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The Igbo:
Early settlement in Igboland dates to 4500 B.C. The Igbo people were
mostly farmers and craftsmen making their livings off of trade amongst other
Igbo tribes and the world. In the mid-nineteenth century Nigeria was colonized
by the Europeans (British). The Europeans influenced man traditions of Igboland.
For example the British revised Igboland’s government from several rulers to
one. This warranted the Igbo ruler to employ chiefs and dignitaries to presume
over Igboland. The British also exposed the Igbo to the religion of
Christianity. The Igbo’s no longer believed in a multitude of gods, but now one.
In 1960 the British withdrew from Nigeria leaving Igboland with Christianity and
a new government. Many Igbo natives declined the transformations by the British
on their homeland and moved to the populated northern Muslim states. The Muslim’s did not like the southern tribes and so the Muslims annihilated Igbo’s who were in the northern states. Many Igbo’s scurried to Igboland and were confronted with the Biafra War in 1967. It was under leadership of politician, Odumegwu Ojukwu. He was to help contain the hostility between the
north and south, and he succeeded. The Biafra ended in 1970, but left Igboland’s
members loss and demoralized. Many starved loss property, and military ranks. Even though the war left Igboland
demoralizing it pushed the Igbo’s to move on and start a new journey. Today the
Igbo flourish on their cultural festivities in the region of the Enugu state.
Early settlement in Igboland dates to 4500 B.C. The Igbo people were
mostly farmers and craftsmen making their livings off of trade amongst other
Igbo tribes and the world. In the mid-nineteenth century Nigeria was colonized
by the Europeans (British). The Europeans influenced man traditions of Igboland.
For example the British revised Igboland’s government from several rulers to
one. This warranted the Igbo ruler to employ chiefs and dignitaries to presume
over Igboland. The British also exposed the Igbo to the religion of
Christianity. The Igbo’s no longer believed in a multitude of gods, but now one.
In 1960 the British withdrew from Nigeria leaving Igboland with Christianity and
a new government. Many Igbo natives declined the transformations by the British
on their homeland and moved to the populated northern Muslim states. The Muslim’s did not like the southern tribes and so the Muslims annihilated Igbo’s who were in the northern states. Many Igbo’s scurried to Igboland and were confronted with the Biafra War in 1967. It was under leadership of politician, Odumegwu Ojukwu. He was to help contain the hostility between the
north and south, and he succeeded. The Biafra ended in 1970, but left Igboland’s
members loss and demoralized. Many starved loss property, and military ranks. Even though the war left Igboland
demoralizing it pushed the Igbo’s to move on and start a new journey. Today the
Igbo flourish on their cultural festivities in the region of the Enugu state.