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...miles inland. The Gwari tribe was forced off its land as the government began constructing its new capital here in the middle of the country. They chose the sparsely-populated region because it isn't dominated by any of the three major tribes, the Hausa, the Yoruba, and the Igbo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Nigeria, Clinton Sees a Work in (Slow) Progress | 8/28/2000 | See Source »

...democracy together. You have forged national institutions together," he told the legislators. "All your greatest achievements have come when you have worked together." Its boundaries, drawn by European colonial rulers, encircle some 260 tribes, many of which have been waging war with each other for generations. When the Igbo tribe in the southeast sought independence in 1967 as the state of Biafra, the resulting war, the most deadly in the history of independent West Africa, killed 1 million people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Nigeria, Clinton Sees a Work in (Slow) Progress | 8/28/2000 | See Source »

...addition, Iweala said she was motivated by her experience in Nigeria last summer, where she worked at her father's medical clinic. With a firmer grasp of Igbo, she plans to study abroad in Nigeria next year...

Author: By Annie Wong, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students Start New Weekly Class in African Language | 2/22/2000 | See Source »

...addition to teaching the Igbo class, Manfredi is a part-time linguistics instructor at Boston University...

Author: By Annie Wong, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students Start New Weekly Class in African Language | 2/22/2000 | See Source »

Manfredi notes that this Igbo class is "an experiment and we want it to succeed, so we're looking for that response to come...

Author: By Annie Wong, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students Start New Weekly Class in African Language | 2/22/2000 | See Source »

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