will interest you to know that it is not only Nigerians that speak Igbo, Yoruba and even Hausa… the speakers of these languages are not even related to any Nigerians in other countries.

Today, over 40 million people speaks this language and it has managed to spread oversees years ago as enslaved Igbo people were traded throughout various slave colonies. These colonies were in the United States, Cuba, The Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Belize, Barbados, and the Bahamas.



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I’m going to show you countries that speak Igbo as their main language.

1. Equatorial Guinea: Igbo is spoken in Equatorial Guinea where it is regarded as a minority language.

2. Caribbean Island: Caribbean indigenes speak Igbo and Yoruba languages fluently, even though they are not related to any Nigerians. A foremost entertainer and music maestro, Tar Ukoh, says many people in the area speak Igbo and Yoruba of the 13th century. Till now he says, the Yorubas still play and enjoy their traditional Yoruba songs, while the Igbos feature their nmanwu, agaba and ekpe masquerades.

From those masquerades, they fashioned out a brand of music they call Wawanco. Their ancestors too were the exponents of the popular Calypso music which is an adulteration of Ka anyi soo nmanwu (let’s join the masquerade troupe).

3. Cameroon: Cameroon also speaks Igbo and it is recorded that about 110,000 people of Cameroon speaks Igbo as their main language according to Evangeliser’s statistics.

4. Jamaicans: In Jamaica the Igbo were often referred to as Eboe or Ibo… Igbo people were taken in relatively high numbers to Jamaica as slaves, so it's no surprise that there's some Igbo language in the Jamaican Patois language.

In Jamaica, “red eboe” is used to describe people with light skin tones with African features. They also celebrate what is called “jonkonu Yam festival” popularly know among Nigerian Igbos as “New Yam Festival”.

Jonkonnu is a masquerade festival held in Jamaica which is attributed to the Njoku Ji or “yam-spirit cult”, Okonko and Ekpe of the Igbo.

Other Igbo speaking countries are: The Dominican Republic, Cuba, Belize, Barbados, and the Bahamas.

Igbo people are great people and should be celebrated always.

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02/2/2020
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I do not believe that there are just only 40 million igbos. Acvorfing to another statistics there are over 70 million igbo speaking people in the world.

EmekaOnuoha_03
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02/1/2020
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slave trade sure has positive sides as it created a Diaspora culture for Africans. you find Nigerian culture replicated elsewhere as a result. the world Igbo Congress should reach out and establish a relationship with the diasporic Igbos populace. they are our relations that got scattered as a result of the slave trade. ... See More

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02/2/2020
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Igbos are all over the world you can identify us by our skills and we are industrious where ever we are just like our ancestors when they were in Egypt

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02/2/2020
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Igbo bu Igbo, yea IGBOS are the greatest tribe in the world
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Good

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All this epistle on top of lies

I am sure amarabae is happy now...

USA. UK speaks igbo sef

waledeji:
All this epistle on top of lies

Do Yoruba have history... what’s the history of Yoruba people ...

When will yoruba be bold to tell their history

prowest:
I am sure amarabae is happy now...

USA. UK speaks igbo sef

yes the OP is right. stop masturbating on anything Igbo.

waledeji:
All this epistle on top of lies

Here they come...
If it was about fulani now.. You will say differently

Its not good to scratch ones face.. It affects the head

Amarabae:
yes the OP is right. stop masturbating on anything Igbo.

U fine.. I must marry u

Only less than 50,000 EG speaks Igbo.

Yoruba don't have history.well I don't blame you.

Asgard13:


Do Yoruba have history... what’s the history of Yoruba people ...

When will yoruba be bold to tell their history

OP should prove it. Anyone can write anything
no link, pics or whatever

Asgard13:

Do Yoruba have history... what’s the history of Yoruba people ...
When will yoruba be bold to tell their history

Yorubas don't have history, so Igbos have history?
I heard Arochukwu or so are into bronze then? do you have museum for it?
Well, if you do. it can't beat Ife Muesum, Owo Muesum.

Please Which Village,town In Cameroun Speaks Igbo As Their Native Language?

chest beating tribe on the beat.

Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon! So your land grabbing has gone international?
Don't they speak IBO in Dubai, Malaysia too?

This is all fantasy. Stop your delusion. You are not Alice in wonderland. Igbo as a language is spoken only in SE Nigeria, no where else.

BabaRamota1980:
This is all fantasy. Stop your delusion. You are not Alice in wonderland. Igbo as a language is spoken only in SE Nigeria, no where else.

Lol!Jealousy is making this one rant like a rabid dog. Igbo language is spoken in many countries in and outside Africa.
Sentimental fool,go and read more,and stop being a fool.