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Igbo people prior to the American Civil War were brought to the United States by force from their hinterland homes on the Bight of Biafra and shipped by Europeans to North America between the 17th and 19th centuries. Identified Igbo slaves were often described by the ethnonyms Ibo and Ebo(e), a colonial American rendering of Igbo. Some Igbo ...
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.
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World Igbo Congress (WIC) is a Houston-based sociopolitical organization that promotes the Igbo people's interests in Nigeria. [1] It focuses its support on economic and legal aid to the Igbo population, the victims of ethnic cleansing before and after the Nigerian Civil War, as well as the rehabilitation of Biafran War veterans.
The World Igbo Summit Group is an umbrella body that brings all the Igbo people and its relevant bodies like Indigenous People of Biafra, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, World Igbo Congress, Igbo Leadership Development Foundation and including present/past political office holders, Royal kings, professionals, businessmen, Civil society activists, gender advocates and other experts of Igbo extraction residing ...
Igbo Americans are citizens of the United States who were born in Igboland or who are of Igbo descent. Pages in category "Igbo-American history" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
Elements of Igbo culture can still be found in these places. For example, in Jamaican Patois, the Igbo word unu, meaning "you" plural, is still used. [113] "Red Ibo" (or "red eboe") describes a black person with fair or "yellowish" skin.
A traditional Igbo Architecture consists of Compounds, Wall/fence and Moats, Thatched Buildings, Verandas, Courtyards, Decorative motifs etc. . Traditional Igbo architecture is distinctive by several usual attributes and principled designs which is reflective of the cultural, environmental, and practical needs of the Igbo people.