1. Food Of the Ibo (Igbo) Sai

2. What did they eat?  Yams  Plantains  Typical meals: soup or stew, and vegetables with meat  Shrimp yam http://www.nataliedee.com/053005/a-yam.jpg Shrimp http://www.thereformedbroker.com/wp- content/uploads/2010/04/gulf.jpg Plantains http://multiculturalcooki ngnetwork.files.wordpre ss.com/2009/11/plantains -on-the-tree.jpg

3. Recipes  Isu  Dodo  Chinchin  Obe ata  Iyan Obe Ata http://naijan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/obe-ata-nigerian-recipe.bmp

4. Dodo-Fried Plantains  4 ripe plantains, peeled and sliced  Vegetable oil, for frying  Salt, for flavor Dodo http://foodjamaica.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/platanosfritos3.jpg

5. Chinchin  3 cups flour  1 cup butter  1 egg  1 teaspoons baking powder  ½ cup water  ½ cup milk  Sugar  Vegetable oil Chinchin http://food.fienipa.com/system/files/Chin_Chin_468756103.jpg

6. Staples  Dodo  Yams  Kola nut  Alligator pepper  Maize  Shrimp Alligator pepper http://www.celtnet.org.uk/ima ges/alligator_pepper.gif Kola nut http://migrationstoriesofnigerianigbo.files.w ordpress.com/2009/11/kola-nut1.jpg

7. How was food gathered?  The Igbo tribe gathers the fruit of the palm tree to use for palm oil. Palm trees in Africa http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=african+palm+tree&view=detail&id=2151D0157CB886E448637354F9 2C305CC5054838&first=1&FORM=IDFRIR

8. How was food farmed?  The Igbo economy depends on root-crop farming.  Men clear the land and plant the yams  Women plant other crops Root-crop farming http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=farming+yams&view=detail&id=C2333CA8AFD722 6B12CD44469AAD4EED2396C94A&first=1&FORM=IDFRIR

9. How was food hunted?  Fish  Shrimp  The Igbo are primarily farmers so the only hunting they do is fishing. Shrimp http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=shrimp&view=detail&id=2FEC4D3DB70F902AE798AB 56E88F5F8C999DDE92&first=1&FORM=IDFRIR

10. Cooking  Use Firewood and palm fruit waste  Tripod  Cooked by women  Clay pots http://thecompassedge.net/archives/firewood.jp g http://www.afrocookbook.com/wp- content/uploads/2009/08/African-pot-cooking.gif

11. Works Cited  "Igbo People." The University of Iowa. Web. 27 Mar. 2011..  "Igbo - Introduction, Location, Language, Folklore, Religion, Major Holidays, Rites of Passage, Relationships, Living Conditions." Countries and Their Cultures. Web. 27 Mar. 2011..  "Igbo Tribe of Africa: African People and Tribes." African Adventure Safaris, Tour Africa Safaris to Namibia, Botswana, South Africa. Web. 27 Mar. 2011..  "African Tribes - Ibo - Igbo Culture." African Safaris, African Tours, Africa Holidays and Africa Travel Guide. Web. 27 Mar. 2011..  "Igbo People." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 27 Mar. 2011..