@ Gamine

wassup mami, i hear u calling me ur one and only papi

@Post,

why u dey bother yaself? If u go extinct the better for us. At least u can become a full fleshed yoruba

All these bad belle sef!

@Na2day,

You need to come back to Nigeria, Where is your Dad from exactly?

i say make u come meet me 4 here u say make i come back to 9ja, na film? i dey from Erunun-Uneme

Gamine:

All these bad belle sef!

@Na2day,

You need to come back to Nigeria, Where is your Dad from exactly?

Na2day,

OH thats great!!

Did you use to go to the Village??

if you can remember how it was, i can bet if you go there now

you wont recognise it,

The roads are gettin tarred and everything

people are building big big houses eh.

infact its no more the Hamlet we used to know

even though i loved those times, aah the memowiesssss!!!


Theres a lot of change going on, people are coming back to the village

do you know any Rev S.O Academe?


A[i]bout me coming over, you know we havent concluded plans oooo[/i]

about those plans, na u i dey wait for ooooo, me dey ready

Gamine:

Na2day,

OH thats great!!

Did you use to go to the Village??

if you can remember how it was, i can bet if you go there now

you wont recognise it,

The roads are gettin tarred and everything

people are building big big houses eh.

infact its no more the Hamlet we used to know

even though i loved those times, aah the memowiesssss!!!


Theres a lot of change going on, people are coming back to the village

do you know any Rev S.O Academe?


A[i]bout me coming over, you know we havent concluded plans oooo[/i]

You didnt even reply one question oooh

About 9 tribes that used to be in nigeria is extinct.

I wish this Gamine tribe doesn't become Extinct (This is the first time i've heard of them). I pray they don't become extinct.

i have only been to my village once dont knw no rev

Gamine:

You didnt even reply one question oooh

dont worry, gamine and i have plans on saving it

IFeoma:

About 9 tribes that used to be in nigeria is extinct.

I wish this Gamine tribe doesn't become Extinct (This is the first time i've heard of them). I pray they don't become extinct.

@Ifeoma

thanks For your concern

im so happy beyond words now, Things have changed for the better.

I am playing a part in making things move forward

afterall, it is where my roots are.

@NA2day,

im going to drag you back here,

we must attend Ukpe festival together.lol

sure, i agree but we must put first things first 

Gamine:


@NA2day,

I'm going to drag you back here,

we must attend Ukpe festival together.lol

Yeah I know,

Life is in Phases.

But I AM SERIOUS man!

We have to document it

iight, we will document it but when are we going to tie the not ?

Gamine:

Yeah I know,

Life is in Phases.

But I AM SERIOUS man!

We have to document it

Soon, my dear

soon.

na lie na igbo man gamine want to keep her tribe from mulitpyin

And you would know abi?

Igbo man KO!!!

na me be bad belle

no worry, u go soon be extinct

ma gbe ne gbo fia ke!!!!!!

Gamine:



ma gbe ne gbo fia ke!!!!!!

Interpretation ASAP

Eka??

Gamine,

u are trying me o. . .

Dear Gamine,
I have been looking for some information on Uneme mythology. I read in the Guardian Newspapers some years back,
about the Uneme myth of a visitor who visited seven worlds before visiting this world. Do you by any chance know of this?

There is a group on Facebook, Uneme Universalis, if you are Uneme, join!
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2033719&id=503822081&comments#/group.php?gid=55243569750&ref=mf


A little Historical Note

“Owing to their profession-Blacksmith, they (Uneme) were highly respected and regarded by their customers. While they (Uneme neighbours) waged war between themselves freely none of them dare wage war against Uneme. In fact, Uneme were always contacted for war weapons.
If an Uneme agrees to marry any of these peoples’ daughter, she is always given out without dowry; because that will enable her family to enjoy the generosity of Uneme in offering them farming tools to farm. However, no non-Uneme dare go to any Uneme daughter for marriage. Uneme girls were very beautiful, but secluded for Uneme men alone.

It was this respect and lack of opportunity to war freely with Uneme or to marry their daughters at will that degenerated into great fear by these Uneme neighbours. They were so afraid of Uneme that it eventually turned into the younger generations saying: we forbid Uneme.

Hereby turning into the whole "osu" of a thing. . .the things that fear'd do to a people


a curse was placed on the Uneme by His Royal Highness Oba Egbeka of Benin during his reign (around 1370AD). His Royal Highness Oba Egbeka got tired of constant war between the Uneme tribal houses and Benin Kingdom.

The Bishop stated that the charm for placing the curse was prepared for His Royal Highness Oba Egbeka by His Royal Highness Oba Ogiebo of Igbo-Orumila now known as Ijebu-Ode.
His Royal Highness Oba Egbeka used the charm to scatter the Uneme tribal houses and prevent them from further united action against him. The Oba’s warriors chased the Uneme from one location to another in Edo area until His Royal Highness felt he had defeated them completely.

This partly accounts for the dispersal of Uneme tribal houses in the northern part of Edo State, some parts of Ondo state and a small section of Awka in Anambra State. The five Uneme tribal houses make up ten towns and villages in Edo State. These are Uneme-Anegbette, Uneme-Nekhua, Uneme-Akiosu, Uneme-Ekpedo, Uneme-Erunun, Uneme-Akpama, Uneme-Udochi, Uneme-Uzanu, Uneme-Imiava, Uneme-Ayetoro


@jantavanta

Im still researching on a lot of things.

Im going to meet up with a woman who's descendants wrote a great deal about the Uneme.

still trying to get resources for the blog/website

As soon as i get any more info, i would post it and link back here, if you are Uneme join the group

@Gamine, sorry, I am not Umene, but I will check out the Facebook site this weekend. I like learning about Nigerian mythologies and languages with the purpose of finding similarities within and outside Nigeria.


It appears that The Uneme Nation were ostracized out of fear. Also they had a relatively advanced knowledge of iron smelting technology that
put them above their neighbours. They guarded this knowledge, the way modern day technologically advanced nations guard certain scientific
knowledge.

I used to know of a Professor Igbeka, a prof of agric. engineering! He must have been an Uneme.

ahh uneme still be topic? i thought it was extinct some years back?

@ Gamine

sweet heart, havent heard from u in a long time, are ur plans still in motion or suspended? hit me up on YIM

@na2day

You know the Ekhabafes abi?

please drop a condolence message in the group.

i, myself i dont know what to say, its just so sad. .

Gaminechic:

@na2day

You know the Ekhabafes abi?

please drop a condolence message in the group.

i, myself i dont know what to say, its just so sad. .

wat group? drop me the link or send me an email on facebook

@Na2day

Our group on FB, Uneme Universalis. . i thought you joined?

i probably did but havent been to most of my groups on fb for a while, will check it out

@have you found the Rev S O Academe? he has a very popular church in town, dont attend though

S.O Academe and Family are close to my family.

when we used to go to the village, we attend the church.

We arent so many anyway, most folks know each other