In Igbo land, masquerades are feared and respected. They are regarded as the spirit of the ancestors who resurface to adjudicate on matters that defied the wisdom of the living In the yesteryear, the ...

Aug. 10—The 10th annual IGBO Worldwide Festival of Arts and Culture will memorialize Igbo Landing by presenting culture, art, music and language on Friday and Saturday at Selden Park. The event will ...

A group of people in traditional Igbo attire during the 2024 Igbo Day festival. This year's festival is happening on Saturday, Aug. 9, at Belcher Park in Randolph. Twenty-six years ago, Ejike Eze ...

Forty-five people were arrested and nearly $74,000 was seized after deputies found an alleged dog fighting ring in Newton County. 45 people arrested, $74,000 seized in alleged dog fighting ring in ...

Council for Igbo States in the Americas (CISA) has given dates for 2025 global cultural and arts festival. The organisation, which promotes the cultural heritage, unity and development of Igbo in ...

The New Yam Festival, or Iri Ji as it is known among the Igbo people, is a culturally significant event celebrated globally, marking the end of the farming season and the beginning of a new harvest ...

The World of Music, new series, Vol. 4, No. 2, Performing the New Diasporas: Contemporary African Ritual Music in North America (2015), pp. 99-118 (20 pages) Drawing from four years of active ...

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MASQUERADES are one of the noble and cherished aspects of Igbo tradition and culture. Every community in Igbo land has masquerades. In many communities, males are initiated into the masquerade group ...

The chief host would recognise the person with the biggest yam harvested with the King of Yam 'Eze Ji' award. Don Onyenji, commissioner for culture, entertainment and tourism in Anambra, says the ...

Twenty-six years ago, Ejike Eze moved to Boston from Nigeria. He soon found a support system away from home among a group of immigrants who shared his background as members of the Igbo ethnic group — ...

Don Onyenji, commissioner for culture, entertainment and tourism in Anambra, says the state will hold the colourful new yam (Iri Ji) festival on 21 October. Mr Onyenji, who spoke to the reporters in ...