Christianity (mostly Adventist, Anglican and Catholic)
Omenala
Related ethnic groups
Other Igbo people
Ibibio
Ndoki
The Ngwa people (natively: Nde ṄgwàIPA:[ŋɡʷa]) are an Igbo
group living in the southern part of Igboland. The Ngwa people are found predominantly in Abia State with a population of 314,840 in 1963. They cover 1,328 square kilometres (513 sq mi)[2] and are the largest subgroup of Igbo people.
It is bounded by the Imo River in the west, and the Anang-Ibibio people in the east. The Asa and Ndoki people shares boundary in the south. Ngwaland borders Ubakala and Olokoro people in the north and Isuorgu in the northeastern part.
Chineke is considered the most powerful god in the pantheon of Ngwa gods. Others include Ohanjoku and Amadioha. In pre-colonial Ngwa, the Okonko society and Ekpe served as law enforcers. Festivals in Ngwaland include Ekpe and Owu masquerade festivals and the Ikoro drama festival.
The Ngwa people speak Ngwa dialect which is rich in idioms and proverbs. They are predominantly Christians, but also practice tradition religion and customs. The Ngwa people are mainly farmers, producing crops such as yam, cassava, cocoyam and palm oil production. Importation of iron for hoe and machete began around the 16th and 19th century.
The Ngwapeople (natively: Nde Ṅgwà IPA: [ŋɡʷa]) are an Igbo group living in the southern part of Igboland. The Ngwapeople are found predominantly in...
Ama-asa, Isiala Ngwa, Abia State. Aro Umu Nkpe: In Isiala Ngwa, Abia State. Aro Nbawsi: In Isiala Ngwa, Abia State. Aro Omoba: In Isiala Ngwa, Abia State...
The Ngwa dialect is an Igboid language spoken primarily by the Ngwapeople of Abia state in south eastern Nigeria. The ngwa dialect shares similar alphabets...
headquarters of the Ngwapeople. The people of Okpuala Ngwa speak the Ngwa dialect of the Ngwapeople. The rainy season in Okpuala-Ngwa is humid, oppressive...
courtyards in houses in Osisioma Ngwa. A greater part of Aba city is in Osisioma Ngwa stretching up to Faulks Road. Osisioma people generally make a living as...
remain principally peopled by other ethnic Igbo people the Mgbidi, Orlu, Awo-Omamma, Nkwerre, Owerri, Okigwe, Umuahia, Aba/Ngwapeople, among others, who...
Jones; (1950) in their ethnographic study of the native languages and peoples of South-Eastern Nigeria. It was also in line with this grouping those...
communities that make up the Eastern Ngwa region. They speak the Ngwa dialect of the Ngwapeople. Oriji, J. N. (1981). "The Ngwa-Igbo Clan of Southeastern Nigeria:...
sung among the Arochukwu, Bende, Ohafia, Abiriba, Umuahia, Ikwuano, and Ngwapeople of the Igbo ethnic group, of Abia State, located in southeastern Nigeria...
Ari-ada which expands and contracts in size as it performs. The people of Ndoki and Ngwa were said reputed cannibals, that is to say, after war they eat...
chieftaincy title of Ugo Ngwa (meaning Eagle and Pride of NgwaPeople). This title was first conferred on him by the entire Ngwa nation in 1949, but he...
Ndamukong Ngwa Suh (/ɪnˈdɑːməkɪn ˈsuː/ in-DAH-mə-kin SOO, born January 6, 1987) is an American football defensive tackle. He played college football for...
Momo is populated with over 250,000+ inhabitants. Ngwa 2017, p. 69. Widikum.info 2011, online. Ngwa, Divine Fuhnwi (3 October 2017). "Cameroon: Fonship...
regions. Additionally, other indigenous systems, such as uli among the Ngwapeople, Akwụkwọ mmụọ in parts of Okigwe, and the Aniocha writing system in western...
clans well known among the tribe clans are Laemae pha, Bya pha, Thorne pha, Ngwa Pha (Ngwazah), Naw pha, Seu pha, Khaw pha. Most of the family names came...
Nea Marshall Kudi Ngwa (born March 20, 1980), better known by his stage name BeBe Zahara Benet, is a Cameroonian-American drag performer, television personality...
the Awka-Enugu-Nsukka, Anioma-Enuani, the Umueri-Aguleri-Anam groups, the Ngwa, the Orlu-Okigwe-Owerri communities, the Mbaise, the Ezza, Bende, the Ikwuano-Umuahia...
of drums used during this dance is one Dugye and two small lari ngwa. With the peoples' strength sapped by the heavy labours and the assumed or real scarcity...
next syllable. For example, mangwanani ("morning") is syllabified as [ma.ᵑɡwa.na.ni]; Zimbabwe is [zi.ᵐba.ɓwe]. Shona is written with a phonemic orthography...
serving as the current Governor of Abia State in Nigeria. He is from Isiala-ngwa. Otti is the former Group Managing Director of Diamond Bank Plc, a retail...
as a member of the House of Representatives representing Isiala Ngwa South/Isiala Ngwa North federal constituency since 29 May 2023. Onwusibe was elected...
Igbo people in Jamaica were trafficked by Europeans onto the island between the 18th and 19th centuries as enslaved labour on plantations. Igbo people constituted...
theory, some writers believe that traditionally, the ancestors of Ohuhu-Ngwa formed part of a migration from the Agbaja area in Owerri and moved to the...
"Battlegrounds." Comprising the local government areas of Ikwuano, Isiala Ngwa North, Isiala Ngwa South, Umuahia North, and Umuahia South. Comprising the local government...
Baldwin Ngwa Afa'nwi (born 22 May 1990, in Cameroon) is a Cameroonian footballer. Loaned to Kenyan club Rangers from Gor Mahia in 2012, Ngwa was debarred...
re-election. The Isiala Ngwa North/Isiala Ngwa South Federal Constituency covers the local government areas of Isiala Ngwa North and Isiala Ngwa South. Incumbent...
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