In Igboland, masquerades are held in high esteem and play roles such as being custodians of traditional laws ensuring peace and resolving conflicts in the community. Of all the masquerades in Igboland ...

Ubochi is a fourth-year doctoral student studying Ethnomusicology at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Her interest in dance music festivals, number symbolism, and spirituality led to extensive ...

Masquerades are believed to be spirits of ancestors in humans and are masked with different costumes for events, festivals, rites and rituals. In Igboland, located in South eastern Nigeria, ...

Onye Ogwu, a popular entertaining "female" Igbo masquerade, is a crowd pleaser with her joking and jesting antics and storytelling. She usually performs during women's festivals. Her costume and ...

In a move to boost culture and tourism as well as dignify and uphold the Igbo tradition and culture, the Enugu State Government has unveiled an imposing Ijele masquerade metal sculpture at Onuasata ...

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A young man identified as ‘Cross,’ from Amankpo Umu-Ezike, Aku, Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area of Enugu State has been feared dead after masquerade worshippers clashed at Nua community, also in Aku ...