Igbo Architecture
Drawn reconstruction of the watchtower in Awgbu based on oral history accounts collected by Professor Ibeanu (Ibeanu 1989: 28)
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Igbo architecture
Northcote Thomas’s photograph of the obu and watchtower in Awgbu, 1911

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Igbo architecture: Compound (ǹgwùlù) entrance and high walls (aja ǹgwùlù), in or near Önïcha. Photographed by Herbert Wimberley, c. 1903-18. Cambridge University Library. #IgboCulture #IgboArchitecture #AfricanArchitecture #NigerianHistory #IgboHeritage #Onitsha

stands before the core Mbari building. The plates have been installed.

#mbari #igboarchitecture #architecture #igbo #ala #uratta #imostate

Agbala shrine house in Amoba (Amawbia), photo taken 1966. #amawbia #anambra #igboshrine #igboarchitecture #igboarts

The interior of a large Obi/Obu in Abagana, present-day Anambra State. photographed by K.C. Murray, circa 1950.
#abagana #obi #anambra #igboart #igboarchitecture

The Azubuike family’s transitional residence in Nnokwa, present-day Anambra State, circa 1966.
#nnokwa #anambra #igboart #igboarchitecture

“Ekpe house (Ulo Ekpe). Idodo, Udi division.” Idodo is in present-day Nkanu East, Enugu State.
Photo by K.C. Murray, circa 1945.
#idodo #nkanu #ekpe #ulo #enugustate #igboarchitecture

Interior of a compound in Afikpo Village-Group, now Ebonyi State. Photo by Simon Ottenberg, 1959-60. Smithsonian.
#afikpo #ebonyistate #igbo #igbocompound #igboarchitecture

Another rare view of a decorated wall at Ila [Illah], in the Western Igbo region, captured by British colonial anthropologist Northcote Thomas, October–November 1912.

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (MAA), Cambridge.
#illah #anioma #igbo #igboarchitecture #westernigbo #africanarchitecture

A doorway in Agukwu Nri, present-day Anambra State, captured by British anthropologist Northcote Thomas, circa 1910-1911. MAA Cambridge.
#agukwunri #anambra #igboarchitecture #igboculture #africanarchitecture

Traditional Onicha Olona house in Enuani-Igbo, photographed by British colonial anthropologist Northcote Thomas, circa 1912.

MAA Cambridge.
#onichaolona #enuani #westernigbo #igbocompound #igboarchitecture #igboculture #africanheritage

An entrance to a compound in Nimo, present-day Anambra State, photographed by Northcote Thomas between 1910 and 1911. #nimo #anambra #igboarchitecture

Ohafia Obu house, the central structure of a family compound, serving as a hub of tradition and lineage. Photo by G. I. Jones, 1930s. #ohafia #obu #obi #igbocompound #igboarchitecture

Some Igbo compounds were historically paved with stones. These 1960s photos,taken during a survey of Igbo architecture by Zbigniew Dmochowski and his team, document examples in Ngwo and at the house of Alum Ogbodo in Umuatugbona, present-day Enugu State.
#igboarchitecture #igbocompound #ngwo #enugu

A scene inside an Mbari house, c. 1904, among the first noted by Europeans. The Mbari-building tradition, designed to be reclaimed by nature, is difficult to date but is believed to predate the mid-19th century. #mbari #igboarchitecture

Mbari votive shrine overtaken by a termite nest, a natural process as Mbari structures are primarily made from termite earth. Owerri area, Urata-Igbo [Oratta] c. 1960s. Photo by Zbigniew Dmochowski.
#mbari #shrine #owerri #oratta #urata #igbo #igboarchitecture

Isometric drawing of the Iba of Chief Akunwafor Ogbua, documented in March 1961 by Zbigniew R. Dmochowski and a local team in Onitsha.
#iba #onitsha #igboarchitecture #igbodybuilding #igbopeople

A bridge somewhere in the Igbo country, photographed by Gustaf Bolinder, 1930-31.
#bridge #igbo #architecture #Igboarchitecture