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Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by DozieInc(m): 11:00pm On Oct 14, 2017 |
Probz:I got a call so I hurriedly commented 'ok' that is my way of book marking this topic so that I wouldnt miss it. As an Igbo, I find this topic particularly interesting, it is good to know of Igbo groups in other countries, this is a good topic to research on. 28 Likes |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by Afam4eva(m): 6:02am On Oct 15, 2017 |
The stories i heard about the Igbos in Fernando Po (Now Bioko) is that they were Igbos who ran to Equatorial Guinea during the civil war and stayed there. If this is the case then the Igbo shouldn't be that different from what is spoken in Nigeria. 6 Likes |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by Justeenaleo(f): 7:33am On Oct 15, 2017 |
bigfrancis21:. |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by RedboneSmith(m): 10:32am On Oct 15, 2017 |
Afam4eva: Actually they have been there long before the Civil War. They started arriving there in the 1920s, if not earlier, to work as labourers on the Spanish Cocoa Plantations. 29 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by cheruv: 10:45am On Oct 15, 2017 |
Ebimor96:Kwusi ida apari! 22 Likes |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by eodavids(m): 4:26pm On Oct 15, 2017 |
This interests me. Thanks OP. 4 Likes |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by Ngozi123(f): 6:48pm On Oct 15, 2017 |
Thanks for tagging me bigfrancis. This is a really fascinating thread but do you know what the socio-political climate surrounding the Igbos in Equatorial Guinea is like? 13 Likes |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by Nobody: 6:07am On Oct 16, 2017 |
I met one In abuja her name is pedro catalina (Spanish name) I was wondering how come when I overheard her speaking Igbo, then she explained to me that some of them have ties to the bonny people of rivers state, I was suprised. 22 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by bigfrancis21: 3:13pm On Oct 16, 2017 |
Ngozi123: No I do not know much about them at this point, but from all indications, they do not seem to be suffering from a hostile/anti-Igbo environment as obtains in Nigeria. 24 Likes |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by bigfrancis21: 3:14pm On Oct 16, 2017 |
EzeEbira: Interesting. Equatorial Guineans do speak Spanish. Is she from Equatorial Guinea? |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by Igboid: 6:51am On Oct 17, 2017 |
Good one. Good to see that they are not suffering from identity crisis, though now surrounded by non Igbo neighbors and their original Igbo dialect now corrupted by importation and borrowing of non Igbo words, expressions and intonations from their fang and Bubi neighbors, this people still retained the Igbo identity. Kudos to them. Too bad we the Igbos in Nigeria can't be of much help to them in their independence struggle from equatorial guinea, seeing as we too are trapped in a retrogressive Nigeria entity and are struggling to free ourselves too. An independent Igbo nation would have offered them better assistance. Nevertheless, nothing stops us from reestablishing contact with them, as long as it doesn't draw the discomfort of their fang and Bubi neighbors who might start feeling that their allegiance is no longer to the island, but to the Igbo in Nigeria. This could backfire and put the Igbos in Bioko in disadvantaged position, as their Bioko neighbors might start alienating them, as paranoia driven stories of plans of Igbos In Nigeria to invade the island and take control with the help of Bioko Igbos might be hatched by evil power brokers in Bioko. So, I say we play this one cool with tact, and not be rash with decisions, to avoid puting those precious Igbos in Bioko at a disadvantaged position in their lovely island, or put them in position where they would have to start publicly denying their Igbo identity and allegiance, in order to ensure acceptance in the island by the Fangs and Bubi and enhance their survival by appealing to the paranoia of their non Igbo neighbors . Once again, Bigfrancis1, this is a lovely thread. You made my day with it. 31 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by Mpesa81: 1:19pm On Oct 18, 2017 |
I I’m from Bioko Island originally but grow up in Spain. I know my people history good and is true that Igbo people live in Bioko but they’re not the first habitan of the island. Bioko first know as Etula Eria is the land of my ancestors the Bööbe tribe know this days as The Bubi people. During the slave trade This Portugal people used our land as a port to introduce a lot of slave from different places to take them to the new world. Many of this slave they return back to Africa in the period of the abolistion. Wen the Spanish take the island as well bring a lot of slave from Cuba, Enmancipados,Calabar , Sierra Leona, etc krios. So my family is Rio from Sierra Leona mixed with the truly people of Bioko The Bubi people. My mother is from Sierra Leone and my dad y Bubi. I know my Culture very well. The Spanish government it’s made a lot of crime with people that they take over and take them to Bioko and punnish them in the farms and treat them like slaves. The Fangs they’re from the continental island but now they all migrate to our land and force us to the exile. Please is important to understand that The Bubi tribe they’re kind people they loved they land. Thanks 15 Likes |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by RedboneSmith(m): 1:25pm On Oct 18, 2017 |
Mpesa81: Nobody said Igbos got there first, dude. As has been said by many people already, they started coming there in the 20th century. 21 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by bigfrancis21: 2:59pm On Oct 18, 2017 |
Mpesa81: Thank you for this first-hand piece of information. Yea, we never said Igbos were there first, they arrived after the Bubi (original inhabitants) and Fang tribes. I have a few questions. How do other tribes (Bubi, Fang) view the Igbos in Bioko? What are the Igbos in Bioko known for? In what towns/cities etc. in Bioko can you find the Igbos? 15 Likes |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by bigfrancis21: 3:18pm On Oct 18, 2017 |
Afam4eva: No bro, they actually migrated to Bioko long before the civil war and are now considered natives/indigenous together with the Fang and Bubi tribes. 15 Likes |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by Nobody: 3:18pm On Oct 18, 2017 |
Mpesa81:You registered to make this comment or what. 7 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by Praktikals(m): 3:21pm On Oct 18, 2017 |
Awon endangered species. 3 Likes |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by Shakushaku1(m): 3:24pm On Oct 18, 2017 |
Mpesa81: New account 1 Like |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by Oloripelebe: 3:24pm On Oct 18, 2017 |
Let's check the shape of their heads to ascertain 2 Likes |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by oglalasioux(m): 3:25pm On Oct 18, 2017 |
Igbos know about this people. There's no village or community that doesn't have someone who has been there. There are dances and masquerades in my community that have their origins from Equatorial Guinea. 3 Likes |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by Dainfamous: 3:25pm On Oct 18, 2017 |
Igbo women in Israel 3 Likes
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Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by mustafa006: 3:27pm On Oct 18, 2017 |
say no more! the shape of there head in first pic says everything 3 Likes |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by Guyman02: 3:28pm On Oct 18, 2017 |
Now I know better, my elderly uncles used to talk about Panya and Fernando Po as far distance Igbo people. Because they were colonized by the Spanish it made the Nigeria Igbo to lose site of their kinsmen. Thanks OP for clarifying something that many young Igbos found hard to understand 7 Likes |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by eziokwubundunuwa: 3:28pm On Oct 18, 2017 |
bigfrancis21: Aro okigbo mma mma nu! The expanse and influence of Arochukwu cannot be overemphasized. 2 Likes |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by Nobody: 3:30pm On Oct 18, 2017 |
Igbo amaka 11 Likes 1 Share
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Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by TimeManager(m): 3:30pm On Oct 18, 2017 |
How can a mere 33,500 out of 1.2million be regarded a tribe? Igbos were refugees turned settlers in Equatorial Guinea, as such they are never indigenous to it. kiss the truth! 7 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by 1miccza: 3:32pm On Oct 18, 2017 |
Praktikals: Stop this and be sensible for once nobody invited u to this thread. 10 Likes |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by kanayoNickel: 3:32pm On Oct 18, 2017 |
therez something so relaxing about reading this... 9 Likes |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by 1miccza: 3:34pm On Oct 18, 2017 |
Big ups op and nice research work, would love to read about links of this nature to other Nigerian tribes too. |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by Guyman02: 3:34pm On Oct 18, 2017 |
oglalasioux: It was called Fernando Po by elderly Igbos and not Equatorial Guinea 7 Likes |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by lastmessenger: 3:35pm On Oct 18, 2017 |
They only went their to help in developing Equitorial Guinea. Abeg na joke o 2 Likes |
Re: Igbos Of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea - A Forgotten Minority Tribe by Praktikals(m): 3:35pm On Oct 18, 2017 |
1miccza:MTN: Best connection,everywhere you go Igbos: Minorities everywhere you go |
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