The Igbo people is an ethnic group native to modern-day Nigeria, and they are one of the largest ethnic communities in Africa.
Igbo communities were overwhelmingly ruled by a quasi-democratic republican system of government. Some large communities, such as Onitsha, had kings, and some others had priest kings. However, the vast majority of communities were ruled by a republican consultative assembly of common people. Communities were also administered by a council of elders.