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Ijo 

(also Ijaw; self-designation, Ije), a people living in southern Nigeria in the delta of the Niger River. Population, approximately 800,000 (1967 estimate). The Ijo’s language is conventionally attributed to the Guinean group of languages. The majority of the Ijo are Christians, but some retain the local traditional beliefs. At the beginning of the 15th century, the Ijo founded the city of Bonny, which was one of the centers of the slave trade in West Africa. The principal occupations are tropical agriculture (yams, manioc, and sweet potato), gathering the fruit of the oil palm, and fishing.



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Tonye Victor Erekosima was born to Kalabari Ijo parents from Buguma City in the Niger Delta of Nigeria.
IJO is an international buying group and educational organization of independent retail jewelers with almost 900 members worldwide.
Byline: Gan GWENAN DAVIES IJO a Gwyn Puw, mae llond tyo blant, swn, gweiddi, ffraeo, chwerthin a llanast yn fforddo fyw.
 
 
 
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