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Igbo land (Standard Igbo: Àlà Ị̀gbò) [4] [5] is a cultural and common linguistic region in southeastern Nigeria which is the indigenous homeland of the Igbo people. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Geographically, it is divided into two sections by; eastern (the larger of the two) and western. [ 6 ]
Igbo is a tonal language, and there are hundreds of different Igbo dialects and Igboid languages, such as the Ikwerre and Ekpeye languages. [25] In 1939, Dr. Ida C. Ward led a research expedition on Igbo dialects which could possibly be used as a basis of a standard Igbo dialect, also known as Central Igbo.
By the late 16th century, Nri influence extended well beyond the nuclear northern Igbo region to Igbo settlements on the west bank of the Niger and communities affected by the Benin Empire. [5] There is strong evidence to indicate Igbo influence well beyond the Igbo region to Benin and Southern Igala areas like Idah before the arrival of the ...
For example, the word aka, which means hand in Igbo is pronounced eka in the Nsukka region. Likewise the word afo, which means stomach in Igbo Language is pronounced eho in Nsukka dialect. This linguistic region covers more than just Nsukka Local Government Area but a large part of Northern Waawaland. In the Nkanu kingdom/region of the Waawa ...
Igbo Oyigbo also known as Obigbo is a Local Government Area located in Rivers State, Nigeria. It is a town, [ 1 ] 30 kilometers from the Port city of Port Harcourt , 25km from the city of Aba .
Nri is an Igbo city-state in Anambra State, Nigeria.It was the seat of a powerful and imperial state who was influenced much by the territories inhabited by the Igbo of Awka and Onitsha to the east;south; [Nsukka]] and [Asaba, Today, Nri claims to be the heart and origin of the Igbos, but it is historically dated that Igbo Ukwu, formally known as Igbo, and Igbo Nkwo is the true origin and ...
The Kano riot of 1953 refers to the riot, which broke out in the ancient city of Kano, [1] located in Northern Nigeria, in May 1953.The nature of the riot was clashes between Northerners, mainly the Hausa and Fulani, who were opposed to Nigeria's Independence and Southerners, made up of mainly the Yorubas and the Igbos who supported immediate independence for Nigeria.
Igbo-Ukwu, originally known as Igbo-Nkwo, [3] was the capital of the Kingdom of Nri beginning in the 8th or 9th century CE. [4] [5] It was the center of an extensive trade system linking the town with Gao on the Niger bend and, through there, to Egypt and North Africa. [6]