Igbo-Ukwu, Nigeria

Nigeria

Igbo-Ukwu, Nigeria connects to 1350 places across 9 topics through 27 Bunkabop connections, led by history and art. Its 9th-century bronzes appear in links to the Kingdom of Nri, where bronze casting used elephant-head motifs, and to the Nigerian National Museum. Peter Garlake compares the bronzes to the finest jewelry of rococo Europe. Its strongest overlaps run through Nigeria, Niger and Benin, while Mali, Nok and Ghana also recur in accounts of West African trade and art.