igbo (african people)

Mentu, an American-born slave boy, watches his beloved grandmother, Twi, lead the insurrection at Teakettle Creek of Ibo people arriving from Africa on a slave ship.

Set in an Ibo village in Nigeria, the novel recreates pre-Christian tribal life and shows how the coming the white man led to the breaking up of the old ways.

Set in an Ibo village in Nigeria, the novel recreates pre-Christian tribal life and shows how the coming the white man led to the breaking up of the old ways.

A fascinating introduction to the development and history of the rich societies and culture of West Africa until c. 1850. West Africa, of course, is a vast area, covering a great range of climates and conditions, from the Sahara to equatorial jungles and an equal range of peoples and cultures. It is not a single story that the author has to tell, but many interlocking and overlapping stories. To that end, he provides narrative accounts of the key empires and cultures of west Africa, but sets them in their broader general context, illuminated by the findings of both historians and anthropologists.

This wide-ranging survey of art made by the 15 to 20 million Igbo people of southeastern Nigeria focuses on the twentieth century but also takes a look at the extraordinary ninth and tenth-century BC cast copper alloy and ceramic finds that influenced Igbo artworks created twenty centuries later. Ceremonial contexts and meanings are explained, covering art associated with individuals as well as communal works and ranging from personal decoration to architectural forms, from household objects to cult sculpture, title regalia, and public shrines.

Written by an Igbo about his own people, this case study penetrates to the heart of the Igbo culture and social system.

Traditional indigenous cultures in many parts of the world have displayed a profound appreciation of the relationship between human and ecosystem health, something global culture is once again trying to rediscover under the label of sustainability.

Collects "Things Fall Apart," "No Longer at Ease," and "Arrow of God," all of which convey personal and moral struggles in the face of colonization and social change.