Ezaa people explained

Group:Ezza (Ezaa)
Population:~about 1,300,000 (2018 projection)[1]
Popplace: about 1,300,000 (2018 projection)
Langs:Igbo language

Ezaa or Ezza is a northeastern Igbo group, in Ebonyi State, southeastern Nigeria.[2] [3] The Ezaa are direct descendants of Anakiwha, the progenitor of Umuekumeyi which comprises Nnoyo, Nnodo and Ezekuna respectively. Ezekuna and his wife, Anyigo are known as the parents of Ezza. They are therefore, often referred to as Ezaa Ezekuna.[4] The group is found in Ebonyi South, They also have many populations in some LGA's across the Ebonyi North [2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Project - Great Commission Status of the Igbo Cluster. Joshua Project .
  2. Book: Falola, Toyin. Toyin Falola. Colonialism and Violence in Nigeria. Resistance by Violence. Bloomington. Indiana University Press. 2009. 38.
  3. Book: Olson, James Stuart . The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary . Greenwood Publishing Group . 234 . 1996 . 0313279187 .
  4. Book: Alagoa, Ebiegberi Joe . The Early History of the Niger Delta . E. J. Alagoa. Buske Verlag . 1988 . 3-87118-848-4 . 92 . 2008-12-19.