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World English
28 November 2009

Igbo Religion

In Igbo culture, the natives worship in whatever way they believe or have been taught. Some Igbo people follow the traditional beliefs of the Igbo culture, but not all follow because of exposure to different religious cultures. Some Igbo people follow the belief system of Christianity because they have been introduced to the religion by missionary activity. Other Igbo people follow Roman Catholic beliefs. In addition, even with the exposure to other religions, a large portion of the Igbo people stay true to their traditional Igbo religious culture. With the Igbo people, even though they may have different beliefs, they follow their religion of choice with commitment and respect.
      Populating villages in southeastern Nigeria, the Igbo people live their lives as profound religious people. The Igbo people are Nigeria’s second largest population. In regards to their religion, the Igbo people live steadfast in their belief systems. Whether they follow Christianity, Catholicism, Islamic or traditional Igbo religious beliefs, they follow whichever they believe firmly and with committed conviction. The predominant religions of the Igbo people are Christianity and their traditional native religions of the Igbo villages.
The Igbo people have had exposure to other religious beliefs such as Christianity through visitations from missionaries, and as a result, a large portion of the Igbo people has been converted to other beliefs. According to Indigenous Religions written by Ann Marie B. Marty, “Africa has been visited by waves of Christian missionaries from Europe and the United States in the past several centuries.” The traveling missionaries taught Christianity, but some of Igbo people did not agree with the approach of these missionaries and saw them as corrupt people. The missionaries had the mindset of introducing their Christian worldviews and according to website www.codewit
.com, “The missionaries saw...