Igbo people are predominantly native to south eastern and south southern Nigeria and are one of the three major Ethnic groups in the country. Igbo people arguably have the highest number of traditional foods and the most delicious foods in the country. For travelers and tourists who wish to pay a visit to Igboland, I will be sharing with you all ten soups you can't afford to miss upon your visit to Igboland. These soups can be taken with Pounded Yam, Semolina, Garri, Akpu (fufu) etc.
Ofe ọkwụrụ(Okra Soup)
Ofe ọkwụrụ is undoubtedly the cheapest Igbo soup, one of the most popular, one of the most delicious, nutritious, mouth-watering and finger-licking soups in in igboland. Ofe Okra is most preferred not just because of its taste but also because it is very easy to prepare. Is important for you to know that okra is a vegetable that originated amongst the Igbos. The original Igbo word for okra is ọkwụrụ. it was introduced into the Americas by Igbo slaves, and ọkwụrụ gradually became the English word, okra.
Ofe Egusi (Egusi Soup)
Ofe Egusi is a popular Igbo soup made from melon seeds. Ofe Egusi is not peculiar to any Igbo sub group or state as the soup is prepared in so may ways by different Igbo states or sub groups but aside the general way of preparing Ofe Egusi, Abia prepare Egusi in different way called Akpuruakpu Egusi.
Ofe Onugbu (Bitter Leaf Soup)
Ofe Onugbu is a popular soup of Igbo Ethnic group of Eastern Nigeria. Although Ofe Onugbu cut across the entire Igbo land, it is more peculiar to the Igbo people of Anambra. Onugbu is the Igbo word for Bitter-leaf, although the name of the soup is bitter leaf soup, the soup itself is not bitter at all because the leaf must be thoroughly squeezed to extract the bitter juice before it is used.
Ofe Ora (Oha Soup)
Ofe Ora is one of the most popular Igbo soups, it is consumed throughout the length and breath of Igboland but more popular among the people of Anambra while the oha tree is grown the most in Enugu State.
Ofe Ogbono (Ogbono Soup)
Ogbono is definitely one of the most delicious, nutritious and mouth-watering soups of the Igbo people. Ogbono seeds which give the soup its name is gotten from two different trees, the Adu tree and the Ugiri tree but the Ogbono gotten from the Adu tree is more popular and more expensive than that of ugiri.
Ofe Nsala (Nsala Soup)
Ofe Nsala is a very mouth-watering indigenous to the people of Eastern and Riverline areas of Nigeria. Ofe nsala is very a tasty and quite easy to make, ofe nsala is mainly prepared for nursing mothers although it's open to every one, this delicacy is traditionally made without the use of palm oil as compared to other Igbo soups that require red palm oil as one of its main ingredients. The total absence of the palm oil is what makes this dish so appealing to new mothers.
Ofe Akwu
Ofe Akwu is a very popular soup of Igbo people of South Eastern and south southern parts of Nigeria. In the South Eastern parts of Nigeria, ofe akwu is used mainly as stew and eaten with white rice while our brothers at the other side of the river niger commonly eat a variant called Banga soup which they also take with various Utara recipes such as, Starch, Pounded Yam, Semolina, Garri and Cassava .
Ofe Owerri (Owerri Soup)
Ofe Owerri is one of the most popular soup of the Igbo people and the expensive too. Ofe Owerri is more peculiar to the owerri people where it got it name from, ofe owerri is made with assorted meat like cow
Ofe okazi (Okazi soup)
Ofe Okazi is an Igbo soup made from the okazi leave and ugu . This delicious meal can be prepared in different ways depending on the state, while some prefer to use both ugu leave and okazi leave in preparing the soup, some prefer to use just the okazi leave. which ever way the okazi soup is prepared it can not be called okazi if the okazi leave is not used in the preparation. okazi is prepared with assorted fish, meat, spices and a soup thickener which can be either ofor, achi or ede.
Ofe achara (Achara Soup)
Ofe Achara is a popular soup among the Igbo tribe of Nigeria especially those of Abia, part of Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo state. Ofe Achara is cooked with lots of ingredients but what makes it special is the Achala plant which give it the name Ofe Achara (Achara soup). MissyB3, tjskii 
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