Tribes
The Ijaw ethnic group consists of 40 loosely affiliated tribes. These clans are based along kinship lines and/or shared cultural and religious traditions.
| Name | State | Alternate Names |
|---|---|---|
| Akassa | Bayelsa | Akaha, Akasa |
| Andoni | Rivers / Akwa Ibom | Obolo |
| Apoi (Eastern) | Bayelsa | |
| Apoi (Western) | Ondo | |
| Arogbo | Ondo | |
| Bassan | Bayelsa | Basan |
| Bille | Rivers | Bile, Bili |
| Bumo | Bayelsa | Boma, Bomo |
| Bonny | Rivers | Ibani, Ubani |
| Buseni | Bayelsa | Biseni |
| Egbema | Delta / Edo | |
| Ekeremor | Bayelsa | Operemor, Ekeremo |
| Ekpetiama | Bayelsa | |
| Engenni | Rivers | Ngeni |
| Epie-Atissa | Bayelsa | |
| Furupagha | Edo | |
| Gbaranmatu | Delta | Gbaranmatu |
| Gbaran | Bayelsa | Gbarain |
| Iduwini | Delta | |
| Isaba | Delta | |
| Kabo | Delta | Kabowei, Kabou |
| Kalabari | Rivers | |
| Kolokuma | Bayelsa | |
| Kula | Rivers | |
| Kumbo | Delta | Kumbowei |
| Mein | Delta | |
| Nembe | Bayelsa | |
| Nkoro | Rivers | Kala Kirika |
| Obotebe | Delta | |
| Odimodi | Delta | |
| Ogbe | Delta | Ogbe-Ijoh |
| Ogbia | Bayelsa | |
| Ogboin | Bayelsa | |
| Ogulagha | Delta | Ogula |
| Okordia | Bayelsa | Okodia, Akita |
| Okrika | Rivers | Wakirike |
| Olodiama (East) | Bayelsa | |
| Olodiama (West) | Edo | |
| Opobo | Rivers | |
| Opokuma | Bayelsa | |
| Oporoma | Bayelsa | Oporomo |
| Oruma | Bayelsa | Tugbene |
| Oyakiri | Bayelsa | Beni |
| Seimbiri | Delta | |
| Tarakiri (East) | Bayelsa | |
| Tarakiri (West) | Delta | |
| Tungbo | Bayelsa | |
| Tuomo | Delta | |
| Ukomu | Edo | |
| Zarama | Bayelsa |
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Famous quotes containing the word tribes:
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Against whose life the bow of power is bent,
Who flies, and hath not where to lay his head;
I come to thee for shelter and for food,
To Yussouf, called through all our tribes ‘he Good.’ “
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—James Russell Lowell (1819–1891)
“That those tribes [the Sac and Fox Indians] cannot exist surrounded by our settlements and in continual contact with our citizens is certain. They have neither the intelligence, the industry, the moral habits, nor the desire of improvement which are essential to any favorable change in their condition.”
—Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)
“All the shad’wy tribes of Mind,
In braided dance their murmurs joined,”
—William Collins (1721–1759)