The debate over the true origin of
the Igbo continued recently when
two communities laid claims to being
the progenitors. Now, the
professionals of Umueri extraction in
Anambra East Local Government
Area of Anambra State, under the
auspices of Greater Umueri
Liberation Forum, GULF, debunked
the claims by Nri & Aguleri, saying
their town was the ancient Igbo
settlement in Omambala valley.
Eze Obidiegwu Onyesoh, the
traditional ruler of Nri in Anaocha
Local Government of Anambra State,
had said the Igbo originated from
his community.
GULF described the claim of the
monarch and that of Aguleri as
baseless and fallacious.
According to GULF, the story of the
of the Igbo was first dismissed by
one Elder Ndive Aniegboka, an elder
from Umueri, who said the monarch
was being economical with the truth
as Umueri was the first area of
human settlement before the Igbo of
Igala descent migrated.
The group, in its report endorsed by
nine of its members, described
Aguleri & Nri, as erstwhile partners
in FOISTERING an inconsistent and
inaccurate story on the Igbo people,
which they termed fallacious &
misleading. The report was signed by
Comrade Biafra Diboh, Chief.Daniel
Obi Aninwetalu, Mr.Obi Kachi
Nzedigwe, Mr. Titus Ugo Nwoye,
Comrade Sonny Onochie , Ms. Purity
Nwofia, Mr.Oliver Chinweze, Mr.Chike
Nnamdi and Sixtus Chinedu.
The group insisted that majority of
the people who make up the Igbo of
today were those who came from
Israel while the rest migrated from
Igala and other places.
According to the group, the founders
of the earliest settlers of the town
are from Eri clan of Israel who left
the Israelites during their time in
wilderness (post-Egypt exile),
migrated from East Jordan towards
the Mediterranean Sea and later
crossed back to Egypt from there to
Ethiopia, then to Southern Sudan
from where they sailed through the
rivers and finally found themselves
in Omambala or Anambra valley
where they settled.
“They now named the place after
their clan, Umu-Eri, which means
children of Eri. The migration was
long-time ago before Saul was made
King over Israel”, GULF said.
It went on: “At the new settlement,
the culture of Hebrew worshipping,
circumcision, burial & other customs
remained visibly the same with some
modifications. There was no king or
culture of king-making until the
invasion of the land by the second
wave of migration from the Igala
descents who brought the system of
priest-king along with it.
“The Bini Kingdom also tried
introducing its kingship by imposing
the Ezes & Onowu but with limited
success. However, the Umueri people
resisted the cultural encroachment
from them until the colonial
administrators foisted warrant chief
system on them.
Relationship between Umunri &
ancient Umueri
“The original settlers of the
communities that make up the
Umunri clan are descendants of the
first settlers of Umueri. Therefore the
people of Umunri, otherwise called
Nri Kingdom, are part of our ancient
town. It is a fact that amongst
numerous people that constitute the
Umunri Kingdom, the descendants of
Umueri people are regarded as
aborigines or the head of their
various communities. Those
communities were even named after
founders of Umueri lineages. The
original settlers in Nri are from Nri-
aka in old Ugume ana of Ikenga
Umueri.
“Nri people were actually occupying
the large expanse of land between
Ugume Umueri and Ikem Nando
(then in old Umueri town) which
today subsist in Ugwu Nzu.
“There is a popular road path which
exists till date which the the Nri
people use for their itineraries from
Ugume to Ugunzu and is called ‘EZI
NRI AKA’ till today.
The vast area was inhabited by the
descendants of Eri up to Omabala na
Ezu before the present settlement of
aguleri which is a recent settlement.
“The Ire and Oraeri were living in
the portion of land lying between
Agu Eneneanya and Agu Oda in
today Ifite Umueri and Nneyi
Umueri. The Ire people abandoned
this area in flight due to the war
between them and the Igalas.
“Today the Ire people can be found
in Abba, Obosi, Ogidi, Umuoji Enugu
Ukwu. Occupying these portion of
lands today are several artefacts’
and monuments, shrines, etc left
behind by the fleeing Ires.
“The Umunri oral tradition also
confirmed that they once lived
amongst our people here in
Omambala valley. The Nri people of
Umueri extraction had no king just
like every other true Igbo town until
the arrival of the Igala settlers who
were forced to scatter and live
amongst all Igbo towns in northern
Igbo communities as a result of the
ancient war that was waged by the
people of ancient Umueri clan.
It was the Igala elements that
brought the issue of kingship in Nri.
It was a foreign culture amongst the
earliest settlers.
Migration & trace of Umueri people
“The founders of ancient Umueri
community was not just a single man
and woman as fallacious story
peddled around by people, but
group of people amongst whom was
Eri, a great hunter and warrior from
Eri clan of Gad’s tribe of Isreal
around I,300BC.(See Gen46:16,
Numbers 26:16).
They found themselves in Omambala
valley where they settled. Original
ancient Umueri people settled
amongst basically in all northern
Igbo communities notably Nteje
(Umueri/Umuevi Nteje), Umueri
Awka, Umueri Ogbunike, Umueri
Okija, Umunagu- Achala, Amåleri
Ichida, Umueri Awkuzu, Umueri
Nkwelle Ezunaka.
The Influence of Bini Kingdom
“Another group that impacted its
culture on the Omambala people are
the Binis known formerly as the Idu
in the local parlance. At the height
of Bini Kingdom, it annexed
territories at will through conquest,
but the emerging communities in
Omambala valley through juju & war
charms were able to stop the Binis.
In mutual pact agreed upon, Umueri
and other communities in Omambala
communities, through their powerful
medicine men & charm makers,
provided the needed spiritual
support to the Bini Kingdom whose
standing army was busy fighting
numerous wars during the ancient
days.
In reward for their effort, the Binis
rewarded and imposed them as Eze
& Onowu Iyasele. This is how all
those parading themselves as royal
homes in northern part of Igboland
emerged. It was not part of our
culture and so anyone telling you
that at the death of Eri, his fore
fathers became kings and that he is
the 100th King of Eri is being far
from truth. Our culture has no room
for such political stool.
Conclusion
“It’s obvious that the name Umueri
(the name by which other Omambala
people address Umueri from time
immemorial), which literally means
“Children of Eri”, is a natural and
unbiased nomenclature indicating
Umueri special relationship with Eri,
even though several attempts have
been made in the past to deny
Umueri its rightful position as the
cradle of Igboland through
mispronunciation of our name &
heaping of false name as our
ancestor.
Archaeologically, the traces of the
habitat of the early Igbo settlers are
still visible today in Umueri. For
Instance, ‘Akpu Nri’ and ‘Okpotoevi’
are still at Ugume Umueri. Akpu Nri
is an antiquity of great importance.
It’s about half a thousand year old
tree located at Ama Iruakpu-Ugume,
Umueri. It was said to be founded
by founders of early settlers of
Agukwu-Nri who left long time ago.
“Apart from oral tradition &
archaeological evidence, the early
European visitors confirmed Umueri
communities in Anambra valley as
the cradle of human existence in
Igboland. “According to the works of
Dr Elizabeth Isichei, while quoting L
Froberius, wrote.
“The first cradle of human habitation
in Igbo area was probably the Cross
River and Anambra River
Escarpment. In each of these areas,
latter Stone Age sites have been
excavated. The scholar cited an
ancient storage relic which was
excavated in Umunagu Umueri in
1975 by Mr. Emmanuel Ozoemena
which shows human existence in
Umueri during Stone Age era
probably before 980 AD’ Elizabeth
Isichei went further to state, ‘This
picture of an early nucleus of
settlement in northern Igbo land is
confirmed by Igbo traditions’.
We urge all Igbo historians, scholars
& anthropologists of Igbo culture to
go the who hag in unravelling the
true ancient map of Umueri town
(clan) and also to focus their
searchlight on this ancient town of
Umueri to study her unique culture
and oral tradition which has so far
been suppressed deliberately by
fallacious works of some authors and
writers, who were unable to conquer
prejudice and bias, thereby ending
up into distortion of fact”.
www.vanguardngr.com/2014/09/controversy-igbo-origin-proof-umueri-cradle-ndigbo/

Another debate of origin

Any igbo ancestral ideology based on some Jewish origin is baseless and senseless.
*see oldies still yanning nonsense*.

Danrizzle: Any igbo ancestral ideology, based on some israeli origin is baseless and senseless. *old Men yanning nonsense*.

Let them show us proofs

chibecanglobal: Let them show us proofs

There's no prove.. they all just wanna make igbos alien to other african ethnic groups. How can white turn black(i mean, blacckk in every sense).

Danrizzle: There's no prove.. they all just wanna make igbos alien to other african ethnic groups. How can white turn black(i mean, blacckk in every sense).

Jews are not white o

chibecanglobal: Let them show us proofs

They are confused

I got the post below from a facebok friend on the subject matter after reading one of his posts on a facebook forum and requesting for a detailed explanation.
I would love those knowleageable on the subject mattter to shed more light on this.......
This post appears rather too long
please take your time and read if you
can.
THE HEBREWS AND THE IGBO’S
I recently posted on this forum
someone’s view of the Hebrew- Igbo
origin, it elicited many comments
some who commented asked that if
we are not Hebrews who are we?
Some said I argued from only one
view without giving the other stories
a listening ear some said I am
looking at it through the carnal mind
instead of spiritually. It is based on
this that I decided to do a little
research of all stories of the Igbo
Hebrew origin not as a historian or
an authority in the field but as
someone who wishes to know. I have
divided the Hebrew Igbo history into
three parts namely; mythology,
Hebrew origin proponents and
Hebrew origin antagonists I have also
added my own view of the matter.
The failure of a people begins when
the belief in themselves is taken from
them; then the detractor needs do no
more (Achebe, Morning Yet on
Creation Day).
MYTHOLOGY
Oral history of the Nri people, the
oldest known kingdom in Nigeria
dated to about 9AD has it that Eri ( a
sky being) was sent by Chukwu to
dominate the earth, Eri settled in the
middle of Omambala (oral history has
it that Eri met an Authchonous group
who had no living memory of their
origin) river valley where he married
two wives the first Nneamaku bore
him five children, the first was Agulu
the founder of Agulueri the second
was Nri ifikuanim the founder of
Umunri kindom of Nri followed by Nri
Onugu the founder of Igbariam and
Ogbodulu, the founder Amanuke the
fifth one was a daughter called
Iguedo who is said to have born the
founders of Nteje,Awkuzu,Ogbunik
e,Umuleri,Nando and Ogboli in
Onitsha the second son of Nri
ifikuanim oboli begot Onoja the only
son who founded the Igala kingdom
( strong evidence points to the fact
that Nri son Onoja Oboli was the
founder of Igala kingdom). Other
stories have it that a man of Igala
stock from Idah called Eri, son of
Achado, a native doctor and hunter,
came down the Omambala River in
search of the River at a place later
called Aguleri (Aguleri Igbo), and
begat a number of children, to whom
he passed on the secrets of his arts.
His eldest son, who succeeded to the
paraphernalia of his trade, was called
Nriifikwuanim. The Aguleris also have
it that they migrated from Igala as
they put it “The leader Eri, a warrior,
took his people on a war expedition,
and after long travel and many fights,
established his camp at Eri-aka, near
Odanduli stream, a place which lies
between Ifite and Igbezunu Aguleri.
Eri, with his soldiers, went out
regularly from his settlement to
Urada, Nnadi and other surrounding
towns on war raids and captured
many of the inhabitants. These were
the Ibo-speaking people and by
mixing with them and inter-marriage,
the immigrants adopted the
language.” It is pertinent to note
that it is widely believed that the Nri
and Aguleri people are the
progenitors of the Igbo’s. There are
also other oral histories of other Igbo
town stating their origin from Benin
kingdom, Idoma (Aro people) and
many other surrounding towns, there
also exist many Igbo towns whose
stories states that they came from
nowhere but the soil, mpu ala
Hebrew Igbo progenitors
The cultural connection between the
Igbo’s and the Hebrews was first
made by Olaudah Equiano an ex-slave
of Igbo origin in the west indies from
Essaka( probably Nsukka) writing in
his 1789 book, “The Interesting
Narrative of the Life of Olaudah
Equiano made this statement " Such
is the imperfect sketch my memory
has furnished me with of the
manners and customs of a people
among whom I first drew my breath.
And here I cannot forbear suggesting
what has long struck me very forcibly,
namely, the strong analogy which
even by this sketch, imperfect as it is,
appears to prevail in the manners
and customs of my countrymen and
those of the Jews, before they reached
the Land of Promise, and particularly
the patriarchs while they were yet in
that pastoral state which is described
in Genesis–an analogy, which alone
would induce me to think that the
one people had sprung from the
other.” Equiano analogies were based
on common cultural practices as
circumcision, conferment, purification
of women, naming children after
specific events and experience as also
found in Hebrew culture.
The colonial master arriving the Igbo
heartland also saw this similarities
hence further comparison.
The Igbo origin as defined by the
colonial masters has two hypothesis,
the Hamitic Hypothesis and oriental
hypothesis; the hamitic hypothesis
proposed that the Igbo were of
Middle Eastern origin, either Egyptian
or Hebrew. The most outspoken
proponent of the Hamitic hypothesis
was the colonial Christian missionary
Archdeacon G.T. Basden. The
question of Igbo Jewish identity to
which many Igbo’s lay claim was a
result of the colonial discourse based
on the Hamitic hypothesis the
oriental hypothesis was borne out of
the hamitic hypothesis, the oriental
hypothesis proposes that the Igbo’s
are descended from the Jews.
The proponent of this theorem base
their argument from circumstantial
and biblical evidence.The exponents
of this theory found similarity of
culture between that of Igbo and
some of the middle Eastern peoples.
Circumcision, system and manner of
naming children, sentence structure
and similarity in some words, religion
and ritual symbols, love of adventure
and enterprise were used to explain
derivation from the East. It is also
believed that the word Ibo is the
corruption for the word Hebrew
According to Eze Nri, Nri-Enwelana II,
the "Nri Kingdom is the oldest
Kingdom in Nigeria. It was founded
around 9AD by the progenitor, Eri,
the son of Gad. According to biblical
accounts, Jacob had Leah as his wife
who begot four sons for him. When
Leah noticed she had passed child-
bearing age, she gave her maid
servant, Zilpah to Jacob to wife, and
through Zilpah he had a son named
Gad. Gad then bigot Eri, who later
formed a clan known as Erites vide
Genesis Chapter 30 verse 9; 46 verse
16 and Numbers chapter 26 verses
15-19. Eri was therefore amongst the
twelve tribes of Israel via Gad." Jacob
and his 12 sons, and his vast number
of descendants became the 12 tribes
of Israel. 10 of these tribes, including
that of Gad, made home in Samaria,
today the northern part of present
day Israel. In the year 722 B.C, the
tribes were attacked by Assyria, and
quickly conquered. Sent into exile,
they scattered throughout the land.
And it is here that we lose track of
the 10 lost tribes Including Gad, Eri
and their families
still speaking Eze Nri, Nri-Enwelana II
said "During the Exodus, which
marked the beginning of the mass
movement of the tribes of Israel, the
tribe of Eri was amongst the tribe
that left Egypt following the
injunction from God to the Israelites
(see Deuteronomy chapter 28 verses
58 68)”.The proponent of this theory
also believed that Some of these
tribes founded settlements in the
southern part of Sudan, where they
established the Nok culture, which is
similar to that of other (sun Cult)
culture, like Nri, Fiji, Samoa, and
Jukun in the Northern part of Nigeria
and elsewhere. But others who could
not remain in the Southern Sudan
traveled further South, some
branched off to Jukun, in Northern
part of Nigeria, others continued and
arrived at the confluence of Rivers
Niger and Anambara known as Ezu-
na-Ọmambala and settled there while
some veered off to the Island of Fiji
in the South Pacific Ocean.
Noam Katz, former Israeli Ambassador
to Nigeria, also believes that there
are some common cultures and
customs that bond the Igbo with
Israel. Most Nri sons supports this
oriental hypothesis as attested by
one of their son Ogbuefi Madubueze
Enemmou speaking on the origin of
the Igbo’s, on behalf of Nri people,
during an audience participation
programme of Radio Nigeria on July
13, 1966,hear him, “about two years
ago, Israel government sent delegates
to our place, Nri to confirm the
historical relationship between Igbo’s
and Hebrew people. We took Israeli
officials round historical places in our
town. They expressed surprise at
what they observed as obvious
similarities between our custom and
theirs. Later, they could not help but
conclude that Nri and Igbo in general
are among the lost tribes of Israel”.
Some have also suggested that “
Chukwu Abiama” is a corruption for
“Chukwu Abraham”. To further
strengthen the claims some point to
evidence in the onyx stone found at
Aguleri with Aramaic (ancient Hebrew
writing) written on it indicating the
twelve tribes of Israel and also
similarities in ritual symbols found at
the archaeological excavations sites
at Igbo Ukwu and that of the
Hebrews.

Hebrew Igbo’s Antagonist
Available evidence such as Language
diversity; Botanical (Forests
Conservation); Population density;
Archaeological, suggests that the
Igbo and their forbears have lived in
much their present homes from the
dawn of human history.
It is well established that the
oriental hypothesis holds no weight
as it is quoted here”Knowledge from
sources broader and more self-critical
than the Biblical — from
contemporary historians,
archaeologists, historical linguists,
and other scientifically based
disciplines — have argued against
these claims”
Renowned Igbo historians such as
Professor Adiele Eberechukwu Afigbo,
Professor Catherine Acholonu, Dr
Elizabeth Isichei and many other has
also argued against this claims.
Professor Adiele Afigbo goes further
to give the genesis of this view that
the Igbo’s are Hebrews based on the
Hamitic hypothesis
“Despite the very negative impression
of Igbo culture popularized by the
British during their administrative
reign in Nigeria…both British and
Igbo chroniclers also noted much in
common between the Igbo cultures
and ‘civilized’ European culture. As a
result, the myth grew that the Igbo
were either descended from one of
the lost tribes of Israel or the ancient
Egyptians, or had at some point in
their history been influenced by one
of these societies”
Professor Afigbo further believes that
when the colonial masters came to
Igbo land they viewed the generality
of the Igbo nation as an inferior
group as there were no known strong
empire as compared to their
neighbors ( Benin,Igala and co) they
viewed this lack of empire and strong
military command in Igbo land as due
to lack of intelligence of the Igbo
nation, on encountering towns such
as Nri, Onitsha, the AROS and the
discovery of bronze metal work in igbo
ukwu dated to 9AD they were
surprised at their intelligence and
civilization which can be compared to
some places in Europe as of then,
they could not believe that this
primitive people could do such
marvels, they initially stated that Nri,
AROS and Onitsha were not Igbo’s, as
they could not substantiate their
claims they now used the cultural
comparisons to link the Igbo’s to the
middle East because they found it
hard to believe that such primitive
people could be so sophisticated
hence the hamitc hypothesis.Such
aspects of Igbo life as its traditions of
origins, democratic political culture,
Aro trading and oracular oligarchy,
Nri priestly tradition and cult
ceremonials, Nkwerre and Abiriba
skilled iron works and lot more – were
all misunderstood to be of oriental
origin. In what Afigbo has described
as their search for ‘noble ancestry’
these flattered Igbo communities (the
Aro, the Nri and Abiriba), began to
concoct histories of origins that
linked their remote ancestors with
either Israel or Egypt.
Nri it at its height was the spiritual
centre of most Igbo towns and other
surrounding states, its powers
stretching as far as Benin ,Ijo,
Ibibio ,Igala, Idoma and others, Nri at
its height is often compared to Mecca
and Rome the other world known
spiritual and power centre.
This commentator here added his
own voice to the assumption also
quoting Afigb o“Later [colonial]
educated Igbo would glom onto the
Hamitic theory to show that they had
not always been as ‘despicable as the
colonialists found them. In the post-
independence period, Afigbo argues
that the theory of Hebrew origin has
continued to be attractive to the
Igbo. For instance, he suggests that:
Publicists and others soon started
drawing parallels between Igbo
business acumen and their sufferings
at the hands of other Nigerian ethnic
nationalities on the one hand, and
Jewish experience throughout history
on the other. Between 1967 and 1970
embattled Biafra provided the perfect
parallel to the state of Israel
surrounded by hostile Arab nations.
The Igbo not only made this
comparison themselves, but believed
in it. They also came to hope that
they would weather the Nigerian
storm just as the Israelis are
weathering the Arab storm. Thus
there is no mere history…but an
ideology for group survival.
In this way, the Hamitic theory of
Igbo origin has survived among the
Igbos”.
Afigbo also suggested that the hamitc
hypothesis also suited the colonial
masters in their bid to gain
unchallenged control of the Igbo’s
see this excerpts from a journal “The
political ramifications of this
interpretation were quite
advantageous to the British because,
‘implicit in this claim was the idea,
not hitherto emphasized by any one,
that British colonialism was not a
radical departure from the past.
Instead it was in some sense a
continuation of the cultural education
of the Igbo which had been started
long ago by the Egyptians.’
Furthermore, this theory helped the
British established a typology
through which they could administer
the notoriously decentralized Igbo
areas directly. Thus, Afigbo explains,
“it came to be argued first that
Igboland was once under Egyptian
influence, secondly that the spread of
Egyptian culture in Igboland was the
work of a small elite who after inter-
breeding with the people became the
Nri and the Aro of today, and thirdly,
that if the British really wanted to
rule the Igbo ‘indirectly,’ then they
had to do so through the Nri and the
Aro.’ Politically, the Hamitic theory
was the key to the benevolent
imperialism of the British in
Igboland”
Professor M.A. Onwuejeogwu also
voiced out his views lashing out to
the exponents of this claims, hear
him “The Igbo scholars who depend
on bible to determine Igbo origin are
yet aware of the metaphysical
language of the bible and the history
of the Hebrew. The creationist theory
has to be abandoned for more
empirical enquiry”. He also pointed to
archaeological evidence at Ugwuele,
Afigbo Nsukka and Igbo Ukwu which
had irrevocable evidence to show that
at least that between 100000 B.C and
5000 B.C man started his existence in
Igbo land.
Professor Catherine Acholonu believes
that Hebrews and Egyptians
descended from the Igbo’s and
human history started from Nigeria
Igbo land in particular, in her latest
work “ They lived before Adam” she
uses both mythology, archaeological,
linguistic and scientific evidence to
prove this, although some facts are
proven while others were not, she
still did have a lot of evidence to
substantiate her claims.
Omenka Egwuatu Nwa-Ikenga article
writen in the Odinani journal titled“A
Re-Emerging Scam: A Review of The
Jews of Nigeria”he debunks e most of
this cultural claims, he states that
circumcision was done for both male
and female in Igboland as against
the Jewish believe for only men and
circumcision was done all over west
Africa, he also raised the issue of
polytheism and monotheism in
religious worship He also showed that
different part of Igbo land had
differing cultural practices. Due to
space I can not write all that he
debunked.
Other commentators also showed
their disbelieve of this claims below
are some of them:
“It is possible that Igbos descended
from the Jews? The circumcision and
menstrual separation will not pass
the link test as almost all tribes in
West Africa were known to circumcise
boys. Men and women belong in
different social groups traditionally
and so the separation is inherent
within cultural and family lifestyle
anyway. To establish credibility you
should find some unique rituals
that’s exclusively common between
Igbo and Jews outside of any other
African group”
“Linguistic, archaeological, oral
history and DNA science disproves
the myth very easily. First Igbo has
always been Igbo, not Ibo (colonial
distortion and problematically many
Igbo use Ibo which is incorrect).
Secondly, most of the myth arises
from researchers during the colonial
era of the 19th and 20th centuries
who remarked on SIMILARITIES (there
are many similarities across
populations, however, you need
stronger evidence to draw conclusions
of origin), some Igbo researchers who
have been influenced by foreigners,
the fact that Israel supported Biafra
during the civil war, and a host of
other recent phenomena. Our oral
histories never pointed to a Jewish/
Hebrew point of origin until
RECENTLY. Looking at the history of
Nigeria (missionary influence, civil
war and so forth) it is clear why.
There were no documented Jewish
communities in Nigeria pre-19th
century; in fact we can even push the
date up further”.
“Many draw the comparison between
Jews and ndi Igbo of circumcision
practice. The 8 day practice of
cirumcision is not universally
practiced in Igbo land and secondly,
Ndi Igbo is not special from other
West African groups in their
circumcision practice”.
Omenka Eqwuato also observed and
questioned “But the most damning
question is that if Igbo people are
descendants of Jews who migrated
from Israel, why don’t they have any
type of relationship with any of the
other groups in Africa that claim the
same thing such as the Lemba of
Zimbabwe, Beta Israel of Ethiopia, or
Yibir of Somalia? Why is that that
until now, they had never heard of
such groups although it’s pretty clear
that if their narratives were true, that
they would have either been part of
them at some time or at least
encountered them? And if they did
come from the Sephardic populations
in Northern Africa, why is there no
record of such a migration on either
end? Furthermore, why don’t any of
their surrounding neighbors have any
stories of wandering Hebrews or Jews
passing through their land? The only
people in Nigeria that share some of
the migration routes that the Igbo
Jews are claiming would be the Fulani
people, who have populations in
West, Central, North and East Africa”

MY VIEW
I have tried to present an unbiased
views of believes above, from my
standpoint the Igbo’s were never
Hebrew, why? I don’t believe that
circumstantial evidence without
physical prove is enough to prove
origin, the name similarities in the
bible as between the Hebrew Eri and
the Eri of Nri is not a prove at all, to
prove that the name similarity is an
evidence we need to totally look at
other names in Igbo land at the time
ERI was said to have migrated from
Israel and even now and compare it
with other Hebrew name and see
whether there are also similarities,
which if you do is no, the Igbo
language and the Hebrew language
has no similarities, it is unfortunate
that in their bid to make us Hebrew
some had intentionally distorted the
word Igbo to ibo, eboe, Igbo all in a
bid to make it sound like Hebrew, the
Arabic name for God is Allah while
the name for the Igbo God of land is
Ala those that make us Arabic? Those
claiming Igbo Jews actually have lot
of questions to answer, such as why
have they dwelled on cultural
similarities and not dissimilarity?
(The Igbo’s have lots of cultural
dissimilarities with the Jews) at what
point did they know they were Jews?
Could any Jew forget about such
event like exodus from Egypt,
Passover, patriarch such as Abraham
and Moses? Since such stories has
never been told in Igbo land until
the arrival of colonization and
Christianity, what happened to
Judaism? (monotheism to polytheism)
what happened to the political
structure of the Jews in Igbo land?
(monarchy to quasi republican)
Many supposedly Igbo elites has
been concocting lies and trying by all
means to link Igbo omenala to Jewish
culture all in their bid to claim noble
ancestry with the Jews. Of the onyx
stone with Aramaic writing on it I
personally asked professor Acholonu
who told me that onyx stones are
found inside the Omambala River so
it is not a big issue and that the
particular stones found at Aguleri
had no Aramaic writing on it and
nothing pointing to the twelve tribe
of Israel was found on it.
I have also tried to link the claimant
of Igbo Jews ancestry to other well
known claimant in Africa like the
Lembe of Zimbabwe and the Beta
Jews of Ethiopia, this other claimant
oral history, tradition and DNA are
distinctive and shows linkage with
the middle East, the Igbo Jew
claimant has none of the element
found in the Beta and Lembe
claimant (the Beta Jews of Ethiopia
has long been evacuated back to
Israel).
Oral history, archaeological and
scientific evidence debunks all this
Hebrew claims no oral Igbo history of
migration from Middle East exists.
The Israelis are smart they have never
rejected or supported that the Igbo’s
are Jews there just exploit loop holes
to penetrate Igbo land and expand
Judaism this is attested by the large
Judaism books they donate and
synagogue they have built. Over
100years of this hypothesis why have
DNA not been used to verify this
claims (am sure they would have
done DNA and the result came back
negative and they kept quite so that
the Jewish imperialism could
continue) DNA has been used to
verify other Jewish claims from other
places and some even evacuated back
to Israel. There are also some Jewish
rabbi who have stated altogether that
no evidence suggests that the Igbo’s
are Jews.
Why do we find it easy to believe we
came from a Jewish origin and hard
to believe that the Jews came from
us? if you observed Olaudah Equiano
statement “an analogy, which alone
would induce me to think that the
one people had sprung from the
other” He dint say the Igbo were Jews
or vice versa he just gave a
suggestion. Why can’t we then
believe the Jews came from us? If we
are to follow the hamitic hypothesis
The igbo language and culture has
more similarities in Egypt rather than
Hebrew
We should understand that no
particular group are the chosen
people we are all chosen by God and
nature has bestowed unto all man
intelligence to develop within his
environment.
The Igbo nation has always been an
individualistic and intelligent group
we have shown that we had
civilization that can be compared to
places in Europe then. The Igbo
nation has proved that the African is
not dumb but rather intelligent and
all this came from our grandfathers
and nowhere else. I am a proud Igbo
man and I don’t need linkage of
ancestry to a supposedly “chosen
people” to be a special breed by
been an Igbo am already special.
Conclusion
In writing this I have encountered a
lot of Igbo cultures and believe which
I have never heard before which were
unique and beautiful. I suggest that
Igbo history and culture should be
taught as a subject of its own in all
primaries and secondary school in
Igbo land so the new generation will
not forget them. The Odinani
religious worship should also be
taught alongside Christianity so that
everyone could make a choice since it
does not offend anyone sensibility
and it’s not against nature since I
believe no religion or culture is
superior to any other."
So i want those knowledgeable about the subject matter.

chibecanglobal: Jews are not white o

Are they black?. Is isreali prime minister 'Netanyahu' black?.

The high concentration of BS in this thread is giving me vertigo and nausea.