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  • My mother was half Igbo [from the south-east of Nigeria] while my father was Urhobo, from the Delta region, so the war was a family thing.

    Ben Okri: My family values 2010

  • When I was growing up in Nigeria -- and I shouldn't say Nigeria, because that's too general, but in Urhobo, the Igbo part of the country where I'm from, there were always rites of passage for young men.

    Chris Abani muses on humanity 2008

  • When I was growing up in Nigeria -- and I shouldn't say Nigeria, because that's too general, but in Urhobo, the Igbo part of the country where I'm from, there were always rites of passage for young men.

    Chris Abani muses on humanity 2008

  • When I was growing up in Nigeria -- and I shouldn't say Nigeria, because that's too general, but in Urhobo, the Igbo part of the country where I'm from, there were always rites of passage for young men.

    Chris Abani muses on humanity 2008

  • His drama presentation, according to Akinosho, suggested that in every household in Ijawland, Itsekiri, Urhobo, Andoni, Ogoni and Ibibio, there was raging debate on the quality of governance in Nigeria.

    Archive 2007-09-01 Winner of the Prince Claus Award 2006 2007

  • His drama presentation, according to Akinosho, suggested that in every household in Ijawland, Itsekiri, Urhobo, Andoni, Ogoni and Ibibio, there was raging debate on the quality of governance in Nigeria.

    NIGERIA LITERATURE PRIZE REVIEW IN THE MEDIA Winner of the Prince Claus Award 2006 2007

  • The "troubles" refer to fighting between the town's three main ethnic groups, the Ijaw, the Urhobo and the Itsekiri, either over land ownership, or simply for dominance.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2007

  • THE Urhobo-born printmaker, painter and sculptor, belongs to the first generation of contemporary artists graduating from the Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology NCAST, presently known as Ahmadu Bello University.

    Rolling Dollar, Asekun, Onobrakpeya, Oloyede, Ogunbiyi to be honoured at LABAF 07 Winner of the Prince Claus Award 2006 2007

  • THE Urhobo-born printmaker, painter and sculptor, belongs to the first generation of contemporary artists graduating from the Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology NCAST, presently known as Ahmadu Bello University.

    Archive 2007-11-01 Winner of the Prince Claus Award 2006 2007

  • To fall would risk terrible consequences to the Urhobo community, one of Nigeria's largest ethnic groups.

    CNN Transcript Aug 27, 2005 2005

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