Ezaa people

Ezaa (Ezza)
Total population
(~433,000[1])
Regions with significant populations
 Nigeria 433,000[1]
Languages
Ezaa language

Ezaa/Ezza is a northeastern Igbo sub-group, in southeastern Nigeria.[2] The Ezaa are direct descendants of Ezekuna, and his wife, Anyigo. They are therefore, often referred to as Ezaa Ezekuna.[3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Project - Great Commission Status of the Igbo Cluster". Joshua Project.
  2. Olson, James Stuart (1996). The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 234. ISBN 0313279187.
  3. Alagoa, Ebiegberi Joe (1988). The Early History of the Niger Delta. Buske Verlag. p. 92. ISBN 3-87118-848-4. Retrieved 2008-12-19.


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