The Itsekiri (also called the Isekiri, iJekri, Itsekri, Ishekiri, or Itsekhiri) are one of the Yoruboid subgroup of Nigeria's Niger Delta area, They speak a Yoruboid language and can be found in Delta State.[3] The Itsekiris presently number 1 million people [4] and live mainly in the Warri South, Warri North and Warri South West local government districts of Delta State on the Atlantic coast of Nigeria.[5]
Large Itsekiri communities and population can also be found in 5 other local government areas of delta state Okpe Local Government , Uvwie Local Government, Udu Local Government, Sapele Local Government, Ethiope West Local Government Areas in Delta Central senatorial district, Delta State Nigeria. Other significant communities of Itsekiris can be found in parts of Edo and Ondo states and in various other Nigerian cities including Lagos, Benin City, Port Harcourt and Abuja. Many people of Itsekiri descent also reside in the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada. The Itsekiris are closely related to the Yoruba of South Western Nigeria and also close to the Urhobo people and Edo peoples.[6]
The Itsekiris traditionally refer to their land as the Kingdom of Warri or 'Iwere' as its proper name – which is geographically contiguous to the area covered by the three Warri local government districts. The area is a key centre of Nigeria's crude oil and natural gas production and petroleum refining and the main town Warri (a multi-ethnic metropolis) forms the industrial and commercial nucleus of the Delta State region.[7]
^"Itsekiri Kingdom Town in Delta Nigeria Guide". www.nigeriagalleria.com. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
^Contributor, Pulse (25 March 2022). "Itsekiri people: Kingdom History and culture of the Iwere". Pulse Nigeria. Retrieved 3 June 2022. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
Yoruboid language and can be found in Delta State. The Itsekiris presently number 1 million people and live mainly in the Warri South, Warri North and Warri...
sub-family of the Niger–Congo family of African languages. Itsekiri is spoken by nearly 900,000 people in Nigeria as a first language and by many others as...
or L1 speakers. In Africa, the Yoruba are contiguous with the Yoruboid Itsekiri to the south-east in the northwest Niger Delta, Bariba to the northwest...
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graphic design. The National Maritime Museum holds a personal flag of Itsekiri chief and trader Nana Olomu which was also recovered by F. W. Kennedy....
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Ewuare. Olua's reign is noted for his actions and the establishment of the Itsekiri kingdom through his son Iginuwa. Olua was the child of Oba Ewuare and one...
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intended to be formed for the Itsekiripeople, who inhabit the regions of Warri South, Warri South West, Warri North, and itsekiri parts of Edo State in Nigeria...
soup eaten in the south-central region of Nigeria. It is common among the itsekiri, Urhobo and Isoko such as . The soup is made with garri soaked in water...
peoples to refer to their various rulers in Edo State, while the Afamai people use Otaru and Okwokpellagbe. Other titles are also used. The Itsekiri people...
in a band across Togo, Ghana, Benin and southern Nigeria, including the Itsekiri of Warri Kingdom. The name Yoruboid derived from its most widely spoken...
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