It doesn't take a genius to know something went wrong when you arrive Rivers state. A notice of names of places such as Rumueme, Rumuola, Rumuokwuta, Rumuokoro etc keeps you wondering why the prefix "R" was added to the words. Remove the 'R' and you will get the normal Igbo names like Umueme, Umuola, Umuokwuta, Umuokoro etc.
What went wrong? Why the change of name? What must have triggered the "adulteration" of one's identity? Ikwerre is Igbo and the denial of their Igboness led to these changes after the civil war.
But why stop there? There are more things they should do to deny their Igbo identity. They should change their names too. Okoro should be known as Rokoro, Amaechi should be known as Ramaechi, Ikechukwu should be known as Rikechukwu, Odili should be known as Rodili, Opara should be known as Ropara.

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But no one has been able to prove that Ikwerres actually changed the names of their towns from "Umu" to "Rumu". Even if all Ikwerres accepted that they were Igbo, it doesn't mean their names must be exactly identical to those of other Igbo groups. There's a reason why some people bear Ahamefule as opposed to Afamefuna. It's just a dialectic difference. Everything musn't be the same before you know that two groups are the same. There will always be slight differences and the who "Rumu" nonenclature does not in anyway suggest that Ikwerres are not Igbo. I think we have to let these Ikwerre issue go really cos it's really tiring. Let the individual Ikwerre people decide who they wanna be. I know Ikwerre people who claim Igbo and those who don't and it's a matter of convenience.

@Afam4eva, Please the original names of those places I mentioned is not open for debate. Better go and read the history of the civil war.

Rumu, umu, omu or any version is still same. Meanig chldren of a particular progenitor.
In Igboland, where you come from affects your tongue. Some Igbo mames are like Nwogu, some call it Wogu. Some say Ekwumekwu while others say Ekumeku. Some say Iselu Ukwu while others say Iselu Uku.
IT DOESN'T MATTER. WHAT MATTERS THAT THEY ARE ALL IGBO.

For the one millionth time, rumu, omu and umu are variations used within Ikwerre speech community. The R is not an artificial 196os-1970s invention.

Everyone is getting tired of this 'they are Igbos; they are not igbos' debate. Why anybody will waste minutes wondering how the next man identifies himself is beyond me; is your village not big enough for you?

AGAIN ?!! So ikwerre people no fit Drink water drop cup abi ?

jmoore: It doesn't take a genius to know something went wrong when you arrive Rivers state. A notice of names of places such as Rumueme, Rumuola, Rumuokwuta, Rumuokoro etc keeps you wondering why the prefix "R" was added to the words. Remove the 'R' and you will get the normal Igbo names like Umueme, Umuola, Umuokwuta, Umuokoro etc.
What went wrong? Why the change of name? What must have triggered the "adulteration" of one's identity? Ikwerre is Igbo and the denial of their Igboness led to these changes after the civil war.
But why stop there? There are more things they should do to deny their Igbo identity. They should change their names too. Okoro should be known as Rokoro, Amaechi should be known as Ramaechi, Ikechukwu should be known as Rikechukwu, Odili should be known as Rodili, Opara should be known as Ropara.

Don't mind those people. My mum's home town in Ngor-Okpala Imo has boundaries with etche and ikwerre in Rivers. The inhabitants of the towns speak similar dialect as my mum's and yet they deny being Igbo.

If you know the pressure and stresses faced by several adjunct Igbo communities in the civil war during the push to the mainland, you will appreciate why these things happened.

I am going to write a piece on this soon. The Ikwerre was among the areas created as Rivers State and 'liberated' from Eastern region by the Federal forces of Gowon in 1967. So when the areas were overran by Adekunle's forces etc, they had to remain seperate to avoid similar fate as their Igbo cousins- who were then blockaded, strafed and starved in thousands.

I don't blame them for the pyschology discomfiture of that era but the only worry is the continuing denial of their Igboness after many years and generations are now stuck in this serious identity dysfunctional syndrome.

1 shortblackboy: AGAIN ?!! So ikwerre people no fit Drink water drop cup abi ?

Girl, why not tell all those their parents who lied to their children that they are not to apologise to them before they all perish.

oturugo:
Girl, why not tell all those their parents who lied to their children that they are not to apologise to them before they all perish.

d way una dey take this tin enh person go tink say Dem go give una 1milion naira each if u manage to make ilwerres agree that they are igbos... Shish !

1 shortblackboy: d way una dey take this tin enh person go tink say Dem go give una 1milion naira each if u manage to make ilwerres agree that they are igbos... Shish !

We are calling a spade a spade.

Imagine if Nigerians say they are not Africans.

jmoore:
We are calling a spade a spade.

Imagine if Nigerians say they are not Africans.

u have to identify someone as a Nigerian 1st before u can identify him as an African.

jmoore:
It doesn't take a genius to know something went wrong when you arrive Rivers state. A notice of names of places such as Rumueme, Rumuola, Rumuokwuta, Rumuokoro etc keeps you wondering why the prefix "R" was added to the words. Remove the 'R' and you will get the normal Igbo names like Umueme, Umuola, Umuokwuta, Umuokoro etc.
What went wrong? Why the change of name? What must have triggered the "adulteration" of one's identity? Ikwerre is Igbo and the denial of their Igboness led to these changes after the civil war.
But why stop there? There are more things they should do to deny their Igbo identity. They should change their names too. Okoro should be known as Rokoro, Amaechi should be known as Ramaechi, Ikechukwu should be known as Rikechukwu, Odili should be known as Rodili, Opara should be known as Ropara.

What exactly is paining you?

juju2008:

Don't mind those people. My mum's home town in Ngor-Okpala Imo has boundaries with etche and ikwerre in Rivers. The inhabitants of the towns speak similar dialect as my mum's and yet they deny being Igbo.

I am from Etche. I am not denying the language similarities but what will you gain if I say I am Igbo?

BRIGHTRIVERS:
I am from Etche. I am not denying the language similarities but what will you gain if I say I am Igbo?

That would simply be a matter of stating the obvious fact, whereas denying being Igbo would be grandiose self-delusion tantamount to burying your head in the sand.

chijiblaze:


That would simply be a matter of stating the obvious fact, whereas denying being Igbo would be grandiose self-delusion tantamount to burying your head in the sand.

unnecessary Show of grammar is all I see in this comment. If we don't wish to state the obvious would you kill all Riverians? look here my brother, my grand father speaks Etche fluently but can't understand igbo language. Does that suggest anything to you? There's both a language and geographical difference between the both,no matter how little and time has made us different, even character-wise. Brother If you don't like that fact I'm in my house, you can come and kill me.

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BRIGHTRIVERS:
unnecessary Show of grammar is all I see in this comment. If we don't wish to state the obvious would you kill all Riverians? look here my brother, my grand father speaks Etche fluently but can't understand igbo language. Does that suggest anything to you? There's both a language and geographical difference between the both,no matter how little and time has made us different, even character-wise. Brother If you don't like that fact I'm in my house, you can come and kill me.

The emboldened statement is clearly a lie.

Etche language is indistinguishable from Igbo language as spoken in Ngor-Okpuala & Owerri West LGAs in Imo state.

BRIGHTRIVERS: I am from Etche. I am not denying the language similarities but what will you gain if I say I am Igbo?

You typed the above statement earlier on.

Are you referring to the Enugu "waawa" Igbo? Or the Abakaliki or Nsukka versions? Are they the ones your grandfather doesn't understand?

Even if the Ikwerre & Ogba people claim to speak a different language, nde etche cannot make this same claim and expect to be believed.

Besides it's doubtful you are really from etche or anywhere near there as you seem to know next-to-nothing about the area.

chijiblaze:


The emboldened statement is clearly a lie.

Etche language is indistinguishable from Igbo language as spoken in Ngor-Okpuala & Owerri West LGAs in Imo state.



You typed the above statement earlier on.

Are you referring to the Enugu "waawa" Igbo? Or the Abakaliki or Nsukka versions? Are they the ones your grandfather doesn't understand?

Even if the Ikwerre & Ogba people claim to speak a different language, nde etche cannot make this same claim and expect to be believed.

Besides it's doubtful you are really from etche or anywhere near there as you seem to know next-to-nothing about the area.

Lol.. His name is 'Bright', he's most likely a Bini man.