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Re: Nsibidi: The Original Nigerian Writing Script by cheruv: 10:34pm On Nov 18, 2014 |
OboloMAN:story !! the owners of nsibidi are the EJAAGHAM. miss meiya,which ethnic nation are you from? 1 Like |
Re: Nsibidi: The Original Nigerian Writing Script by cococandy(f): 10:35pm On Nov 18, 2014 |
MissMeiya:I'm already exasperated. Phew |
Re: Nsibidi: The Original Nigerian Writing Script by christopher123(m): 11:39pm On Nov 18, 2014 |
notobs: Ete calabar I gave u linker...mr nsibidi inventor...i laugh in obudu 1 Like |
Re: Nsibidi: The Original Nigerian Writing Script by patrick89(m): 11:54pm On Nov 18, 2014 |
notobs:you are really going bananas.. I pity your life..... 3 Likes |
Re: Nsibidi: The Original Nigerian Writing Script by patrick89(m): 12:01am On Nov 19, 2014 |
notobs:you sound repetitive and that's what makes you a liar!! You are not from efik, Akwaibom or cross river!!! 5 Likes |
Re: Nsibidi: The Original Nigerian Writing Script by patrick89(m): 12:52am On Nov 19, 2014 |
notobs:this quote is more popular than bokoharam, are u an impersonator ? Show your real identity!! 2 Likes |
Re: Nsibidi: The Original Nigerian Writing Script by romeo(m): 12:58am On Nov 19, 2014 |
notobs: You are such a dumb backward fool. People from the Enugu Axis call masquerades Ekpe ever since i was a kid. I did Ekpe as a kid and we called it "Ekpe Umu aka" meaning kid's Ekpe. If Ekpe could be taken all the way to Cuba and Brazil, why not to neighbouring communities? Borderline "educated" illiterate you are. 9 Likes |
Re: Nsibidi: The Original Nigerian Writing Script by romeo(m): 1:04am On Nov 19, 2014 |
Most fools shouting about Nsibidi being their fATHER'S property can not even read or write it lol 6 Likes |
Re: Nsibidi: The Original Nigerian Writing Script by notobs: 1:29am On Nov 19, 2014 |
I will keep exposing all you revisionist historians, Truth is sacred. claiming other people cultural heritage is criminal |
Re: Nsibidi: The Original Nigerian Writing Script by notobs: 1:38am On Nov 19, 2014 |
romeo: The cubans and brazillian of efik/ibibio ancestry are the ones practicing Ekpe and Nsibidi , Not Igbo, Go there and also find the part of your Igbo history and cultural practices that were taken there and are preserved till today, we the Efik/ibibio have found ours in Ekpe/Nsibidi, the yourubas and other African groups have also found their culture preserved in the diaspora. The igbos should do same and not try to usurp our own cultural heritage. The igbos cultural practice includes the OSU CASTE system, ebegede dance etc, go to cuba and brazil and the Americas and do research to find out if the people bothered to preserve such cultural practices! and stop this intellectual fraud that you guys are projecting. 1 Like |
Re: Nsibidi: The Original Nigerian Writing Script by kmariko: 2:54am On Nov 19, 2014 |
notobs: Am enthused by your great historical knowledge. Could you please enlighten us on the relationship between your "ethnic" group the Efik and the Ejaaghams. 2 Likes |
Re: Nsibidi: The Original Nigerian Writing Script by ikeyman00(m): 3:13am On Nov 19, 2014 |
@@@ as Biafrans we already know we are direct children of God! The kingdom of God Yeshuaha not Jesus the white man brainwashed into must be restored of course Biafra There is also a pyramid in Biafra and u dnt know that what do they know ndi ara always try to rewrite history the oduduwa |
Re: Nsibidi: The Original Nigerian Writing Script by ikeyman00(m): 3:17am On Nov 19, 2014 |
@@@@ mind u the efik ibibo igbto are one people there is nothing like niger-delta even lord lugard in 1914 knew it! but then they can always try! we are seriously children of god that there is no point bowing to a yoruba pastor 1 Like |
Re: Nsibidi: The Original Nigerian Writing Script by ikeyman00(m): 3:18am On Nov 19, 2014 |
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nonesense! |
Re: Nsibidi: The Original Nigerian Writing Script by ikeyman00(m): 3:20am On Nov 19, 2014 |
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black man disease This is the reason Biafra must come! we are not in the same league 1 Like |
Re: Nsibidi: The Original Nigerian Writing Script by gemiclem(m): 5:41am On Nov 19, 2014 |
kmariko: is ejeeghams not in northern calabar?? is calabar not ibibio? #smh |
Re: Nsibidi: The Original Nigerian Writing Script by gemiclem(m): 5:42am On Nov 19, 2014 |
Origin The origin of nsibidi is most commonly attributed to the Ejagham people of the northern Cross River region, mostly because colonial administrators found the largest and most diverse nsibidi among them. Nsibidi spread throughout the region over time and mixed with other cultures and art forms such as the Igbo uri or uli graphic design .[5] In 1909 J. K. Macgregor who collected nsibidi symbols claimed that nsibidi was traditionally said to have come from the Uguakima, Ebe or Uyanga tribes of the Igbo people , which legend says were taught the script by baboons, [3] although one writer believes Macgregor had been misled by his informants. [14] Status Nsibidi has a wide vocabulary of signs usually imprinted on calabashes, brass ware, textiles, wood sculptures, masquerade costumes, buildings and on human skin. Nsibidi has been described as a "fluid system" of communication consisting of hundreds of abstract and pictographic signs. Nsibidi was described in the colonial era by P.A. Talbot as a "a kind of primitive secret writing", Talbot explained that nsibidi was used for messages "cut or painted on split palm stems". J.K. Macgregor's view was that "The use of nsibidi is that of ordinary writing. I have in my possession a copy of the record of a court case from a town of Enion [Enyong] taken down in it, and every detail ... is most graphically described". Nsibidi crossed ethnic lines and was a uniting factor among ethnic groups in the Cross River region. [5] Uses 1 Like |
Re: Nsibidi: The Original Nigerian Writing Script by kmariko: 5:54am On Nov 19, 2014 |
gemiclem: calabar is the name of an area in south eastern coast of Nigeria Ibibio is the name of an ethnic group found around the south eastern coast of Nigeria 2 Likes |
Re: Nsibidi: The Original Nigerian Writing Script by gemiclem(m): 6:52am On Nov 19, 2014 |
kmariko: apart from aks and cross river,tell me another state that speaks efik/ibibio |
Re: Nsibidi: The Original Nigerian Writing Script by papaejima1: 8:00am On Nov 19, 2014 |
Interesting topic |
Re: Nsibidi: The Original Nigerian Writing Script by pazienza(m): 10:01am On Nov 19, 2014 |
notobs: Taa! Ekpe is not an Efik/Ibibio thing. It is a shared culture between the Igbo and the Efik/Ibibio, no one borrowed from each other, stop talking trash. 2 Likes |
Re: Nsibidi: The Original Nigerian Writing Script by letu(m): 10:24am On Nov 19, 2014 |
[quoteauthor=MissMeiya post=28105150]Inspired by the Hausa Ajami vs. Latin alphabet thread. Someone mentioned Nsibidi and it reminded me of this project... From Wikipedia: "Nsibidi (also known as nsibiri, nchibiddi or nchibiddy) is a system of symbols indigenous to what is now southeastern Nigeria that is apparently an ideographic script, though there have been suggestions that it includes logographic elements. The symbols are at least several centuries old: Early forms appeared on excavated pottery as well as what are most likely ceramic stools and headrests from the Calabar region, with a range of dates from 400 to 1400 CE. Aspects of colonisation such as Western education and Christian doctrine drastically reduced the number of nsibidi-literate people, leaving members of the Ekpe leopard secret society (also known as Ngbe or Egbo), as some of the last literate in the symbols. Nsibidi was and is still a means of transmitting Ekpe symbolism. Nsibidi was transported to Cuba and Haiti via the Atlantic slave trade, where it developed into the anaforuana and veve symbols, respectively." From the Nsibiri Project: "The mission of the Nsibiri Project ('nsibiri' is the Igbo variation of nsibidi) is to record and appropriate nsibidi ideographic symbols for a writing system to be used by the Igbo language and Cross River languages such as Efik, Ibibio and Ejagham. This is being done by transitioning nsibidi into a morphographic script. Nsibidi is also meant to inspire and encourage learning of the languages it will be used in. Why not just the current ọ́nwụ́ script? I don't know about you, but I know quite a few fluent Igbo speakers that have trouble reading a sentence in the ọ́nwụ́ Latin-derived alphabet. If you give an average Igbo speaker a novel in Igbo, even with all the diacritics in place, they will not be able to read it as fluently as an English speaker reading an English book. The problem, for Latin, is that Igbo is a tonal language and it has limited grapheme's (symbols) to represent the many different tones, phonemes (sounds) and syllables that Igbo utilises. Latin was never made for Igbo, it was there for the convenience. Chinese, and some other tonal languages are read by billions of people with logographic writing systems. To a certain extent, Igbo/Ibibio was using some logographic symbols. Logographic symbols do not require you to pronounce individual parts of a word, but, rather, to identify the word as a whole which is important in languages with lots of homophones (where multiple words have the same sound). Ákwà, Àkwá, Ákwá are popular examples of Igbo tonality. Let's not forget the issue of Igbo language dialectal intelligibility and Standard Igbo; nsibidi could almost provide a solution to the issue of Igbo literature being unintelligible to certain Igbo languages, and the perceived bias towards certain languages by leaving open the pronunciation and variation of certain words and their tones. Nsibidi also cuts down words/sentences in Igbo, or those new/translated words that are actually sentences and that cannot be understood in one word using the Latin alphabet. With a logographic script, backed by a simpler yet relevant syllabary (now alphabet) derived from the design of nsibidi, Igbo writing can go places that it may have never gone before." Mockups of Nsbidi in use, from Nsibidi Wikia: (me) Onye wetara oji, wetara ndu. Mum e achuki lipel, achu le liyil. (my language) He who brings kola nut, brings life. (me) What is mbé? (Gin) Street sign (Gin) Rise of the Planet of the Apes movie poster (omenalamarketplace.com) E-commerce website (me) Anansi the Spider book cover (unfinished)[/quote] They should open a new school/center that will be base on teachin and diveloping of this Nsibidi alphabet within the 5 states of south east Nigeria and Akwaibom,Cross river state. |
Re: Nsibidi: The Original Nigerian Writing Script by solash: 10:34am On Nov 19, 2014 |
This Notob of a guy truly lacks common sense.. He probably has never travelled out of Calabar before. @ Notob pls travel around so you can truly acknowledge the cultural unity between the Igbos, Ibibios, Ejagham and Efik people, instead of lazying around in your starched shirt in Calabar south while infesting this thread with your hate and ignorance. I wonder what is it about the OP that you don't understand even in the face of facts. Anyways; someone just exposed you as a well known trouble maker and tribalist hiding under a different moniker. So now I see where your problem is coming from. Mind you some people are here to learn and not to be irritated by some mad tribalist. 5 Likes |
Re: Nsibidi: The Original Nigerian Writing Script by kmariko: 1:30pm On Nov 19, 2014 |
Op please do you have more info this project |
Re: Nsibidi: The Original Nigerian Writing Script by Herald47: 2:41pm On Nov 19, 2014 |
OboloMAN:please don't get it twisted,nsibidi was originated by the aros(igbo),efik,ibibio,ejagham and some of the other ethnic groups in cross river state,so don't link it to rivers state 1 Like |
Re: Nsibidi: The Original Nigerian Writing Script by Nobody: 5:47pm On Nov 19, 2014 |
cococandy:Everything u said about the ekpe masquerade is true! I love it so much...though its been long I saw ekpe or celebrated iri ji. Lovely culture 1 Like |
Re: Nsibidi: The Original Nigerian Writing Script by cococandy(f): 6:40pm On Nov 19, 2014 |
DailyNews:me too. Miss home |
Re: Nsibidi: The Original Nigerian Writing Script by cheruv: 6:55pm On Nov 19, 2014 |
Herald47:don't mind him..telling lies when the andonis knew nothing else apart from canoe making. the nsibiri is peculiar to the Igbo, mgboko and Ejaagham peoples... nations of the cross river basin. |
Re: Nsibidi: The Original Nigerian Writing Script by Herald47: 8:46pm On Nov 19, 2014 |
cheruv:anyway i didn't blame him because most indigenes in rivers state are fond of twisting history i.e the ikwerres |
Re: Nsibidi: The Original Nigerian Writing Script by InyinyaAgbaOku(m): 8:50pm On Nov 19, 2014 |
notobs: did you miss the part where they said it originated from crossriver and spread to Igbo land? In other words, they are all involved in the heritage . if it spread to igboland, what should prevent igbos from developing it? its just like formal education starting from the western countries, should Africans stop developing stuff because they didn't invent physics? Your arguments are redundant, igbos use the terms ekpe which you claimed didn't exist in igboland. You are really not from eastern Nigeria and you are fighting a lost cause . Nsibidi is now associated strongly with Igbo in formal settings and you can as well go and hug a transformer 5 Likes |
Re: Nsibidi: The Original Nigerian Writing Script by macof(m): 11:56pm On Nov 19, 2014 |
Ihuomadinihu: True but the differences are much more than the similarities. Efik/ibibio is one culture, Igbo is another And Nsibidi has it's origin in the Efik/Ibibio culture |
Re: Nsibidi: The Original Nigerian Writing Script by Wulfruna(f): 12:20am On Nov 20, 2014 |
macof: You can follow the link that was shared on this post (which Efik man Notob approved of.) The link went into some detail about Ekpe and Nsibidi and its origin. Start from about page 28 or so. The Efik only adopted Ekpe and Nsibidi in the 18th century from the Ejagham people, who are neither Efik nor Ibibio. In summary, the Igbo and Efik/Ibibio owe Nsibidi to a third group who they both borrowed it from. That group is the Ejagham/Ekoi. 3 Likes |
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