Igbo women’s udu song for Eugene Skeef and Clive Sithole

In 2005 Eugene Skeef took the South African Zulu potter Clive Sithole to Nigeria as part of his international udu project. The udu, a ceramic pot drum, originates in Nigeria among the Igbo people, where it is traditionally made and played exclusively by women. The purpose of the trip was for Clive to meet Igbo women potters so that they could learn from each other as potters and exchange cultural traditions in the process. Eugene and Clive, with the help and guidance of Christian Udonsi, Rafe, and Chijiok