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The Igbo people today are known as the ethnic group that has adopted Christianity the most in all of Africa. [173] The Holy Ghost depicted as a dove on a relief in Onitsha. The Igbo people were unaffected by the Islamic jihad waged in Nigeria in the 19th century, but a small minority converted to Islam in the 20th century. [174]
The Slave Trade Act 1807 is passed (on 25 March) stopping the transportation of enslaved Africans, including Igbo people, to the Americas. Atlantic slave trade exports an estimated total of 1.4 million [citation needed] Igbo people across the Middle Passage: 1830: European explorers explore the course of the Lower Niger and meet the Northern ...
Udu, an Igbo instrument. The Igbo people have a melodic and symphonic musical style. Instruments include opi otherwise known as Oja [5] [6] a wind instrument similar to the flute, igba, and ichaka. [7] Another popular musical form among Igbo people is highlife, which is a fusion of jazz and traditional music and widely popular in West Africa.
Some recorded populations of people of African descent on Caribbean islands recorded 2,863 Igbo on Trinidad and Tobago in an 1813 census; [9] 894 in Saint Lucia in an 1815 census; [10] 440 on Saint Kitts and Nevis in an 1817 census; [11] and 111 in Guyana in an 1819 census. [12]
Even Igbo living far from the center of power would send abnormal children to Nri for ritual cleansing rather than having them killed, as was sometimes the case for dwarfs or children who cut their top teeth before their lower teeth. [19] Nri people believed that the sun was the dwelling place of Anyanwu (Light) and Agbala (Fertility). Agbala ...
The three sites include Igbo Isaiah (a shrine), Igbo Richard (a burial chamber), and Igbo Jonah (a cache). Artifacts found in these sites have shown that by the 9th century AD, the Igbo-Ukwu people had established a complex religious system and an economy based on agriculture and trade with other African peoples as far as the Nile valley.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 January 2025. List of notable Igbo people of Nigeria Part of a series on Igbo people Subgroups Anioma Aro Edda Ekpeye Etche Ezza Ika Ikwerre Ikwo Ishielu Izzi Mbaise Mgbo Ngwa Nkalu Nri-Igbo Ogba Ohafia Ohuhu Omuma Onitsha Oratta Ubani Ukwuani List of Igbo people Igbo culture Art Performing arts Dress ...
In the Igbo pantheon, Chukwu is the source of all other Igbo deities and is responsible for assigning them their different tasks. The Igbo people believe that all things come from Chukwu (Chiukwu), who brings the rain necessary for plants to grow and controls everything on Earth and the spiritual world.