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Igbo Fashion

2011-02-03T15:44:00.000-08:00

Igboland is the home of the Igbo people and it covers most of Southeast Nigeria. This area is divided by the Niger River into two unequal sections - the eastern region and the midwestern region. The river, however, has not acted as a barrier to cultural unity; rather it has provided an easy means of communication.

Igbo tribes history
The question of the origin of Igbo people has not been fully answered but there are very intriguing theories or histories that are now being studied in order to ascertain the origin of the Igbo people

There is a school of thoughts that linked the origin of the Igbo people to Jewish state of Israel. Also, there is another one which claimed that the Igbo people might have migrated from Egypt during the stone age era.

All these aside, historians have located the Igbos originally around the Niger-Benue confluence; thence, due to population pressure, they migrated through the Niger. Igbos during the migration moved from Egypt, through the Sudan and southwards to their present location.

It has become a part of the history that the Igbos have manifested their zest for adventure and industry in their roles as national public servants, educators, captains of industry and commerce, philanthropists, and have contributed in no small measure both to the emancipation of Nigeria from colonial rule and the progress of developing the country.

Igbos are culturally rich people and they are surrounded on all sides by other tribes like Bini, Warri, Ijaw etc.

Nigeria Igbo tribes people and culture
Igbo people are industrious, friendly and educated people and they played an important role in Nigeria political development.

The Igbos have many cultures, which are further divided into many groups, due to dialects and boundaries among the eastern states in particular. They have their traditional way of welcoming visitors, which is usually offering kola to guests, even before they made their mission known.

Igbo people has a dynamic and fascinating cultural heritage that says lots about them, and most of the Igbo people are Christians.

The Igbo people have a melodic music style, into which they incorporate various percussion instruments; the Udu, which is essentially designed from a clay jug; an Ekwe, which is formed from a hollowed log; and the Ogene, a hand bell designed from forged iron.

Other instruments include Opi - a wind instrument similar to the flute; Igba, and Ichaka. They also have a style of music called Ikorodo, which involves a vocal performance accompanied by several musical instruments.

Another musical form among the Igbos is Highlife, which is a fusion of jazz and traditional music and widely popular in West Africa.

Nigeria Igbo tribes major towns and cities
Most of the cities and towns in eastern Nigeria are predominantly occupied by the Igbo people. Amongst these main cities are: Enugu City - The Coal City, Owerri, Onitsha, Asaba, Anambra, Abia, Abakaliki, Yenogoa, Orlu etc. Others in the South-Eastern Nigeria are Calabar, Port Harcourt, Uyo, Eket, Bonny Island, Ikot Ekpene, Abak.

Nigeria's Fulani/Hausa tribe

2011-02-03T15:34:00.000-08:00

The women and girls of this tribe are said to be the most gentle, docile creatures on the continent. They are also known as peacemakers. The Fulani are said to be a group of West African pastoralists. They are a nomadic people who migrated from the Arabic North of Africa. The Fulani of Nigeria have their own distinct biogenic characteristics, these are light-skinned, pointed noses, thin lips, curly hair and slender physique...

Glamorous Yoruba Nigerian Women Dress

2011-02-03T15:30:00.000-08:00

Nigeria is a country made of 3 major ethnic groups. These ethnic groups are Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo. These groups have different unique attires. Today, I present to you the unique, glamorous and gorgeous attire of the Yoruba women of Nigeria.

These attires come in different styles and fabrics. They are worn to different occasions. The 3-piece Nigeria Buba and wrapper with matching gele (head-tie). Stunningly beautiful embroidery on buba as well as the buba sleeves, and matching head-wrap.

Cotton brocade. 4-piece traditional African wedding outfit for women. Buba (blouse) and Iro (wrapper) with lace fabric, Gele (head-gear) and Ipele (shawl) made of hand-loomed Aso oke fabric.

Nigerian Fashion: A Designers Paradise

2011-02-03T14:49:00.000-08:00

As some say, fashion passes, but in the end, style remains. A cry has risen from the whole of the African continent for definitive African fashion; a style all their own. With the influx of influence from the West,
the time has come for the African fashion houses to show what they've got. Several designers have come forward to accept this challenge and are producing incredible new inspirational designs. The true shame is that only a few of them get noticed outside their sphere of influence. Several Nigerian designers have left the nation and hit it big and have tried to direct their good fortune back home, with some great successes.

Nigerians have always been fashionable people, and style is becoming an increasingly popular concern. With Nigerian designers being noticed more, the fashion industry has come to recognize their fresh talent by bringing major fashion events to Nigeria's cities. These events not only bring the spotlight to bear in Nigeria's rising stars, but in their own way recognize the potential that has lain dormant for so long within the Nigerian people. It is very obvious just by walking down the street that just about half of Nigeria's population is concerned with being fashionable. And it's not just the younger generations that are concerned with their looks. Not when one day anyone can have their picture taken and wind up as best or worst dressed in the fashion section of a magazine.