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Associate Professor, Folklore, Ethnomusicology, and Intercultural Studies
 

The Nigerian Slave Routes Project

The information on this and all subsequent pages was gathered and compiled by Johnston A.K. Njoku from fieldwork conducted in Nigeria.  It is part of an ongoing project seeking to uncover aspects of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade in Africa.

 


Current Routes: Ututu


                                
                        First                                Mission                               Chief

                                
                        Shrine                             Author                               Obiene

                                
                        Jungle                              Sacred                               Obasi


                                
                         Relics                               Chief                                Author


                                
                        Ritual                                Marking                           Sacred
 

                                
                        Specialist                         Community                        Onye


                                
                         Ritual                              Pouring                            Libation

                                
                        Shrine                               Stones                             Inside

                                
                        Receiving                          Villager                           Elder

             
Attorney                           Junction                        Mission         

              
House                                Shrine                              Cave        

              
Chief                                Rendevezous                    Checkpoint
 
              
      Specialist                         Presentation                      Pouring             
             
                     Libation                         Amaeke                                 


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