Uzuakoli

{{Short description|Place in Abia State, Nigeria}}

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,{{Cite journal|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/24520420|title=Hope for the Despondent: A Colonial Health Care Scheme at Uzuakoli, Eastern Nigeria |author=Ubah, C.N.|year=1992|journal=Transafrican Journal of History|volume=21|pages=51–68|JSTOR=24520420}} and the Ila Oso Festival.{{Cite journal|url=https://philpapers.org/rec/OFFTIF|title=The 'Ila-Oso' Festival in Uzuakoli: An Appraisal|first=E. E.|last=Offiong|date=April 20, 2007|journal=Sophia: An African Journal of Philosophy|volume=7|issue=2|via=PhilPapers|doi=10.4314/sophia.v7i2.38703}} Uzuakoli is located within the Igbo "heartland".

The University of California has a photograph of Methodist missionaries in Uzuakoli in 1924.{{Cite web|url=https://calisphere.org/item/d5fb492a3f9f344f424469089fa78b9a/|title=Uzuakoli, Nigeria, 1924|website=Calisphere}}

In 1964, students of Methodist College of Uzuakoli wrote a short history of the area.{{Cite web|url=https://www.si.edu/object/siris_sil_923462|title=Uzuakoli : a short history / by students of the Methodist College, Uzuakoli; under the direction of A.J. Fox|website=Smithsonian Institution}}

Other photos of area residents are in archives.{{Cite web|url=http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-77757|title=Washerwoman (a leper), Uzuakoli, Nigeria, 1932|via=DPLA}}