lol

Full for italy?

since when did Unemes start going to Italy

the only two countries aside Nigeria they know is

Canada and Britain

So mr man, get ur facts ryt!

bros, no pour sand sand for my garri ooooo, i still dey try toast this babe to be mine oooooo. my dearest gamine, the only sugar in my tea, etc, without u i go kpeme oooooo; without u i can't bring back the glory of the Unemes, so please, come to me, be mine for ever

presido1:

dey full for italo doing dia thing. Una population na 25 including you, you come de mess with Imo thread.

indeed

sweetest heart ever, happy new yr. our new yr resolution is to get married and save Unemes from extinction, right?

Gamine:

indeed

Na2day

Na today!
Dream on!

dreams come through my dear

Gamine:

Na2day

Na today!
Dream on!

Dreams come through?

through where?

I have a dream catcher, so dont even risk it!

what is life without risk. i am doing this all for your love my dear 2008 is our yr of saving our glorious tribe

Gamine:

Dreams come through?

through where?

I have a dream catcher, so don't even risk it!

ok ok

lets save it!

hooray!

God surely answer prayers. my sweetest uneme, my heart is filled with love and service to our good people and u. now that the task is placed squarely on our shoulders, i promise u we wont fail, and u wont be disappointed oya, give me your number, email address etc, we got a tribe to save

WOW, that was all i could say when i saw your pic. i just decided to check your profile and then your blog and i saw your pics and i was stone shocked. i didnt know u were half as beautiful, i did have saved this tribe long before now. oya, oya, we don't have any more time to waste, lets get down to serious business.


FYI: your beauty finally brings the argument to rest. there is only creation and not evolution because such beauty can not be a product of evolution but strictly creation. but wait oooo, when i look at some naija babes face, them really resemble wetin evolution fit cause; anywayz, i am finally carrying an african queen to my mama, e easy?

Part of the problem is the rape of Benin that occurred in the early 20th century. All those artifacts are entrenched in the British museum and I don't think we will be seeing any of them soon except through a detached glass box. Why do white people like to box things in? The second problem is our previous generation and ours. Our parents by virtue of being the more western educated generation as well as being survivors of war taught their children what they think they need to survive - no parent these days actively seeks to teach their children their language because they feel it's not a necessity to survive and that means so many languages, cultures and ideals are dying. I'm afraid for Urhobos and we are over 1/2 a million. I don't speak Urhobo, Igbo or Edo. I took it upon myself to learn a Nigerian language but the only one available to me over here is Hausa so I'm learning Hausa.

My advice:

Record WHATEVER you can about your culture whether online or on paper (Urhobos have www.waado.org). If you need help with the web part, I can give you some pointers. Record! record! record! Record historically significant dates, places, times, creation myths, songs, celebrations, pictures of Uneme people performing various rites, et cetera. Who knows, you might be the saviour of the Uneme. You can start off where that book earlier in the post left off (i.e. start recording Uneme history from 1962)

Good luck oh. I feel your pain. I'm going back home to study my mum's people and drink it all in. I'm tired of more oyinbo people teaching me MY culture.

girl, dont u worry about it, i have offered her my services and together we will save the tribe by starting our own small tribe.

omoovie:

Part of the problem is the rape of Benin that occurred in the early 20th century. All those artifacts are entrenched in the British museum and I don't think we will be seeing any of them soon except through a detached glass box. Why do white people like to box things in? The second problem is our previous generation and ours. Our parents by virtue of being the more western educated generation as well as being survivors of war taught their children what they think they need to survive - no parent these days actively seeks to teach their children their language because they feel it's not a necessity to survive and that means so many languages, cultures and ideals are dying. I'm afraid for Urhobos and we are over 1/2 a million. I don't speak Urhobo, Igbo or Edo. I took it upon myself to learn a Nigerian language but the only one available to me over here is Hausa so I'm learning Hausa.

My advice:

Record WHATEVER you can about your culture whether online or on paper (Urhobos have www.waado.org). If you need help with the web part, I can give you some pointers. Record! record! record! Record historically significant dates, places, times, creation myths, songs, celebrations, pictures of Uneme people performing various rites, et cetera. Who knows, you might be the saviour of the Uneme. You can start off where that book earlier in the post left off (i.e. start recording Uneme history from 1962)

Good luck oh. I feel your pain. I'm going back home to study my mum's people and drink it all in. I'm tired of more oyinbo people teaching me MY culture.

na2day?:

girl, don't u worry about it, i have offered her my services and together we will save the tribe by starting our own small tribe.

LOL! You be yeye!

i am only trying to fulfill my calling

omoovie:

LOL! You be yeye!

Which one be Uneme?

Gamine part of the problem is that the Ineme people are sort of seen as the Osu of that area. I know that etsakos traditionally will not marry an Ineme. Though it is changing now with our generation. That might be part of the reason why the numbers are falling.

so r u sayin that my beloved wonderful wife to be Gamine, is an Osu? make u stop that kind rough play ooooo

Outstrip:

Gamine part of the problem is that the Ineme people are sort of seen as the Osu of that area. I know that etsakos traditionally will not marry an Ineme. Though it is changing now with our generation. That might be part of the reason why the numbers are falling.

well gamine, just seeing this thread and i must say you got it really figured.

i am uneme and have always wondered why our village never gets bigger because i have been there several times and it's all the same year in year out.

i have also perused that hakeem harunah  book (an uncle once gave me to read) and i must confess i felt very proud of my heritage.

i speak my language albeit not fluently. so girl as omoovie and many others have said here, let's document, document, and document our heritage. i am taking this very seriously

I no be Osu ooh!

abeg o!

Like a poster advised.

Document
Document
Document.

I cant go to my village now for anything
but i can update the book my father wrote
translate it into an online version and add some more things
as for learning the lingo.
thats gonna take sometime, but i will def try.

Hi everyone,

Saw this and it really tripped me. Am Uneme and proud to be one. Would love it if we could get together form a forum, spread documents about our history and culture so that we could read.

Am saying this cos a great number of us dont know our language. Lets try keep the flag flying.

Long Live UNEME!

This is so good to hear!

Pipu oya join me in this noble quest!

Gamine:

This is so good to hear!

Pipu oya join me in this noble quest!

wat r u talking about? no make me vex oooo the only noble way to save the tribe is for me an u to do our biological duties, oya follow me sharp sharp before the time runs out on us

If i report you eh, ur eyes go come dan

Gamine:

If i report you eh, your eyes go come dan

report who? u ney dey fear face?

No be your type face i dey fear o

may u no try me sha

AJ asked afta you sef

Gamine:

No be your type face i dey fear o

may u no try me sha

AJ asked after you sef

e bi like say u no know say i be top share holder for MEND? na who bi AJ? i know say AJ means Ajegunle, i wonder how a whole AJ city go ask after me, na so i popular reach

May u no try o, i dey warn u sha

u no know say anoda uneme bros dey ask for my hand on NL here

na who hin bi?

Gamine:

May u no try o, i dey warn u sha

u no know say another uneme bros dey ask for my hand on Nairaland here

Abeg edonites
Sabongida-ora ko - any info. hope say we no be osu sha.

wetin be dis osu thing sef

@na2day
u dey craze

Gamine:

wetin be this osu thing sef

@na2day
u dey craze

u ney dey fear? u dey ask ur husband if hin dey craze. take time oooo, that coconut water wey u take mix with star beer don dey affect u ba?