The Igbe religion, popularly known as Igbe (an Urhobo word meaning dance), was founded by Ubiecha Etarakpo in 1858 and has its headquarters at 11, Egbo Street, Kokori Inland, Ethiope East Local Government Area, Delta State, Nigeria.[1][2]
It is a religion based on dance as its medium of worship to God. It began as a Urhobo-Kokori traditional sect, and in the 20th century was influenced by Christian evangelism.[3]
Originating in Kokori, it gradually spread in the Urhobo nation and wider austral Nigeria.[4]
- ^ Success Akpojotor, Pre-Colonial Socio-Political History of Kokori Inland. B. A Thesis (University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria). 2011
- ^ http://www.thenationlineng.net/2011/index [dead link]
- ^ Success Akpojotor, pp.44-5
- ^ Success Akpojotor, pp.46-7