 About 21 @,@ 000 Igbo people were recorded in Ghana in 1969 . A small number ( 8 @,@ 680 ) in Bioko island in 2002 . Small numbers live in Japan making up the majority of the Nigerian immigrant population based in Tokyo . A large amount of the African population of Guangdong , China , are Igbo @-@ speaking and are mainly businessmen trading between factories in China and southeastern Nigeria , particularly Enugu . Other Igbo immigrants are found in the Americas ( Igbo Canadian , Igbo American , Igbo Jamaican ) and elsewhere . 
