Non-Human Agency in Igbo Cultural History: Affective Entanglements between Humans, Animals, Spirits, and Technology
Rosemary Akpan — Department of History, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA | ISA 22nd Annual International Conference (2025)
This study examines the emotional connections between people, animals, spirits, and technology in Igbo cosmology, literature, and modern culture. The paper tends not to completely separate humans from non-humans in Igbo thought. It acknowledges the agency of spirits (mmụọ), sacred …