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Ibibio

 
Dictionary: I·bib·i·o   (ĭ-bĭb'ē-ō) pronunciation
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n., pl., Ibibio, or -os.
  1. A member of a people of southeast Nigeria.
  2. The Benue-Congo language of the Ibibio, closely related to Efik.

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People of southeastern Nigeria. Their language, Ibibio, is a Benue-Congo language of the Niger-Congo family. The Ibibio, numbering about three million, are mainly rainforest cultivators. Lineage heads serve as guardians of ancestral shrines. The secret society is a prominent feature of Ibibio culture. The Ibibio are noted for their wood sculptures of ancestor figures (ekpu).

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