The Kolokuma tribe of the Ijaw people live along the

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in Bayelsa State, Southern Nigeria. Kolokuma settlements include: Seibokorogha (Sabagreia), Odi, Okoloba, Igbedi and Kaiama. The geographic position of the Kolokuma clan caused them to interact with neighboring peoples including the

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, Western Tarakiri, Isoko, and

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. Also, wars were fought between the Kolokuma and the Boma and Oyakiri tribes in the distant past.

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is the tribal god of the Kolokuma. Historically, the tribe came under the central authority of the high priest of

. The Kolokuma people speak the

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. They are predominantly farmers and fishermen. The freedom just fighter Major Adaka Boro was from the Kolokuma tribe.

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