Ijaw
Americannoun
plural
Ijaws,plural
IjawExample Sentences
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Eurasia Group, Henshaw and Patterson Ogun, founding director of the Ijaw Council for Human Rights, said locals were unlikely to blow up pipelines.
From Reuters
The Ijaw Youth Council, which represents local people, said it expected thousands more cuts as other oil majors retrench.
From Reuters
People from ethnic groups along the coast, such as the Efik and Ijaw, usually acted as stevedores for the white merchants and as middlemen for Igbo traders like my great-grandfather.
From BBC
He remembered the Ijaw and Efik men he had spoken to at a bank in Owerri, who said the Igbo would dominate them when Biafra was established.
From Literature
When they looked at him doubtfully, he mentioned the army general who was Efik, the director who was Ijaw, the minority soldiers who were fighting so brilliantly for the cause.
From Literature
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