Posted on October 13, 2014 by Prince Charles Oforkaja

What Does Chibunu Onuzo Have In Common With Chibundu Gutuza? They aren’t from the same country – Onuzo is Nigerian, while Gutuza is Zimbabwean. They dont share the same profession Onuzo is a writer while Gutuza is a member of the Zimbabwean Parliament. They don’t even share the same sex – Onuzo is female while Gutuza is male. So if you said they both share Bantu indigenous names, you would be right (and don’t tell me this isn’t so because the names have different meanings. Even a toddler knows that the Igbos were the Proto Bantus; the first Bantus. Today Bantu culture encompasses millions of people in so many Central, Eastern and Southern African countries and in Nigeria (Igbos are Bantus as well as . Yes, we may not have had empires, but you cannot deny our cultural influence that stretched very deep into Africa and even beyond. Let me leave you with a few Zimbabwean (Bantu) and Igbo names that have the Chi prefix (naysayer, how did that come about?)

25 Zimbabwean (Bantu) Names With Chi Prefix

Chirwa, Chikukutu, Chinatsira, Chirongo, Chidyamakono, Chigumira, Chilimanzi, Chinyati, Chipfumbu, Chirinda, Chitepo, Chinamasa, Chimbidzayi, Chikaka, Chikarara, Chidzero, Chinamano, Chihota, Chimurenga, Chitungo, Chitengu, Chikowore, and Chinyauro.

25 Igbo Names With Chi Prefix

Chinenye, Chinasa, Chinwendu, Chinecherem, Chinedu, Chika, Chikaso, Chidubem, Chibuike, Chikwado, Chimma, Chinenye, Chimaraoke, Chimezie, Chigozie, Chizoba, Chinda, Chikezie, Chimamanda, Chikodiri, Chinonso, Chidimma, Chinonye, Chinwetara, and Chidi.

Please try to watch the Venda film Nwana O Ngalangala ( meaning The Child Has Disappeared ) its a Venda film you can download here www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep4DYiQLasg

Let us tell you a little more about Venda. It is one of the official languages in South Africa. As we say at Igbodefender.com, Igbo socio-cultural/ socio economic influence from years ago can be felt right down to the Southern tip of Africa. We are proud of the Zulus and other Bantu groups because we see ourselves in them.

Hahaha bantu kwa.

Awum onye Igbo awughim onye bantu.

Eeh by the way who are you defending?

What is the meaning of chi in those bantu?
Does it mean the same thing with Igbo Chi/Olisaburuwa?

I must have jinxed myself, because this is just incredible. Earlier today, literally just a few hours ago, I was honestly thinking about how long this year has been and how it's been filled with pseudo-scholasticism and the purporting of unsubstantiated BS. I even remembered your organization, pondering on your dissolution, like a hopeful child on Christmas Eve. I figured, with a quarter of the year left, this enjoyment I've derived from true, thought-provoking discourse here on NL might go unbroken. Then I log in and see this. That's got to be it. I must've jinxed myself.

*sigh*

It's a bit amazing that you haven't linked the Igbo chi with the Chinese chi yet.

You do know the meaning of chi in both cultures are somewhat similar, right?

Thankyou! Its amazing how people can discard their forefathers wisdom for a mere colonialist opinion of who they are.

Igbo are Bantu the sooner they accept it the better for them

@ ChinenyeN: first show that you mean well for the Igbos then your rant will be taken semi seriously.

Nnaa, what do you think this is, a pissing contest to see who "means well for the Igbo"? Ochi lei! That rhetoric has already been overplayed by Igboists. In fact, let me tell it to you straight. Pursuant to my classification as an "Igbo" and as a learned individual interested in genuine knowledge, I have every right to call you out on falsehoods, lies and any other derivative thereafter.

The imperative is simple. I won't let you misrepresent and misguide the very community I am a part of with such ignorance. You people aren't scholars. Your lies can't even hold up to the simplest of academic scrutiny. So understand that this isn't about me or anyone else, but rather about your own intellectual incompetence and keeping that incompetence from unduly spreading.

Bonus Zimbabwean Bantu name that sounds like the Igbo name Chidera is Chireya. Happy weekend to everyone. Igbos are the Proto Bantus.

Heheh ị nyaala du gbuo nụ? Lool

all this Bantu, Jewish stuff just tire me. I am igbo nothing more nothing less.

Look at yanminri physique and compare with bantu,they are kith and kin. If you no take time sef some bantu are already with us passing as Ibo cause its hard to distinguish them.

Well, I'd rather be related to Bantu than to anyother ethnic group in Nigeria.

ChinenyeN:
Heheh ị nyaala du gbuo nụ? Lool

Bust body. Face front! Enemy of Igbo Progress!

igbodefender:
Bust body. Face front! Enemy of Igbo Progress!

Hehe, ị gala dị la ị ka whne kaa nña ị dịto ịnyụ mvụrụka hniihni? Lool ọchị lei.

ChinenyeN:

Hehe, ị gala dị la ị ka whne kaa nña ị dịto ịnyụ mvụrụka hniihni? Lool ọchị lei.

Ntoor!

igbodefender:
Ntoor!

Dụju nụnụ. Nñịrị nwhne ke? I ji "ntọọ" duo Igbo l'eye ọma? Kikikiki.

ChinenyeN:


Dụju nụnụ. Nñịrị nwhne ke? I ji "ntọọ" duo Igbo l'eye ọma? Kikikiki.

Igbo Amaka. Igbo Amaka. Igbo Amaka o! Igbo by Igbo, kwenu!

igbodefender:

Igbo Amaka. Igbo Amaka. Igbo Amaka o! Igbo by Igbo, kwenu!

Eziokwu #Gbam

Ị ka nụla a ndịdị ise kaa. Lol. Haba.

ChinenyeN:

Eziokwu #Gbam

Ị ka nụla a ndịdị ise kaa. Lol. Haba.

Igbo Amaka. Igbo bu the First (Proto) Bantu. Igbo esika. I kweta kwa.

igbodefender:
Igbo Amaka. Igbo bu the First (Proto) Bantu. Igbo esika. I kweta kwa.

Ọ dịghị. Ị nyụgha mvụrụka gbuo waa.

ChinenyeN:

Ọ dịghị. Ị nyụgha mvụrụka gbuo waa.

Chukwu gozie gi, ma gozikwa Ndigbo Nile, ma nyekwa ha nkwado di egwu, n'afa Jesus.