If there’s one thing we know, it’s that love and culture make a spectacular combination, one that we simply can’t resist. In ...
A traditional wedding is marriage according to the customs and traditions of a tribe. It is at the traditional wedding that the families of the bride and groom come together as 'one’, the bride price ...
Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. The “Vows” section of the Sunday New York Times has published a lengthy, friendly, ...
Friendship is one of the strongest foundations for love to be built on. It easily paves the way for something more amazing to ...
For the Igbo people of southeastern Nigeria, the age-old practice of bride price serves as a seal during marriage between two individuals, as it binds the family together. In recent times, several ...
Bam Bam stuns as an Igbo bride in Rosie Young’s Akwaete design for Love in Every Word: The Wedding, Omoni Oboli’s record-breaking sequel. Omoni Oboli once again proved her master storytelling skill.
Notable Nigerian lawyer Stan Alieke has asserted that paternity in Igbo land is not determined by DNA. He revealed this in a post on his Instagram story on Monday. Stan explained that in Igbo land, a ...
Virginia Adaeze Ugwu, founder of Ginasparks Fashion House, is carving a niche in global bridal couture with designs that marry cultural heritage with modern elegance. From her base in Ogba, Ikeja, the ...
Behind a chartreuse veil, stitched with pearls of the same color, a woman gazes at the camera. Her gele, a signifier of her Nigerian heritage, is artfully wrapped around her head and stacks of beaded ...