Inokun people, March 2, 1905—Aro-Igbo people in the Ibibio hinterlands.

The original caption by Charles Partridge, a commissioner of the British colonial regime, reads: “Light-skinned (almost white) and coal-black Inokun.”

Source: British Museum.
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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