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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.
2.3 Igbo culture [38] 2.4 Ijaw culture. 2.5 Yoruba culture ... Download as PDF; Printable version; ... The culture of Nigeria is shaped by Nigeria's multiple ethnic ...
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.
Ndoki also known as Ọkwa [1] are a tribe of Igbo people that are located at the hinterland of Igboland and coastal region of Bonny and Opobo.. Pre-colonial Ndoki covers 450 square kilometres (170 sq mi) with rich farmland which borders Imo River on the East and Aba River in the South bounded by Ika and Obong villages. [2]
After the Nigerian Civil War, many Igbo people emigrated out of the indigenous Igbo homeland in southeastern Nigeria because of an absence of federal presence, lack of jobs, and poor infrastructure. [223] In recent decades the Igbo region of Nigeria has suffered from frequent environmental damage mainly related to the oil industry. [224]
The Aros today are classified as Eastern or Cross River Igbos because of their location, mixed origins, culture, and dialect. Their god, Chukwu Abiama , was a key factor in establishing the Aro Confederacy as a regional power in the Niger Delta and Southeastern Nigeria during the 18th and 19th centuries.
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]