,morallys were high in those days and even the Egyptians did not emphasize on three piece suits. I don't know the agenda of this thread but it will interest you to know that all Nigerian tribes were naked at one point. Some tribes in Africa still prefer to maintain their adamic form. 1921 is recent,western civilization arrived quite late to igbos,remember? Besides,scanty clothes in Africa does not mean barbarism,barbarism is when a woman decides to go naked in the name of fashion in this 21st century.

You must be an Historian to have been able to quote the very source of the picture, nice
There's no agenda in this thread other than been informative,the picture really interested having a glimpse of how they dressed back then
Nice post though

Igbo people understood the African weather was hot, so they were scantily dressed.
But the ideal precolonial Igbos were even more naked than this.
Just a tiny piece of cloth around the waste, that's all

oladimejiX:

Well i said recent because of how developed other parts of the world was at that time

And other parts of Africa as well.

Ihuomadinihu: This is a picture of Igbo brides in G.T Basden's Among the Ibos.
Yes,morallys were high in those days and even the Egyptians did not emphasize on three piece suits. I don't know the agenda of this thread but it will interest you to know that all Nigerian tribes were naked at one point. Some tribes in Africa still prefer to maintain their adamic form. 1921 is recent,western civilization arrived quite late to igbos,remember? Besides,scanty clothes in Africa does not mean barbarism,barbarism is when a woman decides to go naked in the name of fashion in this 21st century.

Maybe they were unclad 12,000 year ago but times have change since then when the first advanced civilizations formed in Nigeria with the Nok 3000 years ago. That and later on people dressed like this:

And built like this

kingston277:
Maybe they were unclad 12,000 year ago but times have change since then when the first advanced civilizations formed in Nigeria with the Nok 3000 years ago. That and later on people dressed like this:

And built like this

Which ethnic group is this?

Ihuomadinihu:
Which ethnic group is this?

Akan, but Nigeria had similar architecture could have even seen among the igbo who didn't build cities.

kingston277:
Akan, but Nigeria had similar architecture could have even seen among the igbo who didn't build cities.

I don't understand. Igbos did not build cities?

Ihuomadinihu:
I don't understand. Igbos did not build cities?

To the best of my knowledge, not to the scale of other ethic groups. They had enough(towns) to form some civilizations though, and they were still pretty advanced.

kingston277:
to the best of my knowledge, not to the scale of other ethic groups, enough(towns) to form some civilizations though, and they were still pretty advanced.

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They had no civilization too?

Ihuomadinihu: .
They had no civilization too?

Where did you read that?

kingston277:
To the best of my knowledge, not to the scale of other ethic groups. They had enough(towns) to form some civilizations though, and they were still pretty advanced.

Formed "some" civilizations, although not to the scale of other groups, huh?

Well... I guess it was about time we started stratifying African groups from most civilized to most barbaric. If you can't beat the rest of the racially obsessed world, join them.

....And this is why I find some of this history/empire bullsh*t overrated and dumb.

Kachisbarbie: They don't look igbo to me though...
They look very African, if you know wah I mean...

What do you mean though, I've seen you make a similar comment on another thread, your comment was that two boys in a pic don't look Nigerian or Ghanaian, but African. Was does that mean?

osystein:

What do you mean though, I've seen you make a similar comment on another thread, your comment was that two boys in a pic don't look Nigerian or Ghanaian, but African. Was does that mean?

You are not sure it's me. Go and bring the link, lemme see. Maybe then, I can answer you...

Kachisbarbie:
You are not sure it's me. Go and bring the link, lemme see. Maybe then, I can answer you...

I'll look for the comment, meanwhile can you explain your previous comment.

osystein:

I'll look for the comment, meanwhile can you explain your previous comment.

You may have to bring that one first, bc obviously you were trying to compare both comments while arriving @ a conclusion.
I would be needing that one to answer you 'properly'.

Kachisbarbie:
You are not sure it's me. Go and bring the link, lemme see. Maybe then, I can answer you...

oops, that wasn't you, maybe it's your other moniker.

here's the comment https://www.nairaland.com/1839576/ghanas-economic-woes-worsen-apply/6#25177010

Kachisbarbie:
You may have to bring that one first, bc obviously you were trying to compare both comments while arriving @ a conclusion.
I would be needing that one to answer you 'properly'.

I'm just curious about what you meant by very african