Ezaa people

**Ezza (Ezaa)**
Total population
	~about 1,300,000 (2018 projection)[1]
Regions with significant populations
	Nigeria about 1,300,000 (2018 projection)[1]
Languages
	Igbo language

Ezaa or Ezza is a northeastern Igbo sub-group, in Ebonyi State, southeastern Nigeria.[2][3] The Ezaa are direct descendants of Ezekuna, and his wife, Anyigo. They are therefore, often referred to as Ezaa Ezekuna.[4] The group is found at the north of Afikpo.[2]

References

"Project - Great Commission Status of the Igbo Cluster". Joshua Project.
Falola, Toyin (2009). "Resistance by Violence". Colonialism and Violence in Nigeria. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. p. 38.
Olson, James Stuart (1996). The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 234. ISBN 0313279187.
Alagoa, Ebiegberi Joe (1988). The Early History of the Niger Delta. Buske Verlag. p. 92. ISBN 3-87118-848-4. Retrieved 2008-12-19.

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[subpop-1] "Project - Great Commission Status of the Igbo Cluster". Joshua Project.

[Falola-2] Falola, Toyin (2009). "Resistance by Violence". Colonialism and Violence in Nigeria. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. p. 38.

[Staurt96-3] Olson, James Stuart (1996). The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 234. ISBN 0313279187.

[4] Alagoa, Ebiegberi Joe (1988). The Early History of the Niger Delta. Buske Verlag. p. 92. ISBN 3-87118-848-4. Retrieved 2008-12-19.