An industrious Igbo man from Afikpo crafting a canoe at Ndibe Beach along the Cross River, Nigeria. Photo by Simon Ottenberg, circa 1951–1953. #canoemaking #igbo #afikpo #ndibebeach #Nigeria

Igbo women, likely from Uwana in the Afikpo region, paddling canoes along the Cross River at Ndibe Beach. Photographed by Simon Ottenberg in the early 1950s. #uwana #crossriver #igbowomen #afikpo #ndibebeach