Mbano Community Celebrate End of Year Event 2017 in New York USA New York, USA: Members of the Mbano community in New York recently held their annual end of year get-together event. The event was attended by Mbano community members as well as their friends and well wishers in the New York, New Jersey, Connecticut […]
“…a people or generation without an identifiable artistic heritage or cultural orientation will inevitably suffer from a strange emptiness that could drastically impede the psyche of not only that generation but the ones to follow.”
Amongst the Ibos of southeastern Nigeria, one of the most common expressions of cultural artistry is through performance and celebration of masquerades. Understandably, there are many legendary masquerade’s across Iboland. Undoubtedly the Akunesi masquerade belongs in that class. The AKUNESI masquerade originates from Oru in Imo State, Nigeria. A long way from the USA. The […]
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