Uzuakoli is an area in
Abia State
Abia State ( ig, Ȯha Abia) is a state in the South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, it is bordered to the north and northeast by the states of Enugu, and Ebonyi, Imo State to the west, Cross River State to the east, Akwa Ibom State to the ...
of Eastern Nigeria that includes several villages. It has been home to a Methodist College, a large market, clandestine slave trading, a leprosy settlement,
Ila Oso Festival, and conflict. The community is in the
Igbo "heartland".
[
The University of California has a photograph of Methodist missionaries in Uzuakoli in 1924.
In 1964, students of Methodist College of Uzuakoli wrote a short history of the area.
Other photos of area residents are in archives.]
See also
* Operation Leopard (1969)
Further reading
*''Uzuakoli Miracle; A True Story Of Bush Babies In Nigeria'' by Alan Cox
References
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Abia State