What is "Mbari" as noted in the memoir, There Was A Country?

Mbari is part of Igbo phenomenological thought. Mbari art that was part of the process of living and celebrating life. Mbari mud houses with tin or thatched roofs were erected with decorated walls honoring Igbo culture and beliefs. Inside the mud house was an elevated platform that featured life-size sculptures of elements that comprised the Igbo world. They included replicas of Alusi deities including Otamiri and Ani, every day people, animals, crops and evem Europeans. Europeans were included as a testament to the virtues of Igbo tolerance and grace.