- a variation of Ibo.
Igbo
Americannoun
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Igbos,
plural
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Igbo
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noun
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That rebellion was crushed but demands for an independent state for the Igbo people of the region continued as some Igbos continue to feel that they are marginalised by the Nigerian state.
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2025
He had a prolific career but struggled with feeling typecast, he told BBC News Igbo back in 2021, which made him turn to content creation as a way to find more freedom.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2025
Mr Chukwudi told the BBC's Igbo service that an ambulance was called to Nwobu's hotel in the town of Benoni, near Johannesburg, after he was discovered alone in his room "gasping for breath".
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2025
There are over 250 ethnic groups in the country with Hausa-Fulanis, Igbo and Yoruba – hailing from the north, south-east and south-west respectively - being the three largest.
From BBC ● May 26, 2025
His accent was thicker than Alice’s, and Olanna understood his Igbo a moment after he had spoken.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Kanu’s trial reechoed allegations of marginalization in Nigeria’s southeast region made up of the Igbos, Nigeria’s third-largest ethnic group who are mainly Christians.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2022
The minorities of Nigeria’s Delta region, including Ekong’s people, the Annang, had found themselves within the Republic of Biafra, a secessionist state declared by ethnic Igbos.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 2, 2021
The Igbos had been fighting for secession from Nigeria, but lost what was a brutal conflict between 1967-1970.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2021
Many Igbos believe they have Jewish heritage as one of the so-called 10 lost tribes of Israel, though most are not practising Jews like Mr Yaakov.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2021
I learn that they are also called Igbos, and that they believed that after their death, the gods would return their souls to Africa.
From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass
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