The Igala people are a West African ethnolinguistic group native to the region immediately south of the confluence of the Niger and Benue Rivers in central Nigeria. The area inhabited primarily by the Igala is referred to as Igalaland.

6 天之前 · In this piece, Naijabiography explores the history of the Igala kingdom, as well as the culture, beliefs, and structure of the Igala people.

The kingdom was founded by the Igala people, with the "Àtá" serving as the Igala king, national father and spiritual head, and the capital of Igala land is at Idah.

Igala, a largely Muslim people of Nigeria, living on the left bank of the Niger River below its junction with the Benue River. Their language belongs to the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo family. Their ruler, the ata, traditionally also governed two …

2022年4月22日 · The Igala are one of the many ethnic groups attributed to Nigeria’s cultural diversity. They are the 7th largest ethnicity in Nigeria. The Igala Kingdom was so large, it expanded down to the ...

2024年12月5日 · The Igala people, an ethnic group situated in present-day Nigeria, possess a rich and intricate historical development that spans centuries, characterized by their distinctive culture, governance systems, and interactions with neighboring societies.

2017年5月30日 · The indigenous population of Igala is represented politically, and in the oral traditions, by a group of clans called the Igala Mela, who are supposed to have occupied Idah from the beginning. They act as kingmakers in the political system, and also control an earth cult which symbolizes the fertility and benevolence of the land throughout the ...

2014年3月4日 · The Igala (Igara) people are largely agrarian and semi-fishery and Yoruboid-speaking people located at one of the natural crossroads in Nigerian geography (east of river Niger), occupying the Niger-Benue confluence and and …

2024年11月17日 · T he Igala people of Central Nigeria possess a rich heritage of habits and beliefs that, in the past, governed their daily lives and spiritual practices. These customs, steeped in simplicity and reverence, fostered a society built …

2017年5月3日 · Situated in the eastern part of the river Niger and Benue confluence, and also extending across the Niger in Lokoja, Kogi state of Nigeria, lies the homeland of the Igala people. The ruling figure...