MY EXPERIENCE IN IKA COMMUNITY
EPISODE 1: IKA AND HER PEOPLE

Ika is one of the four original local government area that make up Anioma.
Anioma people are located primarily in Delta State, Nigeria. They are referred to as Western Igbo, being separated from the Igbo in the east by the River Niger. They make up about one-third of Delta State.

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The term “Anioma” means "good land" in Igbo language and coincidentally, it is an acronym derived from the four original local government areas that make up Anioma, i.e., (A) for Aniocha, (N) for Ndokwa, (I) for Ika and (O) for Oshimili, M and A being common denominators found in the original four local government areas. The coinage was made by the founding father, Chief Dennis Osadebay, in 1951 and has remained the preferred indigenous name by which the people collectively refer to themselves.

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The Ika people are located in the North-West of Delta State but some like Igbanke, Inyelen and Ekpon are presently located in Edo State.
Other Ika communities found in Edo State are Owanikeke, Owa-Riuzo Idu and Igbogili. Specifically, Ika people occupy Ika South and Ika North East Local Government Areas of Delta State and the Igbanke area of Edo State in Nigeria. All spread across a land area of about 117.45 square kilometres.

The Ika people speak Ika language which is a dialect of Igbo language. They share borders linguistically in the west with the Edo speakers, in the north with the Ishan speakers, in the East with the Enuani speakers and in the south with the Ukwale speakers.

Ika communities mostly comprise the following: Agbor, Owa, Umunede, Mbiri, Abavo, Orogodo, Otolokpo, Igbodo, Ute-Okpu, Ute-Ugbeje, Idumuesah, Akumazi, Ekpon (Edo State), Igbanke (Edo State), Inyelen (Edo State).

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The Ika people are farmers, majority of them have their hands in the palm plantation business as well as palm oil production and corn farming. Others process garri amongst many other things. Some are traders as well as government workers

References

Ohadike, Don (1994). Anioma: A Social History of the Western Igbo People .
ISBN 0-8214-1073-3 .

"ANIOMA : WE ARE IGBOS OF WESTERN NIGERIA" . 3 August 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2018.

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-international-phonetic-association/article/ika-igbo/31F6B1E469936708591E4700BA91B8DF#ref003.html

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