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    Odinala (redirect from Igbo myths)
    Omenala, Odinana, and Omenana (Igbo: Ọdịnanị/Ọ̀dị̀nàlà), is the traditional cultural belief and practice of the Igbo people of south east Nigeria. These...
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    the Igbo people (known as Orureshi in Idoma, or Iwa ji, Iri ji, Ike ji, or Otute depending on dialect) is an annual cultural festival by the Igbo people...
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  • Nelly Uchendu (category Igbo singers)
    Nigerian singer, composer and actress. Revered for modernising traditional Igbo folk music, Uchendu rose to prominence upon the release of her 1976 song "Love...
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  • Ekpili (category Igbo music)
    is a style of folk genre of music which has its origins from the Igbo people in the Southeastern part of Nigeria. This style of Igbo folk music is characterized...
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    Igbo Landing (also called Ibo Landing, Ebo Landing, or Ebos Landing) is a historic site at Dunbar Creek on St. Simons Island, Glynn County, Georgia. It...
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    Igbo Jews are members of the Igbo people of Nigeria who practice Judaism. It is a tenet of their beliefs that they have ties to one of the lost tribes...
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  • Igbo people in Jamaica were trafficked by Europeans onto the island between the 18th and 19th centuries as enslaved labour on plantations. Igbo people...
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  • Igwebuike, Ebuka Elias (2017). "Metaphor, Identity and Ideologies in Igbo Folk Music". Muziki. 14 (1): 62. ISSN 1812-5980. "BBC NEWS – Africa – Timeline:...
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  • Mike Ejeagha (category Igbo guitarists)
    my run during the war". BBC News Igbo. Adebayo, Adebiyi (22 July 2024). "Here's all you need to know about Igbo Folk music legend Gentleman Mike Ejeagha"...
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    linguistic diversity of the Igbo community. The roots of Igbo literature trace back to ancient oral traditions that included chants, folk songs, narrative poetry...
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    Teresa Meniru (category Igbo people)
    Other Stories. Evans Bros. 1971. ISBN 9780237289270. Ọmalinze: a book of Igbo folk-tales. Oxford University Press. 1971. OCLC 891419936. Unoma. Evans Bros...
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  • Ikorodo (category Igbo music)
    traditional Igbo musical ensemble. The genre is entrenched within the cultural fabric of the Nsukka people in Enugu State, Nigeria. The traditional folk genre...
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    taking place in the Nigerian film industry, be it in English, Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo, Itsekiri, Edo, Efik, Ijaw, Urhobo, Ibibio, Annang or any other of the over...
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    Fuji, Jùjú, Afrobeat, Afrobeats, Igbo highlife, Afro-juju, Waka, Igbo rap, Gospel,Nigerian pop and Yo-pop. Styles of folk music are related to the over 250...
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  • rumba Coupé-Décalé Fuji music Genge Gnawa Gqom Gumbe Highlife Hiplife Igbo highlife Igbo rap Ikorodo Ikwokirikwo Isicathamiya Jit Jùjú Kadongo Kamu Kizomba...
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  • Ka Esi Le Onye Isi Oche (category Igbo culture)
    "Ka Esi Le Onye Isi Oche" (English: "How the chairman was sold") is an Igbo highlife song by Nigerian musician Mike Ejeagha. Released in 1983 as part of...
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  • Clogging (category American folk dances)
    Montpelier: Igbo Africans in Virginia, University Press of Mississippi, ISBN 978-1578067060 Chuku, Gloria (17 August 2012), "Enslaved Igbo and the Foundation...
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    soup, chilli paste in Togo, bitter leaf soup or with either okro, ọgbọnọ (Igbo)/ apọn (Yorùbá), or ewédú, meat or fish, stewed vegetables or other sauces...
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  • Uche Okeke (category Igbo painters)
    Award 1972 Illustrator of the Year 1972, for Tales of Land of Death, Igbo Folk Tales, published by Doubleday, New York, awarded by National UNESCO Commission's...
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    New Yam Festivals in Nigeria (category Igbo cuisine)
    a woman's hand in marriage. The festival is mostly celebrated among the Igbo people due to different spiritual ideologies surrounding Yams, as told by...
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    dashiki that is worn by many groups in Africa. The traditional attire of Igbo men includes an isiagu patterned with embroidered lion heads, usually worn...
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  • Ibrahim in various languages: İbrahim Tatlıses, a Kurdish pop-folk singer also known as "Ibo" Igbo (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles...
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  • derived from mispronunciations of his surname, meaning "God is king" in Igbo. In his childhood, he was inspired by watching music videos on 106 & Park...
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  • mythology Akan mythology Dahomean mythology Dogon mythology Efik mythology Igbo mythology Serer mythology Urhobo mythology Yoruba mythology Candomblé Hoodoo...
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    Religion and folklore Islam Christianity Judaism Igbo Jews Irreligion Secularism Folk beliefs Art Arts Igbo-Ukwu Kingdom of Benin Yoruba Architecture Cuisine...
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    rice. Coconut-jollof rice is particularly often eaten by riverine and some Igbo Nigerians. UNESCO recognized Senegal's version of jollof, thieboudienne,...
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    Abacha (food) (category Igbo cuisine)
    // , also known as African salad, is a type of food originating with the Igbos in the south eastern part of Nigeria. Abacha is a product of cassava tubers...
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    Island with captive Africans from Nigeria, including a cargo of Igbo people. Some of the Igbo people chose suicide rather than a lifetime of slavery by walking...
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    The kola nut (Yoruba: obi, Dagbani: guli, Hausa: goro, Igbo: ọjị, Sängö: gôro, Swahili: mukezu) is the seed of certain species of plant of the genus Cola...
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    Chinua Achebe (category Igbo academics)
    titled Igbo chief himself, his style relies heavily on the Igbo oral tradition, and combines straightforward narration with representations of folk stories...
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