Igbo fowk
The Igbo fowk, eften spelled an pronoonced "Ibo" (acause the Europeans haed difficulty makin the /ɡ͡b/ soond),[2] are an ethnic group o soothren Nigerie directly indigenous tae East an Wast o the lawer Niger River, wi very significant population foond in the eastren side o the river.[3]
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| Tot population | |
|---|---|
| (c. 32 million (est.)) | |
| Regions wi signeeficant populations | |
| Nigerie: 32 million (2015)[1] | |
| Leids | |
| Releegion | |
| Primarily Christianity, sometimes syncretised wi indigenous Igbo releegion an belief seestems | |
| Relatit ethnic groups | |
| ither Cross River groups o sootheastren Nigerie (Ibibio, Efik, Annang, Ogoni); mair remotely the YEAI group within Volta-Niger. |
References
eedit- ↑ Nigeria Archived 2020-08-31 at the Wayback Machine at CIA World Factbook: "Igbo 18%" out of a population of 177 million (2014 estimate)
- ↑ Isichei, Elizabeth (1978). Igbo Worlds. Institute for the Study of Human Issues.
- ↑ Chigere, Nkem Hyginus (2000). Foreign Missionary Background and Indigenous Evangelization in Igboland: Igboland and The Igbo People of Nigeria. Transaction Publishers, USA. p. 17. ISBN 3-8258-4964-3. Retrieved 17 Januar 2016.