Ibibio people
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Key facts
- Nigeria
- 8,000,000
- Ghana
- 100,000
- Cameroon
- 120,000
- Equatorial guinea
- 19,600
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- ethnic group
- Has part
- Anang people
- Country
- Nigeria
- Located in
- Cross River State
- Image
- Akwa Ibom.jpg
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- Commons category
- Ibibio people
- language used
- Ibibio
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Encyclopedic overview
Ibibio mask from the Passaré collection, Milan The Ibibio people (/ɪbɪˈbi.oʊ/ ih-bih-BEE-oh), also known as the Ibom are a coastal people in southern Nigeria. They are mostly found in Akwa Ibom, Cross River, and the eastern part of Abia State. During the colonial period in Nigeria, the Ibibio Union asked for recognition by the British as a sovereign nation.
Ibibio given names
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ibibio people” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.