Preserving the Past, Shaping the Future
Before the White Man’s Medicine – Healing in the Delta The Niger Delta, long before the sails of European ships cut across its creeks, was a world of mangroves, river spirits, and communities bound together by traditions. Health and healing here were not separate from daily life; they were woven into the fabric of society. … Read more
Introduction & Early Boom If you walk through many towns in the Niger Delta today, you’ll find traces of wealth and struggle written in the land itself: the ruins of ancient houses, aging family shrines built with imported stone, or oral songs sung by elders about chiefs who once “ate with kings across the sea.” … Read more
The Niger Delta, one of Nigeria’s most vital and historically significant regions, has long been an essential part of West Africa’s trade and economic systems. Spanning several states in southern Nigeria, including Rivers, Bayelsa, Delta, and Akwa Ibom, the Niger Delta has been a central point of interaction between African kingdoms and international traders for … Read more