Igbos

Eastern Nigeria

What up world!! I discovered an interesting fact while reading my West African History book. The author states,"The largest Delta state was Bonny where 20,000 slaves a year passed on their fateful journey to the New World. Davidson estimates that 16,000 of those were Igbos, so it can be easily computed that very many African-Americans and residents of Brazil and the Caribbean can trace their ancestry back to Eastern Nigeria." [1]

Igbo people of Eastern Nigeria

References

[1] Mendonsa, Eugene L. "West Africa: An Introduction To Its History, Civilization and Contemporary Situation." Durham: Academic Press, 2002.