Igbo Essay

Cultural Differences
The topic of my paper as you already know is cultural differences. The culture that I will be doing my report on is the Igbo culture. The main reason why I chose this culture is because I am a member of this culture.

The Igbo culture is known to have been around for about 1,400 years. The culture originated in Africa (southeast Africa to be more precise) however as the years progressed the Igbo culture seemed to have migrated Northwest towards Nigeria. During the late 19th century Christianity became established in the Igbo culture. Most Igbo’s are Catholic. They believe in most things that Catholics believe in, and they are against most things that Catholics are against.

As a member of the Igbo Culture and tribe I know that the most important thing that an Igbo (old or young) must do is respect his or her elders. They must do what ever their elders tell them to do without giving it a second thought. It is very uncommon fo...