Gamine:

, I figure these days, Pidgin is cutting across every area.

I do know that these our languages are getting wiped out, I can hardly speak myself,
but I'm beginning to learn, I think It's up to us to actually take a stand and do something,
before these things turn to relics like so many others.
It's really sad that all people want to do now is speak Oyinbo pass Oyinbo.

Obiagu1:

Going extinct? It’s a bit confusing. Are Uneme people dying off, or being wiped out (annihilated) by others, or are they being transformed to other people?
If they are being transformed, what are they being transformed into? Bini, Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo.

isale_gan2:

I am so proud of what you've done. I think we have a great culture and rich history as Africans and should prioritise preserving it. I know there are people that simply don't care. We won't pay them any mind.

-Isale Gangan

Gamine:

I'm afraid I'm not doing enough,
but I'm glad I have been able to raise awareness so far.
Thanks

texazzpete:

You've kept at this for far longer than i thought you would. That's a good thing in my books.
With luck you'll marry a strapping Uneme lad and produce 5 Uneme kids who will jabber all day in the Uneme Language

Gamine: I am from a tribe called Uneme
Located at the Northern part of Edo state

and we speak a language by that name or 'Ineme'
it is one of the Edoid languages,


We number only about 25,000
and i don't think in the nearest future that number is going to increase

i don't kno who to blame;
My Parents
Our fore-fathers
or
the 'White Men'

Most of my generation can't evn speak the Language,
What a Dilemma
Soon my Tribe would be non-existent with no history watsoever
Gotta Do smthing

Someone out there
Someone serious
Some Advice!!

Gamine: lol@2legit

@Hero
i really dont understand where you are coming from,
But the thing is; most of my tribe people didnt allow
inter-Marriage, they wanted their skill secret to be kept
within the tribe,
But as modernity dawned on us, people started inter marryin
i guess thats when things, cultural values began to get misplaced

You can hardly see two 'Unemes' marry these days
i kno my husband wont be Uneme Sef,
Both my Parents are , but thats where it ends
i dont kno any one of my generation that have married 'Uneme-Uneme'

God Help Us.

sunch: Am etsako, and it wasnt long that i knew about the uneme in edo north. I believe the unemes has alot in their hand to stop this problem. I find out the unemes are outcask in Edo, though they are scattered around the edo north. While most of them fails disclosing their identity, to avoid rejection.

sunch: Am etsako, and it wasnt long that i knew about the uneme in edo north. I believe the unemes has alot in their hand to stop this problem. I find out the unemes are outcask in Edo, though they are scattered around the edo north. While most of them fails disclosing their identity, to avoid rejection.

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.

aigjoey: you are a big fool for saying what u don't no.... u lack a good historical upbringing.. right from creation the ESA KO had always been married to the uneme. go ask ur father if u have one

Planner:

Seun, culture is mearnt to last forever, otherwise God will not have created it in the first place. It is essence of who we are. It is our wholeness. So for you to say that you do care about your parent's culture is not too correct.

Gamine,
I think the world is going back to Babel language-wise. There are so many languages that are endangered. Blame it on the English language! However, like someone said try and document it both sound and written. If you can, pesuade the politicians to teach the language in the your area at the primary school level as a second laguage. It will help in creating awareness. Hopefully it may become a widely spoken language like welsh and hebrew.

Good luck.

RichyBlacK:
Gamine,

Is it true that your tribe is going extinct in 2012? Please confirm. I watched a documentary on ITV that talked about your people. Thanks.

historyb:
Gamine, I couldn't be wrong. I am absolutely right. I am from Akoko-Edo and know the history. The Unemes with their craftmanship in steel technology as at then, manufactured chains with which slaves where taken away by the colonial invaders for financial gains. This resulted in their being excommunicated. The tribe is now scattered around Edo State and could be found in Akoko-Edo (Uneme-Nokua, Uneme-Osu, etc), Etsako, Owan, etc. The Binis call them Uleme. Akoko-Edo has the largest settlement of the Unemes.

This is just a brief history. If you need details, I could go down history memory-lane and dig up facts and link you up with your kindreds with high political status in Edo State. Inter-marriage could only be done if the Uneme identity is unknown to others (friends and family members). A forum was recently launched in Edo State to correct this age-long segregation, This cannot work, because the fact remains that modernity cannot out-run inherited norms and values. It is deep rooted and will take generations to wash aways, excepting the story is untold to the new generations, which is rapidly not associating with the traditional tenets of their ancestors. I know about this history because I grew up at home in my village. How could I tell my child/children the same history, unless the issue is awakened by happennings.

Seun:
I would not be bothered even if Yoruba was going to fade. My identity is independent of my grandparents' culture.

scholes0:
Abajo!
No wonder .....

Seun:
I shouldn't have said that! Not that it's all that wrong, but saying it out loud wasn't beneficial.