Njenje parade:

Two small boys toward the end of an njenje parade line wearing acali mask, Mgbom village, Afikpo, eastern Igbo area. Photo: Simon Ottenberg, 1959-60. #IgboMasquerade
#Afikpo
#Okumkpo

Igbo mask known as àgbọghọ̀ mmụọ̄, as documented by the Musée des Confluences in Lyon. Photo credit: Ismoon via Wikimedia Commons.
#igbomasquerade #agboghommuo #mask

Side view of an Igbo mask from Nimo, present-day Anambra State, likely an Mgbedike mask. Crafted before 1938. Pitt Rivers Museum.
#igbomask #mgbedike #nimo #anambra #igbomasquerade #agaba #africanculture

Agaba Mask, Early 20th Century
Also called Mgbedike, the Agaba mask embodies the warrior spirit. Its fierce, battle-like dance symbolizes tenacity, endurance, and resilience in Igbo society.
#agabamasquerade #mgbedike #warriorspirit #igbomasquerade #igboculture #africanheritage

Youthful Igbo maskers performing in the Ifogu Nkporo masquerade, Afikpo. Photographed by G. I. Jones, 1930s. #igbomasquerade #ifogu #nkporo #afikpo #masquerade

Young Igbo mask dancers performing at a festival, Eastern Region, Nigeria, 1951. Captured by Lorenzo Dow Turner, an African American photographer. #igbomasquerade #easternnigeria #nigeria #masquerade

Okorosha Oma mask at Eziama, Orlu (Isuama Igbo), captured by G. I. Jones in the 1930s.
#isuama #orlu #igbomasquerade #masquerade

“Enugu Mask” [Mmuo Igariga], photographed by Northcote Thomas in the 1910s. Anthropological report on the Igbo-speaking people, Nigeria.
#enugu #mmuoigariga #igbo #mmuo #igbomasquerade