Igbo Architecture are architectural styles developed by the Igbo people. Igbo architecture refers to the distinctive architectural styles, designs, and...
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The Igbo people (English: /ˈiːboʊ/ EE-boh, US also /ˈɪɡboʊ/ IG-boh; also spelled Ibo and historically also Iboe, Ebo, Eboe, Eboans, Heebo; natively Ńdị́...
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Igbo culture (Igbo: Ọmenala ndị Igbo) are the customs, practices and traditions of the Igbo people of southeastern Nigeria. It consists of ancient practices...
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sometimes perfumed to accommodate visitors. Depending on the area Igbo architecture in terms of town organization includes typically a settlement pattern...
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Odinala (redirect from Igbo myths)
Odinana, and Omenana (Igbo: Ọdịnanị/Ọ̀dị̀nàlà), is the traditional cultural belief and practice of the Igbo people of south east and Igbo people of south south...
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The archaeology of Igbo-Ukwu is the study of an archaeological site located in a town of the same name: Igbo-Ukwu, an Igbo town in Anambra State in southeastern...
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facilities such as kitchens. Igbo architecture uses similar construction techniques and materials as Yoruba architecture, but varies significantly in...
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Igbo art (Igbo: Ǹkà Igbo) is any piece of visual art originating from the Igbo people. The Igbo produce a wide variety of art including traditional figures...
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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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Nsude pyramid shrines (redirect from Igbo Pyramids)
in modern-day Enugu. These pyramid-shaped shrines were constructed by the Igbo people. In the 1930s an anthropologist and colonial administrator in the...
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Igbo literature encompasses both oral and written works of fiction and nonfiction created by the Igbo people in the Igbo language. This literary tradition...
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Impluvium (category Ancient Greek architecture)
related to Impluvia. Ancient Roman architecture Ancient Greek architecture Igbo Architecture Yoruba architecture Benin Kingdom Gagarin, Michael (2009)...
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language History of Nigeria Holidays in Nigeria Hyam Language Igbo architecture Igbo language Igbo people Igboid languages Igboland Ijaw people Ijaw languages...
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The history of architecture traces the changes in architecture through various traditions, regions, overarching stylistic trends, and dates. The beginnings...
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Music of Nigeria (section Igbo)
music, Were music, Ogene, Fuji, Jùjú, Afrobeat, Afrobeats, Igbo highlife, Afro-juju, Waka, Igbo rap, Gospel, Nigerian pop and Yo-pop. Styles of folk music...
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Culture of Nigeria (section Igbo culture)
Central Africa. The Fulani and the Hausa are almost entirely Muslim, while the Igbo are almost completely Christian and so are the Bini and the Ibibio. The Yoruba...
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Dmochowski (1990). An Introduction to Nigerian Traditional Architecture: South-Eastern Nigeria, the Igbo-speaking Areas. Ethnographica Limited. ISBN 978-0-905788-28-9...
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Chike Aniakor (category Igbo painters)
deriving from Igbo culture. His early exposure to Igbo traditions fostered his interest in their dance, art, ritual, and architectural styles. From 1960...
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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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Mbari (art) (category Igbo art)
the Igbo people in southeast Nigeria consisting of a sacred two- story house constructed as a propitiatory rite. Mbari houses of the Owerri-Igbo, which...
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West Africa (redirect from West African traditional architecture)
Igbo state in modern-day Nigeria. The Kingdom of Nri was a West African medieval state in present-day southeastern Nigeria and a subgroup of the Igbo...
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Kingdom of Nri (category Articles containing Igbo-language text)
The Kingdom of Nri (Igbo: Ọ̀ràézè Ǹrì) was a medieval polity located in what is now Nigeria. The kingdom existed as a sphere of religious and political...
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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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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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encompasses writers in a number of languages spoken in Nigeria including Igbo, Urhobo, Yoruba, Hausa and Nupe. Things Fall Apart (1958) by Chinua Achebe...
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Mbari house (section Architectural style)
Native to the Owerri-Igbo community in Southeast Nigeria, Mbari houses are temporary, spacious, open-sided, square-shaped designed shelters, constructed...
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live mostly in the south; indigenous religions, such as those native to the Igbo and Yoruba ethnicities, are in the minority. Nigerians come from multiple...
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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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Enugu (city) (category Articles containing Igbo-language text)
Enugu (/eɪˈnuːɡuː/ ay-NOO-goo; Igbo: Enụgwụ) is the capital city of Enugu State in Nigeria. The city had a population of 4690100 spread across the three...
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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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