heartland of Ekumaenyi group ). as the area remains the location which Enyi nwegu settled, migration in the more recent past has occurred in all directions, which has welcomed other sojourners to form a homogeneous Igbo culture.

The Portuguese arrived in Igboland in the mid-15th century, and from 1434 to 1807, contact points between European and African traders were established along the Nigerian coast. After slavery was abolished in 1807, the British became aggressive in its practices of industrial trade and imperialism. The British