Obi of Onitsha
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The Obi of Onitsha is the traditional monarch and a principal cultural and ritual authority of the indigenous people of Onitsha, an Igbo community in Anambra State, south-eastern Nigeria. The office i
Obi of Onitsha
A modern monument to Eze Chima, the ancestral founder to whom the Onitsha royal line traces the office
A senior chief paying homage to the Obi during a royal ceremony
Alfred Achebe
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Nnaemeka Alfred Ugochukwu Achebe CFR, mni, known by the regnal appellation Agbogidi, is a Nigerian traditional ruler, corporate executive and patron of the arts. He has served as the 21st Obi of Onits
Obi of Onitsha
…River Niger. Because the early chronology rests largely on oral tradition, reign dates before the nineteenth century are approximate. The incumbent, Nnaemeka Alfred Achebe, became the twenty-first Obi on 14 May 2002. The palace and institutional centre of the monarchy is the Ime Obi at Ezechima Square in Onitsha. Accounts…
Achebe in an official portrait
Achebe in royal regalia, including the okpu ododo crown
Achebe and Onitsha chiefs at the Ofala Festival
The Obi of Onitsha's palace