HIS 204Intermediate
History
Reading Igbo History Through Sources
Learn to interpret oral testimony, archival records and material culture with scholarly care.
Collection
African Art and Material Culture
A curated collection of courses, lessons, sources and archive items for sustained study.
Collection
Courses
HIS 260Intermediate
History
Pre-colonial Governance & Society
Study political authority, title systems, assemblies and community justice before colonial rule.
Peoples and cultures
Culture profiles
Culture / PeopleIgbo
A people of south-eastern Nigeria whose history spans Igbo-Ukwu bronzes, Nri ritual authority and republican village assemblies.
Culture / PeopleYorubaA people of south-western Nigeria, Benin and Togo, associated with Ife, Oyo and a rich tradition of urban kingship and art.
Culture / PeopleEdo (Benin)The people of the Kingdom of Benin, known for royal court arts, guilds and long-lived monarchy.