Nneka is an
Igbo
Igbo may refer to:
* Igbo people, an ethnic group of Nigeria
* Igbo language, their language
* anything related to Igboland, a cultural region in Nigeria
See also
* Ibo (disambiguation)
* Igbo mythology
* Igbo music
* Igbo art
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* Igbo-Ukwu, a t ...
It can also be a shortened version of the Igbo name Nnemkadi. The following people have the name:
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Nneka (singer)
Nneka Lucia Egbuna (born 24 December 1980) is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and actress. She sings in English, Igbo and Nigerian Pidgin.
Early life
Nneka Lucia Egbuna was born and raised in Warri, in the Delta State, Nigeria, to a German m ...
or Nneka Egbuna, Nigerian-German singer and songwriter
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Nneka Egbujiobi
Nneka Colleen Egbujiobi is a Nigerian-American lawyer, best known as the founder and CEO of Hello Africa.
Education Career Salary and Net Worth
Egbujiobi graduated from University of Michigan with a degree in English language and literature, b ...
, Nigerian-American lawyer
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Nneka Abulokwe
Nneka Abulokwe, OBE ( /ŋneka ˈabuːlɔːkwei/) is a British Nigerian tech and digital governance entrepreneur. She is one of the first Afro-Caribbean professionals in the UK to serve on the board of a leading European digital transformation orga ...
, British Nigerian tech and digital governance entrepreneur
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Nneka J. Adams, Canadian-based Nigerian actor, film writer, and movie producer
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Nneka Isaac Moses
Nneka Isaac Moses is a Nigerian presenter, fashion designer, and the co-founder and Managing director of the African cultural show Goge Africa.
Early life
Moses attended the University of Lagos
The University of Lagos, popularly known as UNI ...
, Nigerian presenter, fashion designer, and the co-founder and managing director of the African cultural show, Goge Africa
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Nneka Ogwumike
Nnemkadi Chinwe Victoria "Nneka" Ogwumike (; born July 2, 1990) is a Nigerian-American basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), after being drafted No. 1 overall in the 2012 WNBA Draft. S ...
, American basketball player with the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks
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Nneka Okpala
Nneka Okpala (born 27 April 1988) is a New Zealand athlete. She competes mainly in the triple jump. She has won the New Zealand women's triple jump competition five times and the Australian women's triple jump title once.
Okpala's parents emigrat ...
, New Zealand athlete
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Nneka Onuorah
Nneka Onuorah (born 1988) is a director and producer. She is best known for her directorial debut, ''The Same Difference'' (2015), about gender roles in the Black lesbian community. She received a 2022 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directin ...
, American director and producer
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Nneka Onyejekwe
Nneka Obiamaka Onyejekwe (born August 18, 1989 in Hațeg) is a Romanian professional volleyball player who played as a middle blocker for CS Volei Alba-Blaj and now plays for Dinamo Bucharest and the Romania national team.
She was born in Haț ...
, Romanian volleyball player with Voléro Zürich
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Nneka Ukuh
Nneka Ukuh (born November 20, 1987) is a female track and field athlete from Nigeria. She specialised in the high jump event, and is best known for winning the gold medal for her native West African country at the 2003 All-Africa Games
The ...
, Nigerian track and field athlete
Igbo given names
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