Igbo Kwenu Research Paper

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Igbo Kwenu! * Coming from the eastern part of Nigeria, in Anambra state, I am proudly an Igbo boy. I have a culture in which the villagers and chiefs are entertained by dancing troops. The Igbo people have another festival called the “New- Yam festival”, when they pray to God and their ancestors, thanking them for a good planting and harvest season, supplicating for the next season.
My country is culturally vast and enriched with traditions, which this word limit cannot allow me to narrate to you, but I will have plenty of time to do that on your campus.
In addition, due to the misunderstandings of the things that go on in my community, I am aware that not every outsider is well informed on the truth about my people. As a citizen of Nigeria,

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