Okonji Npi and Esogbue Houses: Colonial Heritages for Tourists in Ibusa By Emeka Esogbue I was excited to see the video of the Igbuzo Ifejioku feasting at the Obi Okonji Npi Isieke ancestral home in Ibusa, Delta State. The Narrator whose identity I am yet to determine gave a knowledgeable and historical account of a colonial residence also seen in the video. Showing the original structure of the building, well preserved by the Okonji Npi family, the Narrator explained that the imposing structure was over a century but it was built in 1948 though. The buildings, two of the oldest colonial structures in the community, strike one with a deep sense of architectural taste of the colonial British, eventually preserved for the Ibusa people of today to appreciate their colonial legacy. The account rendered is that the owner, Nwanze Okonji Npi, a respected farmer, together with his cousin, Joseph Ozoemezia Esogbue, a train driver and cocoa plantation merchant, two great and har...
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