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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If Obi wins, he would be the first Ibo president of Nigeria since it returned to democracy.
From Washington Post • Feb. 24, 2023
In a kebab shop in London, Ibo says rising bills and fewer customers splashing out on his takeaway burgers, kebabs and chips are a worry.
From BBC • Jan. 13, 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
Over the weekend I work on the Ibo slave-ship painting and try to catch up on some homework.
From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass
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