Ibo
Americannoun
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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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Dr Ibo admitted it was his colleagues - there are 35 doctors and 60 nurses at Saudi Hospital - who kept him going.
From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2025
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
“We may have a new middle class, but what is it built on?” asked Ibo Blazicevic, president of Bolivia’s National Chamber of Industries.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 8, 2019
Like when Ibo, a 23-year-old Gambian, sings Bob Marley’s “One Love” — and others follow with classical Bangladeshi songs and Shakira’s “Waka, Waka.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 17, 2017
“And, uh, I used watercolor paint because it can wash away easily, just like the memory of the Ibo revolt unless we keep studying it.”
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
Though the Ibos no longer dominate Nigerian commerce or the civil service as they did before the war, they are reconciled to the new order.
From Time Magazine Archive
After Biafra fell, there were fears that many of the surviving 4,000,000 Ibos there would be slaughtered or starved.
From Time Magazine Archive
The move also deprived the Ibos of control over much of the oil that was making Nigeria rich.
From Time Magazine Archive
After a while no one has anything left to say about the Ibos, so we move into the den and watch videos.
From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass
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