Ezza’s 12 Clans: Reclaiming Our Names from ‘Tribe Unknown’

In 1908 King Oweze’s royal plate was taken to the British Museum and labeled simply as “Ibo artifact. Tribe Unknown.” But the twelve faces carved on that plate represent twelve distinct Ezza clans. Each bead pattern still speaks our language and tells our history. Onueke, the firstborn clan and keeper of the fire, sits at the right of the king’s throne. Its beads bear the story that colonial labels tried to erase. We are documenting every clan name and heritage. If you are Ezza, which of the twelve clans does your family come from? Let’s write this history together.

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