I’m sorry for your losS (The Condolence Visit)

a multisensory exhibit & IMMERSIVE INSTALLATION
october - NOVEMBER 2026, oakland ca + VIRTUAL

You’re invited to the Ụlọ Ọnwụ of an Igbo Matriarch. Through installation, film, photo and live theater you will be immersed in the culture, practices and phenoms of present-day Igbo diaspora communities surrounding death and communal grief.

The Condolence Visit features work from years of documentation, archiving, and artistic production by Nkeiruka Oruche and her collaborators including art and documentary photographer Amarachi Nnoli, photojournalist and documentary filmmaker Benson Ibeabuchi, Gbedu Town Radio performance company, writer & director Michael French, and community participants.

This installation is a part of part of Oruche’s Obi gbawara’m//My Heart Shattered or What happens after I die? (OGB) researching and documenting traditions of death and grief in Igbo culture, and the African diaspora.

UPCOMING EVENTS

• Ubochi Afọ Nọv 6, 2026 | Ugba & Chill, An Egwu Ọnwụ Culture Salon

Ugba & Chill, An Egwu Ọnwụ Culture Salon

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Join Nkeiruka Oruche, Uzo Nwankpa, Natachi, Kanukai Chigamba, and Roshonda Parker in a hang out session to explore and discuss the Egwu Onwu installation, sing songs, and cook & eat ji a hun'ọkụ, ugba, and ofe onugbu. invite-only.

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• Nọv 6 - DIS 17 2026 | Igbo Condolence Songs Workshop (Online)

Igbo Condolence Songs Workshop (Online)

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Learn Igbo grief songs and cultural contexts with master cultural educator and practitioner Ifeanyi Akabueze in a small group online class. Please complete this, only if you’ve been invited to register. If you have not completed an application form do so here https://forms.gle/yJeH1tXYUpxqAJ4A7

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• Ubochi Afọ Nọv 2, 2026 | Egwu Onwu, Songs to tide us over

Egwu Onwu Installation & Community Gathering

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Egwu Onwu, Songs to Tide Us Over is a multi-sensory experience and ceremonial installation inviting the community to a shared experience of commemoration, grief, and mutual support through installation, film, photo, performance, cultural immersion & ceremony.

Dress: your traditional ancestral fits OR tans, greens  
Bring: A nutritious dish AND cash in envelope to contribute to the gathering

Notify us of your access needs in the registration form or email info @ afrorubansociety . com

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