Population: 8 million

Religious Information: Traditional and Christian, there are several traditional practices among the Igbo people. Ancestor worship is a large part of their religious exercise. They believe in a creator god called Chukwu or Chineke, and an Earth goddess, Ala. The Igbo believe there are many other divinities. They consult oracles to reveal the desires of the deities as well as spirits of the ancestors.

Fellow-men, we shall all live,

Earth Goddess hear.

Whoever plants, let him dig up and eat,

Earth Goddess, hear.

We shall give birth to sons,

Earth Goddess, hear.

We shall give birth to daughters,

Earth Goddess, hear.

We shall train them,

Earth Goddess, hear.

When we are old they will feed us,

Earth Goddess, hear.

Whoever sees us with an evil eye,

When he plants may the floods sweep his mounds away.

Earth Goddess, hear.

Whoever sees us with an evil eye,

When he plants may the floods sweep his mounds away

We look after our brood.

We do not eye others with an evil eye.

This big-headed thing (child) that came home yesterday,

He is yet a seed.

If you wish that he germinates

And grows to be a tree,

We shall be ever thankful.

Earth Goddess, hear;

He will grow to be like his stock.

Ezechitoke, Earth Deity,

Ugwuokpuje that gave me birth,

Give me things to eat;

Give me offspring;

Give me wives;

Give me money;

Bless all men.