Ibo Tribe

In this week post we will speak about the Ibo tribe, also called «Igbo», a Nigerian tribe where Buchi Emecheta was born, more precisely in Iboland.

Their type of clothing until they reach puberty is little or no one at all. When they grew up, men wear loose-fitting cotton shirts and a loincloth (which they call «npe»), hilst women wrap different pieces of cloth around themselves and around their head.

This tribe's language is derived from a group of languages commonly found in West Africa, the Kwa languages, which is based on proverbs, and who doesn't 

know them or doesn't use them, they are considered an «amateur» of language.

Ibos live in villages that might have from a hundred to a thousand people comprised on numerous extend families. 

Since the British invasion (in the beggining of the 16th century) things have changed drastically, and today women are considered second-class citizens and 

sometimes treated like slaves.