Most Igbo are farmers. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Enyi = jigong at Lofthall, fired by Halling (name means friend in Igbo). From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-12-12] Reference
For example, in Igbo, you call your older brother (and I think sister) Dede or Dede + Brother's name. From Wordnik.com. ["I am Aunty Mary"] Reference
This lady that I admire so much married into an Igbo family. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-03-01] Reference
Igbo from southeast Nigeria, will be sworn in on Monday by Vice. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The war erupted when an ethnic Igbo commander, Lieutenant-Colonel. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Biafra for the Igbo, one of Nigeria's three largest ethnic groups. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Nigeria has four official languages: English, Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » The Spelling Problem] Reference
I'm not suggesting I consciously mine Igbo lore to organize my project. From Wordnik.com. ['Fanon'] Reference
Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, Fulani, and Ijaw are the most widely used Nigerian languages. From Wordnik.com. [Gender Sensitivity Among Nigerian Ethnic Group « Illiteracy Articles « Articles « Literacy News] Reference
Part of the problem was that her Igbo wasn't good enough to discuss people's uterus. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Mission: To Teach Birth Control In Nigeria] Reference
Service is conducted in both English and Igbo, the dominant language in this region. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 25, 2003] Reference
Clinton, as an Igbo man, I know your plans and there is no point staying in the race. From Wordnik.com. [Clinton reviewing 'options' - but says superdelegates could shift] Reference
You and Obiora are both known for exploring a style of traditional Igbo art called uli. From Wordnik.com. [Out of the Darkness] Reference
The (brave enough) Igbo talk about it and the non-Igbo think the Igbo should get over it. From Wordnik.com. [Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - An interview with author] Reference
Chris said to Allie "Which drum are you going to carry, your djembe or that new Igbo one?". From Wordnik.com. [DATE MYRA SHOWS UP] Reference
In Nigeria, for instance, you are Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa, or the other over 500 ethnic groups. From Wordnik.com. [African blessings] Reference
Here in Nigeria, as an Igbo man, Please make u no forget us for your will wey you go write. From Wordnik.com. [Blitzer: Obama says Kennedy news was 'heartbreaking'] Reference
My mother was Yoruba and my father Igbo, so technically she is a foreigner in that culture. From Wordnik.com. [Of Death, Rights and the Future] Reference
These actions infuriated the Igbo of the eastern region, who began a movement for secession. From Wordnik.com. [I. Africa, 1941-2000] Reference
Igbo from the rest of Nigeria have been charged with treason, court officials said Wednesday. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
In 1966, a coup instituted a military regime, which appeared to be dominated by Igbo officers. From Wordnik.com. [I. Africa, 1941-2000] Reference
Igbo army officers staged an unsuccessful coup in which Prime Minister Balewa was assassinated. From Wordnik.com. [17. Nigeria] Reference
Nigerians are not Xhosa; Nigerians speak Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba, Kanuri and English, among others. From Wordnik.com. [What I disliked about District 9 « Digital immigrant] Reference
The first coup, in 1966, included among its members several officers belonging to the Igbo tribe. From Wordnik.com. [The Trouble] Reference
Igbo migrants in the predominantly Muslim north, killings that claimed several thousand Igbo lives. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
It is when Africans are in diaspora that they shed being Igbo or Kikuyi or Guva and become African. From Wordnik.com. [African blessings] Reference
Unlike your art, which draws so heavily on Igbo tradition, your fiction has a very modern feel to it. From Wordnik.com. [Out of the Darkness] Reference
Her experimentation with the dual mandate of English and Igbo in perennial discourse is a case in point. From Wordnik.com. [Half of a Yellow Sun: Summary and book reviews of Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.] Reference
Next, life in an Igbo community is detailed with great examples of headdresses, textiles, drums, and masks. From Wordnik.com. [Slavery Museum in Liverpool] Reference
The reintegration of the Igbo back into the federal fold of Nigeria was the one shining success of this story. From Wordnik.com. [I. Africa, 1941-2000] Reference
Richard, on the other hand, wants to be African, learns to speak Igbo, and says "we" when he speaks of Biafra. From Wordnik.com. [Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Questions] Reference
Its meaning for my Igbo people was clear to me, but I didn't know how other people elsewhere would respond to it. From Wordnik.com. [An African Voice] Reference
The students and teachers most vocal about the issues that touched off the civil war tend to be Igbo, like Ibenye. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Speaking for Igbo and Yoruba on this list, which are Nigerian languages, I've never met a Nigerian who wasn't at least bi-lingual. From Wordnik.com. [Taking Multi-Culturalism Too Far?] Reference
My Igbo people say that "if a man did not know where the rains started beating him, he would not know where it stopped beating him". From Wordnik.com. [Why I blog about Africa] Reference
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