Ezza (Ezaa)
Total population
~about 1,300,000 (2018 projection)[1]
Regions with significant populations
 Nigeria about 1,300,000 (2018 projection)[1]
Languages
Igbo language

Ezaa or Ezza is a northeastern Igbo sub-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 at the north of Afikpo.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Project - Great Commission Status of the Igbo Cluster". Joshua Project.
  2. ^ a b Falola, Toyin (2009). "Resistance by Violence". Colonialism and Violence in Nigeria. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. p. 38.
  3. ^ Olson, James Stuart (1996). The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 234. ISBN 0313279187.
  4. ^ 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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