- a variation of Ibo.
Igbo
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Igbos,
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Igbo
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noun
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Once a relatively obscure figure, he came to national prominence in 2009 when he started Radio Biafra, a station that called for an independent state for the Igbo people, broadcast to Nigeria from London.
From BBC ● Nov. 20, 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
One student, Favour Eke, told BBC Igbo that 10 of the 165 questions didn't appear on the screen - all she could see was the multiple choice options for the answers.
From BBC ● May 15, 2025
The company’s name melds their two cultures — David is of Yoruba and Igbo descent, and Jessica is Anglo-Saxon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2025
All Ugwu needed was the deep voice, the melody of the English-inflected Igbo, the glint of the thick eyeglasses.
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
He argues that as evidence suggests the Igbos were among those who migrated out of Egypt several thousand years ago, it may be that Jews picked up Igbo customs when they went there.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2021
Official recognition by Israel of the fraction of Igbos like him as Jews would help the religious community become more organised in Nigeria.
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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