Ogba people

This article is about the Ogba People. For the language, see Ogba language.
Ogba
Ndi Ogba
Total population
531,000[1]
Regions with significant populations
Nigeria 531,000[1]
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 language.[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.[2]

  1. ^ a b Wokocha, Ritchard (March 2008). "State and Citizenship Among the Ogba People of Nigeria". 1 (1). University of Nigeria. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ a b Oriji, J.N. (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.