1...We had our own punk and tattoos: Inside front cover of the medical and surgical journal of His Majesty's Steam Ship Albert by J O McWilliam, MD, Surgeon. The Albert explored the course of the Niger River from 1841.

"'One of the sons of Onnese Obi Osai chief of Aboh, River Niger', drawn by John Duncan. The illustration appears to have been cut from a published source and pasted inside the journal. Beneath it is a written note 'Ali Hare came on board accompanied by a dozen little boys, who seemed to be nearly coeval [the same age]. These were sons of the Obi."

2..Nudity wasn't a case: Plaited mats while you wait.
On such an improvised seat she will sit by the hour, her skilful fingers moving with great rapidity. It is doubtful whether she can walk with the same ease of movement, for the coiled brass rods that encase her legs weigh about fifteen pounds. The plaiting of mats is an important industry in Nigerian villages, and slips of the young shoots of palms or of reeds are gathered by the natives for this purpose.

Date1922SourcePeoples of All NationsAuthorPhoto: Northcote W. Thomas

3..An Igbo Dancer,the Then Slay Queen:  Discomfort of fashion.
The vocation of this woman of Achaia, Ibo country, is dancing, but the regulation anklet plates on her legs confine her dance-steps to a few measured "pas" made slowly and with caution to right and left.

Date1922SourcePeoples of All NationsAuthorPhoto, Northcote W. Thomas