Ibibio Americans

Ibibio Americans (Ibibio: Mbon Ibibio k'Àmérìkà) are Americans of Ibibio descent. Ibibio people are a West African ethnic group found predominantly in the Southern Nigeria. They mainly found in Nigerian states of Akwa Ibom, Cross River, and Eastern part of Abia.^{[1][failed verification]}

During the 1960s and 1970s, after the Nigerian-Biafran War, Nigeria's government funded scholarships for Nigerian students, and many of them were admitted to American universities. While this was happening, there were several military coups and brief periods of civilian rule. All this caused many Nigerians to emigrate. Most of these Nigerian immigrants are of Yoruba, Igbo and Ibibio origins.^{[2][failed verification]}