Twenty-six years ago, Ejike Eze moved to Boston from Nigeria. He soon found a support system away from home among a group of immigrants who shared his background as members of the Igbo ethnic group — one of the largest in Nigeria.
The local Igbo community has grown substantially in the two and a half decades Eze has been in Boston. And the upcoming annual Igbo Day festival is how the large local community showcases and preserves its culture.
“When we first had the Igbo Day, I can’t tell the exact number of people,” said Eze, the former president of the Igbo Organization of New England. “But I can tell you that in the past 10 years, the attendance at Igbo Day has doubled.”…