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Owuwa Ji, usually associated with September - October, is the yam harvest festival of Onitsha. It is celebrated by the different quarters of the community and is associated with traditional celebrations, masquerade performances and, traditionally, the initiation of adolescent boys into masquerade societies. The festival reflects the historic importance of yam cultivation to Onitsha society. Traditionally, food cooked and eaten during this festival are pounded yam with nsala soup and roasted yam with palm oil with a special vegetable leaf that's only eaten during this festival.
On the bank of the Niger River where the first missionaries landed in the Onitsha area circa 1850, and where the first Nigerian priest to be beatified, Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi, is buried. Seat of archbishop for Anambra state.
A little park commemorating Nelson Mandela with an ostrich.
Just a sight in passing really, but the centre-truss bridge is a prominent landmark of Onitsha. Completed in 1965, it allowed for vast improvement in commerce and transportation between the east and west of Nigeria. Although it was destroyed during the Nigerian Civil War, it was later repaired during the Jonathan Goodluck administration.
Displays 9th-century bronze artifacts of the Igbo-Ukwu people that demonstrate they were the first highly sophisticated bronze metal-working culture of West Africa and had trade networks with groups as far away as the Nile Valley.
The Zik Mausoleum is a memorial complex in Onitsha dedicated to Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, Nigeria's first president. It contains Azikiwe's tomb and forms part of a larger complex with a museum, library, archives, research facilities and conference halls. The complex was completed in 2018 and officially commissioned in January 2019. The mausoleum is located at Inosi-Onira, an area associated with Azikiwe's residence in Onitsha.
All Saints
All Saints' Cathedral the seat of the Anglican Diocese on the Niger. The cathedral has an important place in the history of Christianity in Onitsha and southeastern Nigeria. The Anglican mission established its presence in Onitsha in the 19th century, while plans for the cathedral developed in the 20th century. Its foundation stone was laid on 9 November 1949 by Sir John MacPherson, then Governor-General of Nigeria, and the completed cathedral was dedicated on 1 November 1992. The cathedral is also a prominent architectural and historical landmark in the city.