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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 December 2024. 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 ...
Ugochukwu audio ⓘ is an Igbo name. Its literal translation is "God's Eagle" , which is interpreted as "Crown of God" or even " Glory of God " — since the crowns of traditional Igbo rulers are adorned with a tail feather of an eagle.
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However, after a series of interviews conducted in the 1990s with 250 Igbo women, it was found that 94.4% of that sample population disapproved of arranged marriages. [187] A modern Igbo wedding, Nnewi, Nigeria. In the past, many Igbo men practiced polygamy. The polygamous family is made up of a man and his wives and all their children. [176]
Igbo names are traditionally and historically constructed. In this convention there are no family names, instead one is known through their immediate male lineage. In the olden days, Igbos – men and women – were named after the four market days (eke, orie, afor, and nkwo) in Igboland.
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 .
Some possible Igbo names were also found among slave records in Virginia. Names found in records such as Anica, or Anakey, Breechy and Juba may originate respectively from the Igbo names Nneka , meaning the mother is superior , and mburichi , male members of the Kingdom of Nri and Jiugba, meaning yam barn .