Idu Mantu, an Aro-Igbo court messenger, often referred to as a ‘boy,’ from the Inokun (Aro) settlements in Ibibio land, is pictured here beside a fishing basket in Edidep-Usuk.

Photo: Charles Partridge, 25 April 1905. #idumantu #aro #igbo #inokun #ibibio