Ogba people

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Ogba
Ndi Ogba
Total population
359,000[citation needed]
Regions with significant populations
Nigeria 359,000[citation needed]
Languages
Ogba
Religion
Christianity 98%[citation needed]
Related ethnic groups
Igbo, Ikwerre, Ekpeye, Ndoki

The Ogba is a tribe of the Benin ancestral group in Rivers state. The Ogba people speak the Ogba dialect.[2] The Ogba reside in a local government called Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni in Rivers state Nigeria. The Ogba language has three dialects namely; Usomini, Igburu, Egi dialect.[3] The Ogba kingdom is made up of three clans which includes; Egi, Igburu, Usomini clans, and its largest urban town is Omoku.[4] Ogba people speak two sub-dialects of the Ogba dialect, the Egi and Igburu. Eligbo and Ukporomini are two Ogba communities in Ahaoda East Local Government Area, while Itu II in Emohua LGA also speaks Ogba language.

  1. ^ J.N. Oriji (1990). "Traditions of Igbo origin : a study of pre-colonial population movements in Africa". archive.org. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  2. ^ J.N. Oriji (1990). "Traditions of Igbo origin : a study of pre-colonial population movements in Africa". archive.org. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  3. ^ Ngulube, Isaac. Ogba Orthography.
  4. ^ "ali-ogba origin". www.umuogbausa.org. Retrieved 2023-04-25.

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