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Mbari earth shrine mural.

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"Bird-like creature giving birth to a human in an Mbari (beauty earth godess shrine)."

Imo area. Mbari house.

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"Mbari temple house."

Roofing structure. Thatch. Now Abia State.

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"Abiriba"

This is a masquerade, but it's so big that it can be considered architecture (like a tent/tipi). Omambara region.

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"IJELE UNDER CONSTRUCTION BY NWEKE KOGULU AND THREE ASSISTANTS AT UMUEZEDE ACHALLA IN 1983. THE MASK WAS LATER DISPLAYED AT THE 1984 EXHIBITION “IGBO ARTS COMMUNITY AND COSMOS,” OR-GANIZED BY THE MUSEUM OF CULTURAL HISTORY UCLA.
— Richard N. Henderson and Ifekandu Umunna"

Not really a detailed picture, but you can get a good idea of the planning of the compound.

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"PERSONAL SHRINE TO THE COURTYARD EARTH IN THE ANCESTRAL HOUSE OF JERRY UGBO, ONITSHA.
— Richard N. Henderson and Ifekandu Umunna"

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"CHUKUEGGU S “MBARI CULTURAL ART CENTRE” AT HIS HOME IN MBAISE, NORTH OF THE REGION OF TRADITIONAL CLAY MBARI HOUSES. NOTE THE VERBAL AND VISUAL EMPHASIS ON INDIGENOUS CULTURE.
— Herbert M. Cole"

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Mural on an Mbari temple of the Oratta Igbo.

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"Elogo obiogo, the resthouse of Elogo ward, Mgbom village, Afikpo Village-Group, Nigeria.

The Afikpo village is variable in size but its fundamental structure consists of a grouping of major patrilineages, often divided into wards, around a central common or several commons, with its resthouse and ward shrines. Mgbom village is composed of three main wards of fifteen compounds, Agbogo (lower village), Elogo (upper village) and Amozo. The resthouse, the central gathering place for the ward men, is a place to sit and roast yams, and sometimes sleep. From the house they can watch persons come and go in the common and hear the latest news from the other villages, discuss some dispute or case, or learn what plans the Europeans or educated Nigerians are now hatching.
[Ottenberg S., 1971: Leadership and Authority in an African Society; the Afikpo Village-Group. University of Washington Press]."

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"Tom Ibe, my field assistant wearing okpu ngwo (hat-raffia). Diviners (dibia) use it when carrying sacred objects for swearing an oath somewhere, but anyone can do so when it rains. Ancient hat form rarely seen nowadays. Note that it was used in Afikpo Yam Priest’s compound the day of first cooking of new yams.
[Ottenberg field research notes, September 1959-December 1960, Part I]."

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Igbo yam market, J Stocker, 1880-1939.

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"The compound is called Ezi followed by the name of its founder, who is also usually the original ancestor of the patrilineage. The houses in many compounds, particularly those increasing in population, are built wall to wall and back to back, separated by narrow alleyways and streets winding tortuously here and there. There is usually a separate house for each man and for each woman and her children. New houses in the compound are constructed for a person by young age sets in the major lineage under the watchful eye of the uke ekpe grade and the major lineage elders. Any male member, or any independent woman associated with a minor patrilineage may erect a house on unused compound land. Once built, the house and the land on which it stands become the property of the minor patrilineage.
[Ottenberg S., 1968: Double Descent in an African Society; the Afikpo Village-Group. University of Washington Press]."

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"Site 3 (Plate 48 in Cole)
CLEMENT OPARA (Informant)
Umunan, in Imerienwe

The goddess of this Mbari is Uramarukwa who is a river goddess. She protects people from evil in this village. Built before 1947 might be late 30’s. Between 1929 when the women rioted and before 1941 before the second World War.

He inherited the Mbari from his father, OPARABCHA EKEODA.

Materials: The red earth has come from far and is symbolic, in that its importance is really that it is a natural material and that cement is an invention not nature - so that even if they had cement it would still be made of earth. It symbolises the Igbo’s relationship to the earth. It shows an identity."

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Ala earth deity at Mbari house.

"UMUGOT (Village), ORITSHEZE in NGOR-EKPAL LGA."

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Run down Mbari houses, "UMUGOT (Village), ORITSHEZE in NGOR-EKPAL LGA."

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From: http://wwwmbari..co.uk/

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"SHRINE TO THE GODDESS EKE AT UKE MARKET, NEWLY REPAINTED WITH ULI DESIGNS ON THE OCCASION OF THE EKE FESTIVAL, 1987. CARVED LIFE-SIZE FIGURES OF MINOR DEITIES AND SPIRITS (NKWU) ARE ALSO RECLOTHED AND REDECORATED. IN EARLIER TIMES THESE FIGURES WOULD HAVE BEEN DECORATED WITH ULI PAINTING.
— Liz Willis"

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"AKAKPORO’S APPRENTICE GODWIN MODELS A STANDING MAN IN THE NNOBIE HOUSE. AN ARMATURE OF GREEN WOOD HOLDS THE “YAM” IN PLACE.
— Herbert M. Cole, 1969."

Building behind. Igbuzo, Delta State.

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"YOUNG IBO WOMEN OF IBUZA, ASABA DISTRICT, WITH CICATRIZED DESIGNS ON BODIES.


— Kitson

Location: Igbuzor, Aniocha, Alaigbo | Date: ?Unsure?, Before 1912 | Credit: A. E. Kitson"

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"Uli artist Agbaejije Anunobi creating a mural on an obi, a men's meetinghouse
Photograph by Sarah Adams, 2000

Uli is a historically ephemeral form of mural and body painting practiced predominantly by female artists in Igbo-speaking regions of southeastern Nigeria. Once very common in southeastern Nigeria, Uli body and mural painting were used in different contexts depending on the region. In some areas, commissioned artists painted shrines annually for local festivals. In other areas, artists painted their own homes or compound walls in honor of specific events, such as title takings or weddings. In the 1970s, the Nsukka Group-contemporary artists associated with the University of Nigeria, Nsukka-drew inspiration from uli and nsibidi designs. Incorporating the designs into their works and experimenting with their forms and meanings, these artists created yet another context in which these graphic systems thrived. Artists in the group included Tayo Adenaike, El Anatsui, Chika Aniakor and Ada Udechukwu, Obiora Udechukwu, Olu Oguibe and Uche Okeke."

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"Carved figure in front of Juh-Juh House, Arochuku.
Macalister, Donald A. “The Aro Country, Southern Nigeria.” The Scottish Geographical Magazine, Vol. XVIII, No. XII. 1902."

Mbari, Herbert M. Cole

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Ndi Enugwu (Ngwo, Nike, Agbaja, Nsukka, etc) are the most civilised and welcoming Igbo people, which is why there's no surprise that it can develop without oyel and is considered the Igbo capital.

I also want to know the reason.

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"ULI MOTIFS ON A SHRINE TO THE SPIRIT OGBANJE. AGULU, 1987.
— Liz Willis"

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"CHUKUEGGU S “MBARI CULTURAL ART CENTRE” AT HIS HOME IN MBAISE, NORTH OF THE REGION OF TRADITIONAL CLAY MBARI HOUSES. NOTE THE VERBAL AND VISUAL EMPHASIS ON INDIGENOUS CULTURE.
— Herbert M. Cole"

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"Head and neck of a female figure, with painted face and elaborate hairstyle or headdress. Setting is interior of Mbari house. J Stocker, 1880-1939."

Black Kenichi: Also elongated heads are quite common among West Africans! It's not just a West African Sahelian thing, it's also West Sudanian Savvanah phenotype.
I'll say Wyclef looks like he comes from the Whirlwind Coast and Yoruba.

I thought it was 'Windward'. Anyway, yeah, he looks Fon (Benin) which is the most common ancestry of Haitians.

That's a maiden spirit mask, it's actually a depiction of a young female spirit, or deceased girl (that hair style used to be popular among Igbo women). As far as I know, this mask is wood, the Romans used metal for their helmets no?

Those test only show a small part of ancestry though. Like Forrest Whittaker, although he does look like where he comes from.

It's the same for those of African descent whose ancestry comes out as Irish.

PhysicsQED: I like how everybody is being claimed to be either Senegambian, Akan, Yoruba, or Igbo.

Those are the most common results nau.

I made a thread similar to this sometime ago.

Michael Jordan - Cameroon/Wolof/Senegambia
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce - Akan/Ghana
Spike Lee - Yoruba/Mix
Curtis Jackson - Akan/Ghana (I said this in the other thread)
Eddie Murphy - Mbundu/Congo Angola (see Patrice Lumumba)
Floyd Mayweather Jr - Igbo/Congo (father: Congo)
Flava Flav - Congo/Angola/Mix (see Otta Benga)
Forest Whitaker - Igbo (Proven)
Snoop Dogg - Fulani/Kanuri
Kevin Garnett - Songhai/Mali
Michael Jackson - Congo/Cameroon
Remy Ma - Hausa/Cameroon
Denzel Washington - Cameroon/Ivory C.
Terrence - Ewe/Cameroon
Notorious B.I.G. (RIP) - Yoruba/Fon/Togo
DJ Kool Herc Igbo/Congo/Wolof
Naomi Campbell - Sierra Leone/Igbo/Cameroon (see Isha Sessay
Perri Shakes-Drayton - Congo

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Thatching with palm leaf mats, among the Igbo people.
Basden, G. T. Among the Ibos of Nigeria. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1921, pg. 168.