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I'll post the rest later. Ka chi foo.

Counters with which Maazi Okoro Oji kept account of his debtors

Descendants of Okoro Oji sitting in the House Museum of Slave Trade

The following are from Arochukwu, Abia:

One of the chiefs sitting in the Ulo Nta Okoro Oji

Azumini chiefs leading the research team along a former slave route

The author receiving a gift of manila currency from a local chief

Gboliwe: first nwamkpi, now nwaebule. Why would they bear such names?

On a serious note, I think it might have something to do with the commodities sold. Ose nwamkpi is a very rare pepper which would've been a popular commodity at that market.

A big church building close to Ahia Nwaebule, the former slave market

The final stop at the slave quarters by the Blue River before traveling to Bonny

Gboliwe: first nwamkpi, now nwaebule. Why would they bear such names?

It's a mystery lol.

These are from Azumini, Akwa Ibom:

(An Igbo [Ndoki] settlement in Akwa Ibom)

(Walking along the slave route to the Blue River from Ahia Nwaebule)

Men sitting at the village plaza under the shade of a big tree

A townhall in at the village plaza

The treetop at village plaza in Ozu Item

These are from Ozu Item:

Villagers sitting under the shade of a big tree

Gboliwe: I am not Nnaa, I am Nne.
I know the oji tree gets so big.

Amanu m na I bu nwaanyi.

Chief of Obiene autonomous community talking about Ihu Nne Chukwu

The author returning from the cave rendezvous and slave route in Abuma

Gboliwe: Is that the orji tree?

Nnaa, I don't know o. All I know is that it's huge! Who knows how many centuries it's been alive...

The chief of the autonomous community at Abuma; also the main narrator

Onye ama-ama in Amaeke, the tutelary spirit of Ututu

(Look at the size of that tree!)

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

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

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.

Back to Ututu:

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

Gboliwe: Amaeke Item?

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

These are from Aba, Abia state.

The Museum of Colonial History in Ogbor Hill Aba

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)

The route leading to Calabar in Cross River State

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

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

The following are from Ikpe Ikot Nkon, Akwa Ibom:

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