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, and the Ila Oso Festival. Uzuakoli is located within 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.
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 YorkFrances Anyika (1997) Methodism in Igboland, p. 112.
See also Operation Leopard (1969)
References
Further reading Uzuakoli Miracle; A True Story Of Bush Babies In Nigeria by Alan Cox