Igbo people

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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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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)

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West Africa hasEthnicGroup 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
Onitsha ethnicGroup Igbo people
Owerri majorEthnicGroup Igbo people
Igbo people alternativeName Igbo people
this entity surface form: Ibo 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
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
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