Ibo
Americannoun
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Ibos,
plural
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Ibo
plural
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a member of an Indigenous Black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
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the language of the Ibo, a Kwa language.
noun
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a member of a Negroid people of W Africa, living chiefly in S Nigeria
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the language of this people, belonging to the Kwa branch of the Niger-Congo family: one of the chief literary and cultural languages of S Nigeria
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If Obi wins, he would be the first Ibo president of Nigeria since it returned to democracy.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 24, 2023
That groove went on to inspire much of subsequent reggae, distinctly heard in works by Sugar Minott, Ibo Cooper, Gregory Isaacs and Dennis Brown.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2022
A different video introduced me to Ibo Landing, a legend that 75 Igbo warriors died by mass suicide instead of being enslaved, and another to Yasuke, the first Black samurai.
From Slate ● Mar. 11, 2021
Ibo is a dance that represents freedom in tribute to the country's status as the world's first black republic, independent since 1804.
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2019
I settle into Mom’s office and look up the Ibo references on the Internet.
From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass
When the Eastern Region of Nigeria seceded in 1967 and the civil war broke out, many of the Ibos in Ondo fled in fear of reprisals.
From US News ● Sep. 29, 2016
The move also deprived the Ibos of control over much of the oil that was making Nigeria rich.
From Time Magazine Archive
The British say that their departure would bring the Moslem Hausa tribe down from the north to dominate the Ibos and Yorubas.
From Time Magazine Archive
When the war ended, the defeated Biafran leader, Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu,* bitterly boasted that the Ibos would rebel again.
From Time Magazine Archive
Laura, Roger, and Jonah take turns reciting the story of the Ibos and their plight.
From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass
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