Cultural Archives
Excerpt from Anthropological Report on the Ibo-speaking Peoples of Nigeria
A photograph depicting three sequential pages (81, 82, and 83) from Northcote Thomas's 1914 publication, Anthropological Report on the Ibo-speaking Peoples of Nigeria, Part IV: Proverbs, Stories, Tones in Ibo. The pages feature a dual-script format with a primary language …
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The Story of the Blind Man, the Cripple, the Poor Man, the Thief and the King
An audio recording of a traditional Igbo folktale titled "Akuko onye isi, onye ngwuro, ogbenye na Eze". This 1913 recording by Northcote Thomas was captured on a wax cylinder phonograph in Asaba. The recording features a male orator delivering the …