Igbos are an African ethnic group of over 30 million people in Nigeria, Niger to east of underflow lives mainly in interrupted from savannah rain forest. The term of ethnicity as the language spoken by their speakers. However, the correct usage is Igbos . The language of belongs to family of Igbo languages and enjoys the status of national language of Nigeria - Hausa and Yoruba addition (Igbo culture).
Most Igbos groups lived, like their neighbors in egalitarian, largely democratic social structures: in autonomous settlements without a central authority, each extended family for himself as an independent unit under the leadership of one or a family elders. The affairs of village community were decided by a council of elders, composed of both men and women.
Among the representatives of Igbos - many well-known politicians in Nigeria, as well as British writer, sailor and fighter for the abolition of slave Olaudah Ekiano. In 1970s, on the basis of linguistic and cultural data was felt that neighborhood Owerri, Auca, Udi, Eagle is the "Heart Igbos ."
There are several types of housing. Traditional accommodation rectangular or circular in plan. The walls are constructed of poles, which are coated with clay. Roofs are covered with grass, palm leaves, corrugated iron. In northern parts of dobe dwellings. At the western Igbos and near Onitsha - rectangular in plan, walls of clay roof gable or hipped, covered with grass or palm leaves. In area of housing Ogoja square or circular in plan, with a cone-shaped, covered with grass roof.
Walls of building or poles which are then coated with clay or a clay alone. In some parts of exterior walls of homes decorated ornament in form of mosaic of fragments of plates, shells and so on. D. Distributed new type of dwelling - rectangular in plan house with windows and doors. Traditional type - one-undifferentiated building - gives way to multi-chamber. On the site there are outbuildings for storage products.
Traditional clothing: men - over a shirt wide spacious cape, women wear jackets and skirt is a piece of cloth around the hips. Distributed as Western-style clothes, especially in urban areas. The main food plant - yams, cassava, corn (porridge, stew), various vegetables. Eating fish also. Cooking oil used oil palm, spicy seasonings. There are still many Igbos folklore festivals, and almost all genres of folklore. Arts and Crafts presents a variety of masks (abstract, anthropomorphic, masks helmets), totem poles ikeng, clay and wood sculpture.
Igbos are one of largest and most influential ethnic groups in Nigeria. In connection with the consequences of migration and the Transatlantic Slave descendants Igbo ethnic groups settled in countries such as Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea, as well as outside of Africa. Their exact number is not known outside of Africa, but today, many African-Americans and people of African-Caribbean origin - Igbos . In rural areas, mainly Igbos - farmers.
The most important tuber crops in Africa places of residence of Igbos is yam; celebration in honor of harvest yams are held annually. Other essential crops are cassava and taro. Prior to British colonization Igbos were politically fragmented groups. There were changes in culture, for example, in artistic styles, clothes and religious practice. Subgroups of Igbos formed by belonging to clans leave, to any village or linguistic criteria, such as dialect.
Most Igbos groups lived, like their neighbors in egalitarian, largely democratic social structures: in autonomous settlements without a central authority, each extended family for himself as an independent unit under the leadership of one or a family elders. The affairs of village community were decided by a council of elders, composed of both men and women.
Among the representatives of Igbos - many well-known politicians in Nigeria, as well as British writer, sailor and fighter for the abolition of slave Olaudah Ekiano. In 1970s, on the basis of linguistic and cultural data was felt that neighborhood Owerri, Auca, Udi, Eagle is the "Heart Igbos ."
There are several types of housing. Traditional accommodation rectangular or circular in plan. The walls are constructed of poles, which are coated with clay. Roofs are covered with grass, palm leaves, corrugated iron. In northern parts of dobe dwellings. At the western Igbos and near Onitsha - rectangular in plan, walls of clay roof gable or hipped, covered with grass or palm leaves. In area of housing Ogoja square or circular in plan, with a cone-shaped, covered with grass roof.
Walls of building or poles which are then coated with clay or a clay alone. In some parts of exterior walls of homes decorated ornament in form of mosaic of fragments of plates, shells and so on. D. Distributed new type of dwelling - rectangular in plan house with windows and doors. Traditional type - one-undifferentiated building - gives way to multi-chamber. On the site there are outbuildings for storage products.
Traditional clothing: men - over a shirt wide spacious cape, women wear jackets and skirt is a piece of cloth around the hips. Distributed as Western-style clothes, especially in urban areas. The main food plant - yams, cassava, corn (porridge, stew), various vegetables. Eating fish also. Cooking oil used oil palm, spicy seasonings. There are still many Igbos folklore festivals, and almost all genres of folklore. Arts and Crafts presents a variety of masks (abstract, anthropomorphic, masks helmets), totem poles ikeng, clay and wood sculpture.
Igbos are one of largest and most influential ethnic groups in Nigeria. In connection with the consequences of migration and the Transatlantic Slave descendants Igbo ethnic groups settled in countries such as Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea, as well as outside of Africa. Their exact number is not known outside of Africa, but today, many African-Americans and people of African-Caribbean origin - Igbos . In rural areas, mainly Igbos - farmers.
The most important tuber crops in Africa places of residence of Igbos is yam; celebration in honor of harvest yams are held annually. Other essential crops are cassava and taro. Prior to British colonization Igbos were politically fragmented groups. There were changes in culture, for example, in artistic styles, clothes and religious practice. Subgroups of Igbos formed by belonging to clans leave, to any village or linguistic criteria, such as dialect.
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