Culture is the customs, ideas, values, character, practices, traditions and norms of a people, society or social group. It encompasses the visual art, music, dance forms, attire, cuisine, language, ...

Although diverse, some of these cultures share similar beliefs; an excellent example of such is the concept of death, reincarnation, and the afterlife. Reincarnation is a concept of belief that when a ...

A group of people in traditional Igbo attire during the 2024 Igbo Day festival. This year's festival is happening on Saturday, Aug. 9, at Belcher Park in Randolph. Twenty-six years ago, Ejike Eze ...

Nigeria is arguably one of the many countries in the world with more than a hundred different languages and ethnicities. Nigeria is home to many cultures, with diversity in food, language, customs, ...

Read the first part of this series on the pioneers of Igbo highlife music here. Igbo highlife provided comfort and hope for the Igbos, an ethnic group living mainly in southeastern Nigeria, after a ...

It was a celebration of Igbo rich cultural heritage at the cultural fiesta organised by the Catholic Youths Organisation of Nigeria (CYON) at the Saint Francis Catholic Church, Enugu-Ukwu, Anambra ...

Getting married in the Nigerian Igbo culture is an important deal, especially for women. It symbolizes coming of age, prosperity, community, trust, and many more emotions that can only be experienced ...

Machine generated contents note: ch. One Introduction -- a. Historical And Ethnographical Background -- b. The Cultural and Ideological Bases of Igbo Expansion and Enterprise -- ch. Two The Theories ...

The beat of drums carried across a Brandon, Man., ballroom Saturday as Igbo dancers in bright regalia celebrated the New Yam Festival — a ritual that is both a taste of home for Nigerian families and ...

Twenty-six years ago, Ejike Eze moved to Boston from Nigeria. He soon found a support system away from home among a group of immigrants who shared his background as members of the Igbo ethnic group — ...