Igbo people

E71689
African people ethnic group

The Igbo people are one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa, known for their rich cultural traditions, entrepreneurial spirit, and historical presence primarily in southeastern Nigeria.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Igbo people canonical 99
Igbo 5
Ibo people 1

Statements (86)

Predicate Object
instanceOf African people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
alternativeName Igbo people ⓘ
surface form: Ibo people

Igbo ⓘ
surface form: Ndi Igbo
artForm bronze casting ⓘ
mask making ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
clanSystem umunna ⓘ
colonialHistory incorporated into British Nigeria ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Nigeria ⓘ
culturalPractice age-grade system ⓘ
extended family compounds ⓘ
masquerade festivals ⓘ
new yam festival ⓘ
diaspora Brazil ⓘ
Caribbean ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
economicActivity import–export trade ⓘ
small-scale manufacturing ⓘ
transport business ⓘ
educationEmphasis high value on formal education ⓘ
ethnonym Igbo ⓘ
historicalEvent Biafran secession ⓘ
Biafran secession ⓘ
surface form: Nigerian Civil War
knownFor entrepreneurial activities ⓘ
rich cultural traditions ⓘ
trade and commerce ⓘ
language Igbo ⓘ
surface form: Igbo language
languageFamily Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Volta–Niger languages ⓘ
legalTradition customary law ⓘ
majorReligionDenomination Anglican Communion ⓘ
Pentecostal churches ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
majorStates Abia State ⓘ
Anambra State ⓘ
Ebonyi State ⓘ
Enugu State ⓘ
Imo State ⓘ
notableAuthor Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ⓘ
Chinua Achebe ⓘ
notablePolitician Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu ⓘ
Nnamdi Azikiwe ⓘ
populationEstimate tens of millions ⓘ
primaryLocation Eastern Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Southeastern Nigeria
region Igboland ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
African traditional religion ⓘ
surface form: Traditional Igbo religion
significantPopulationIn Akwa Ibom State ⓘ
Bayelsa State ⓘ
Cross River State ⓘ
Delta State ⓘ
Rivers State ⓘ
socialStructure patrilineal ⓘ
traditionalBelief ancestor veneration ⓘ
reincarnation ⓘ
traditionalCrops cassava ⓘ
cocoyam ⓘ
palm oil ⓘ
yam ⓘ
traditionalCuisine abacha ⓘ
fufu ⓘ
ofe nsala ⓘ
ofe onugbu ⓘ
traditionalDress isiagu ⓘ
wrapper and blouse ⓘ
traditionalEconomy subsistence farming ⓘ
traditionalInstrument ekwe slit drum ⓘ
ogene gong ⓘ
udu drum ⓘ
traditionalMarriagePractice bride price ⓘ
wine carrying ceremony ⓘ
traditionalMusic highlife ⓘ
ogene music ⓘ
traditionalPoliticalOrganization acephalous society ⓘ
traditionalPoliticalUnit village democracy ⓘ
traditionalReligionDeity Ala ⓘ
Amadioha ⓘ
Chukwu ⓘ
traditionalTitleSystem Nze title ⓘ
Ozo title ⓘ
traditionalWritingSystem Nsibidi ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (106)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

West Africa → hasEthnicGroup → Igbo people ⓘ
Eastern Nigeria → predominantEthnicGroup → Igbo people ⓘ
Nneka Ogwumike → ethnicGroup → Igbo people ⓘ
Ogwashi-Ukwu → ethnicGroup → Igbo people ⓘ
Nigerian Pidgin → influencedBy → Igbo people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Igbo
Afro-Cubans → ethnicOrigin → Igbo people ⓘ
Imo State → majorEthnicGroup → Igbo people ⓘ
Imo State → hasCulturalGroup → Igbo people ⓘ
Vincent Enyeama → ethnicGroup → Igbo people ⓘ
Ngozi → ethnicCultureOfOrigin → Igbo people ⓘ
Southern Nigeria → majorEthnicGroup → Igbo people ⓘ
Southern Nigeria → widelySpokenLanguage → Igbo people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Igbo
Enugu → majorEthnicGroup → Igbo people ⓘ
New Yam Festival → celebratedBy → Igbo people ⓘ
Lagos State → hasEthnicGroup → Igbo people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Igbo
Idoma people → neighboringEthnicGroup → Igbo people ⓘ
Onitsha → ethnicGroup → Igbo people ⓘ
Owerri → majorEthnicGroup → Igbo people ⓘ
Igbo people → alternativeName → Igbo people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ibo people
Njideka Akunyili Crosby → ethnicGroup → Igbo people ⓘ
Uzo Aduba → ethnicOrigin → Igbo people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Igbo
Odinani → practicedBy → Igbo people ⓘ
Biafran secession → mainEthnicGroup → Igbo people ⓘ
Chinua Achebe → ethnicGroup → Igbo people ⓘ
Flora Nwapa → ethnicGroup → Igbo people ⓘ
Nnamdi Azikiwe → ethnicGroup → Igbo people ⓘ
Ala → culture → Igbo people ⓘ
Anambra State → ethnicGroup → Igbo people ⓘ
Ebonyi State → predominantEthnicGroup → Igbo people ⓘ
Enugu State → majorEthnicGroup → Igbo people ⓘ
Amadioha → culture → Igbo people ⓘ
Naeto C → ethnicGroup → Igbo people ⓘ
Uzodinma Iweala → ethnicity → Igbo people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Igbo
Ogwumike → ethnicGroup → Igbo people ⓘ
subject surface form: Nneka Ogwumike
Anioma region → ethnolinguisticGroup → Igbo people ⓘ
Asaba → ethnicGroup → Igbo people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Igbo (Anioma) people
Francis Arinze → ethnicGroup → Igbo people ⓘ
West Africans → hasSubgroup → Igbo people ⓘ
Augustine → ethnicGroup → Igbo people ⓘ
subject surface form: Augustine Azuka Okocha
Oliseh → ethnicGroup → Igbo people ⓘ
subject surface form: Sunday Oliseh
South East geopolitical zone → predominantEthnicGroup → Igbo people ⓘ
Orlu → ethnicGroup → Igbo people ⓘ
Okigwe → majorEthnicGroup → Igbo people ⓘ
Mbaitoli → ethnicGroupMajority → Igbo people ⓘ
Mbaitoli → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Igbo people ⓘ
Aboh Mbaise → predominantEthnicGroup → Igbo people ⓘ
Ideato North → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Igbo people ⓘ
Ideato North → hasPopulationMajority → Igbo people ⓘ
Isiala Mbano → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Igbo people ⓘ
Isiala Mbano → hasPopulationMajority → Igbo people ⓘ