Igbuzo
Igbuzo, also known as Ibusa and "Isu", is a town in Delta State, Nigeria, with an estimated population of 566,310 people in 2009. The people speak the Enuani dialect of the Igbo language family. The name of the community is more commonly and officially known and written as Ibusa. The community forming the process of Ibusa can be linked to the first wave of the movement of Igbo migrants into the West Bank of River Niger, this adventure which took place in the 15th century resulted in the settlement of Ibusa people led by Edini from Nshi (Nri). The second of the two waves of the migrations that resulted in the formation of Igbuzo was led by Umejei from Isu.
History
Pre-colonial history
The name "Ibusa" is an Anglicization of Igbuzo and/or Ibuzo "Igbo bi na uzor" or "Igbo Uzor" meaning the Igbos that live by the wayside or "Were you the first to settle here?" (Ibuzo). Interestingly, all the names that community bear today were foisted on them by other people. "Igbuzo" was a name used to describe the settlement by the Igbos of the South-East, "Ibuzo" by Ogwashi-Uku, Asaba, Ilah and Okpanam, who are the community's immediate neighbours, and "Ibusa" by the early European missionaries who found it difficult to effectively pronounce the name of the community.
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