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No fewer than 40 students and faculty members from Morehouse College Glee Club in Atlanta, United States of America (USA), have declared their ancestry to the Igbo and taken new Igbo names to suit their new status.

HRH, Igwe Hyacinth Eze and other Ohanaeze Ndigbo leaders when some Americans received Igbo names in Enugu…. Yesterday PHOTO: LAWRENCE NJOKU

Performing the Igbo name-giving ceremony at the occasion attended by members of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the traditional ruler of Ibagwa-Aka community in Igbo-Eze South Local Council of Enugu State, Igwe Hyacinth Eze, explained that the reunion was an indication that Igbo exists in all parts of the world.

He congratulated the students and assured them that he is ready to provide lands for those who want to live in his community. The Public Affairs Officer, United States Consulate General, Lagos, Stephen Ibelli, said the Club came to Nigeria to mark the 50th anniversary of its first visit to Nigeria in 1972.

 

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Interesting, Black Americans are mixed with almost all tribes and races.😀 It is what it is. But I often wonder why my dad was a big fan of Igbo Boxer Dick Tiger - Richard Ihetu. And a s/o to Danny Glover and Evander Holyfield for tracing their roots to Nigeria.

That’s not our problem now, our problem is Obi first.

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