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Ibekwe Chijioke Leonard
Ibekwe () is a family name (surname) originating in Nigeria. It is a prevalent surname among the Igbo people, meaning "my people agree". Ibekwe may also refer to: Notable people bearing the name *Kelechi Francis Ibekwe (born 1984), professional footballer *Ekene Ibekwe Ekenechukwu "E-Beks" Ibekwe (born July 19, 1985) is a Nigerian American professional basketball player for Urunday Universitario of the Liga Uruguaya de Básquetbol. He played college basketball for the University of Maryland at College Park ... (born 1985), American-born Nigerian basketball player * Ify Ibekwe (born 1989), American basketball player * Chinweizu Ibekwe (born 1943), also known as Chinweizu, Nigerian critic, essayist, poet, and journalist See also * Ebubechukwu References {{Surname Igbo-language surnames Igbo names Surnames of Nigerian origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigeria
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, a population of more than 230 million, it is the List of African countries by population, most populous country in Africa, and the List of countries and dependencies by population, world's sixth-most populous country. Nigeria borders Niger in Niger–Nigeria border, the north, Chad in Chad–Nigeria border, the northeast, Cameroon in Cameroon–Nigeria border, the east, and Benin in Benin–Nigeria border, the west. Nigeria is a Federation, federal republic comprising 36 States of Nigeria, states and the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria, Federal Capital Territory, where its capital, Abuja, is located. The List of Nigerian cities by population, largest city in Nigeria by population is Lagos, one of the largest List of largest cities, metr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family Name
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several given names and surnames are possible in the full name. In modern times most surnames are hereditary, although in most countries a person has a right to name change, change their name. Depending on culture, the surname may be placed either at the start of a person's name, or at the end. The number of surnames given to an individual also varies: in most cases it is just one, but in Portuguese-speaking countries and many Spanish-speaking countries, two surnames (one inherited from the mother and another from the father) are used for legal purposes. Depending on culture, not all members of a family unit are required to have identical surnames. In some countries, surnames are modified depending on gender and family membership status of a person. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igbo People
The Igbo people ( , ; also spelled Ibo" and historically also ''Iboe'', ''Ebo'', ''Eboe'', / / ''Eboans'', ''Heebo''; natively ) are an ethnic group found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, and Equatorial Guinea. Their primary origin is found in modern-day Abia State, Abia, Anambra State, Anambra, Ebonyi State, Ebonyi, Enugu State, Enugu, and Imo States, while others can be found in the Niger Delta and along the Cross River. The Igbo people are one of the largest List of ethnic groups of Africa, ethnic groups in Africa. The Igbo language is part of the Niger–Congo languages, Niger-Congo language family. Its regional dialects are mutually intelligible amidst the larger "Igboid languages, Igboid" cluster. The Igbo homeland straddles the lower Niger River, east and south of the Edoid languages, Edoid and Idomoid languages, Idomoid groups, and west of the Lower Cross River languages, Ibibioid (Cross River) cluster. Before the period of Colonial Nigeria, British colonial rul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelechi Francis Ibekwe .
Kelechi Francis Ibekwe (born 5 April 1984) is a Nigerian football forward who currently plays for S.S. Calcio Giugliano in the Eccellenza The Eccellenza (, "excellence") is the fifth level (since 2014–15) of Italian football. References External links Tornano Ibekwe e Bono, se ne va Mattielig 1984 births Living people [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ekene Ibekwe
Ekenechukwu "E-Beks" Ibekwe (born July 19, 1985) is a Nigerian American professional basketball player for Urunday Universitario of the Liga Uruguaya de Básquetbol. He played college basketball for the University of Maryland at College Park and represents the Nigerian national basketball team in international competitions. High school career Ibekwe attended Carson High School in Carson, California. As a senior in 2002–03, he was a second-team ''Parade'' All-American after averaging 19.9 points, 10.2 rebounds and 4.4 blocks per game in leading his squad to a 23–4 record and a semi-final finish in the Los Angeles city championship. He also earned all-state honors and a first team "All-Dream Team" nod by the Long Beach Press-Telegram as a senior, while he was named to the All-L.A. city first team, the All-South Bay first team and his team's MVP as a junior and senior. College career In his freshman season at Maryland, Ibekwe was the only freshman to play in all 32 games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ify Ibekwe
Ifunanya Debbie "Ify" Ibekwe (born 5 October 1989) is a Nigerian American professional basketball player for the Virtus Eirene Ragusa and the Nigeria women's national team. Professional career Ibekwe was selected in the second round of the 2011 WNBA draft (24th overall) by the Seattle Storm. National team career Ify represents the Nigerian Women's National Team. Career statistics WNBA Regular season , - , align="left" , 2011 , align="left" , Seattle , 3, , 0, , 2.7, , 0.0, , —, , —, , 1.0, , 0.0, , 0.0, , 0.0, , 0.3, , 0.0 , - class="sortbottom" , align="left" , ''2012'' , align=center colspan=13, ''Did not play (waived)'' , - class="sortbottom" , align="left" , ''2013'' , align=center rowspan=4 colspan=13, ''Did not appear in league'' , - class="sortbottom" , align="left" , ''2014'' , - class="sortbottom" , align="left" , ''2015'' , - class="sortbottom" , align="left" , ''2016'' , - , align="left" , 2017 , align="left" , Los Angeles Los A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinweizu Ibekwe
Chinweizu Ibekwe (born 26 March 1943), known mononymously as Chinweizu,R. Victoria Arana"Chinweizu (1943–)" ''The Facts on File Companion to World Poetry: 1900 to the Present'', Facts On File, Inc., 2008, p. 102. and also by the pen-name Maazi Chinweizu, is a Nigerian critic, essayist, poet, and journalist. While studying in the United States during the Black Power movement, Chinweizu became influenced by the philosophy of the Black Arts Movement.Simon Gikandi,"Chinweizu" ''Encyclopedia of African Literature'', Routledge, 2002, p. 146. He is commonly associated with Black orientalism and emerged as one of the leading figures in contemporary Nigerian journalism, writing a highly influential column in ''The Guardian'' of Lagos. Masculists Background and education Chinweizu was born in 1943 in the town of Eluoma, in Isuikwuato, in the part of Eastern Region of Nigeria that is known today as Abia State, located in the southeastern region of Nigeria. He was educated at Governmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ebubechukwu
Ebubechukwu () is a given name of the Igbo people from the southeastern region of Nigeria. The direct English translation is “God’s glory”. It's diminutive and commonest form is Ebube, which means “glory”. While the name is peculiar to both the male and female gender, another variation of this name with the same meaning is Ebubechi. Notable people with the name Ebube * Ebube Duru (born 1999), Nigerian footballer * Ebube Muonso (born 1980), Nigerian Catholic priest * Ebube Nwagbo Ebube Nwagbo is a Nigerian actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern medi ... (born 1983), Nigerian actress and entrepreneur See also * Ibekwe References {{Given name, type=both Igbo names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igbo-language Surnames
Igbo ( , ; Standard Igbo: ''Ásụ̀sụ́ Ìgbò'' ) is the principal native language cluster of the Igbo people, an ethnicity in the Southeastern part of Nigeria. Igbo languages are spoken by a total of 31 million people. The number of Igboid languages depends on how one classifies a language versus a dialect, so there could be around 35 different Igbo languages. The core Igbo cluster, or Igbo proper, is generally thought to be one language but there is limited mutual intelligibility between the different groupings (north, west, south and east). A standard literary language termed 'Igbo izugbe' (meaning "general igbo") was generically developed and later adopted around 1972, with its core foundation based on the Orlu ( Isu dialects), Anambra (Awka dialects) and Umuahia ( Ohuhu dialects), omitting the nasalization and aspiration of those varieties. History The first book to publish Igbo terms was ''History of the Mission of the Evangelical Brothers in the Caribbean'' (), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igbo Names
Igbo may refer to: * Igbo people, an ethnic group of Nigeria * Igbo language, their language * anything related to Igboland, a cultural region in Nigeria See also * Ibo (other) * Igbo mythology * Igbo music * Igbo art * * Igbo-Ukwu, a town in the Nigerian state of Anambra * Ijebu Igbo Ijebu Igbo ( Yoruba: Ìjẹ̀bú-Igbó) is a town in Ogun State, Nigeria. It is the headquarters of Ijebu North Local Government Authority of Ogun State, Nigeria. It is approximately a 15-minute drive north of Ijebu Ode. History The term ..., a town in the Nigerian state of Ogun * Igbo bu Igbo {{Disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
