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Ibibio

American  
[ib-uh-bee-oh] / ˈɪb əˈbi oʊ /

noun

  • Ibios,
    plural
  • Ibio
    plural
  1. a member of a people of southeastern Nigeria.

  2. the Benue-Congo language of the Ibibio people, very closely related to Efik.


Ibibio British  
/ ɪˈbɪbɪəʊ /

noun

  1. a member of a Negroid people of SE Nigeria, living esp in and around Calabar

  2. Also called: Efik. the language of this people

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Established in 1957 – three years before independence - the museum houses objects from across the country, including Ife bronze and terracotta heads, Benin brass plaques and ivories, and Ibibio masks and costumes.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2024

Then the group found its voice in Nigerian-British singer Eno Williams, whose mother’s native tongue is Ibibio.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 19, 2022

Reaffirming and warping her Nigerian heritage with African-tinged electronic funk, Eno Williams sings in Ibibio and English about drawing strength from a remembered traditional chant.

From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2017

It is Ibibio Sound Machine, and suddenly you feel ready to party once more.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2015

From Ibibio southward, the natives sent messages to Mary.

From White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor by A. J. Bueltmann

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