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Abakaliki Bible Cluster | Ikwo

Ikwo

This language group is participating in the Abakaliki Bible Cluster project.

The Ikwo people live in fertile southeastern Nigeria. The area is rich in mineral resources, and the ancestors of today’s inhabitants developed bronze-casting techniques over a thousand years ago. The creativity and technical skill demonstrated by those early African metal crafters is recognized as among the finest in the history of the world. In the early 1970s, two young Ikwo believers learned that Paul and Inge Meier were working with the neighboring Izii people to translate the Bible into Izii. The young Ikwo men wanted a translation for their people too, and they asked the Meiers for help. That pioneering work grew into a cooperative translation effort that today includes four closely related language groups. This team of Nigerian translators, local churches and translation consultants is working together to bring God’s Word to all four languages, but they need financial resources and prayer support to help them get the job done.

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