- a variation of Ibo.
Igbo
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Igbos,
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Igbo
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It also relied on the expertise of the BBC's Igbo service, Igbo historians and features first-hand accounts from survivors, some of whom have never spoken publicly about their trauma before.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
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
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
He highlighted the role of Major John Obienu, an ethnic Igbo officer, who played a key role in quelling the coup, revealing that many senior Igbo officers were also killed in the mutiny.
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2025
She could not believe how easy it had been to deny who they were, to shrug off being Igbo.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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
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
Igbos make up the country's third largest ethnic group, but Nigeria has had only one Igbo leader, largely ceremonial, since it freed itself from British colonial rule in 1960.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 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
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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