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Discover Igbo culture · 7/7

Quiz: what did you pick up?

Six quick questions. How many can you get right?

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Six questions. Tap an answer to see if you are right.

1 How many market days are in the traditional Igbo week?

Four: Eke, Orie, Afọ and Nkwọ.

2 Where were the famous 9th-century bronzes found?

Igbo-Ukwu, in present-day Anambra State.

3 Who wrote <em>Things Fall Apart</em>?

Chinua Achebe published it in 1958.

4 What is an esusu?

Members contribute regularly and take turns receiving the pot.

5 What kind of ruler was the Eze Nri?

His authority was ritual and moral rather than military.

6 Igbo Landing, a symbol of resistance, is in…

St. Simons Island, Georgia, 1803.

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