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Igbo culture (Igbo: Ọmenala ndị Igbo [1]) are the customs, practices and traditions of the Igbo people [2] of southeastern [3] Nigeria. It consists of ancient practices as well as new concepts added into the Igbo culture either by cultural evolution or by outside influence.
Don Cukwudumebi Ohadike, born in Jos, Nigeria in 1941 to Igbo parents of Anioma extraction, Don was one of the foremost scholars of Igbo history. Ohadike's work emphasized the importance of his inherited culture, which he demonstrated in part through his continued and passionate interest in rescuing oppressed voices of African peasants and other silenced groups.
The Nri kingdom is a kingdom within the Igbo area of Nigeria. Nri and Aguleri, where the Umueri-Igbo creation myth originates, are in the territory of the Umu-Eri clan, who trace their lineages back to the patriarchal king-figure, Eri. [2] Eri's origin is unclear, though he has been described as a "sky being" [2] sent by Chukwu (God). [3]
The Osu caste system's roots trace back to the era when Igbo city-states were governed by Odinani, a system of earth-based laws.Ala, a deity, established rules for the people to follow in order to ensure the nation's prosperity within the territory granted by Chukwu, the Supreme God.
The Igbo were working at this site centuries before the development of other bronze-working sites in what is now Nigeria. Shaw returned to the town in 1964 and conducted two more excavations. These revealed extensive bronzes, as well as thousands of trade beads, evidence of a commercial network extending to Egypt.
The Literary History of the Igbo Novel: African Literature in African Languages. Oxon: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003017455. ISBN 978-0-367-36961-3. Green, M. (1948). "The Unwritten Literature of the Igbo-Speaking People of South-Eastern Nigeria". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 12 (3– 4). Cambridge University Press ...
Ethnoreligious violence between Igbo Christians, and Hausa/Fulani Muslims in Eastern and Northern Nigeria, triggers a migration of the Igbo back to the East. 1967: May 30: General Emeka Ojukwu, Military Governor of Eastern Nigeria, declares his province an independent republic called Biafra, and the Nigerian Civil War or Nigerian-Biafran War ...
The Ikwo is a group of the Igbo people who live in southeastern Nigeria. [1] The area is rich in mineral resources, and the ancestors of today's inhabitants developed bronze-casting techniques over a thousand years ago, some found in the town of Igbo Ukwu.