Igbo war tower in Awka Nibo Nise. Early 20th Century
These towers are far from mere remnants of the past. They were vital strongholds built during a tumultuous period – the brutal era of the transatlantic slave trade (15th-19th centuries). As you gaze upon their sturdy forms, captured in Zbigniew Dmochowski’s photographs, imagine the Igbo communities of that time facing…