Uzuakoli
Place in Abia State, Nigeria
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Uzuakoli is an area in Abia State of Eastern Nigeria that includes several villages. It has been home to a Methodist College, a large market, clandestine slave trading, a leprosy settlement,[1] and the Ila Oso Festival.[2] Uzuakoli is located within the Igbo "heartland".[1]
The University of California has a photograph of Methodist missionaries in Uzuakoli in 1924.[3]
In 1964, students of Methodist College of Uzuakoli wrote a short history of the area.[4]
Other photos of area residents are in archives.[5]
Notable people
- Chinedu Ikedieze (born 1977) — Nigerian actor, entrepreneur and investor
- Mike Ezuruonye (born 1982) — Nigerian actor
- Bernard Batty — early Methodist minister whose sons attended Elmfield College in York[6]