sbeezy8:

I know someone names Obasi- but his whole name is Obasilekun- you are telling me that his name originated from Ibibio?
its not by force to claim everything it is what it is. If an American guy gets a DNA test and it comes back to being yoruba. Im not going to tell him to start learning yoruba or wear agbada LOL. Or if theres American chick who has a yoruba name Im not going to automatically think yea"she must have descended from yoruba".

Ive met enough people with Kwame name- to know that not every person who bears the name is from Ghana. Kwame kilpatrick ( Detroit mayor with sex scandal), Kwame brown( Nba player) ,

fstranger3:

Very true, I dont even want them claiming Yoruba, it is an insult to the rest of us. But for excanny and his goons, I understand how they feel, with no real achievement and indigenous sophistication to point to, it is no surprise that they've resulted to claiming things alien to them in an attempt to continue to remain relevant .

Its just annoying as hell.You will never see Hausas and Yorubas claiming, it is Igbos desperate for acceptance that are always tryna claim.

PS: Try advocating for the 'break-up of Nigeria, you'd see my Igbo biatches tying to claim Edo too. Its in their blood.

sbeezy8:

Nigeria: Rivers Community Claims Obama Has Nigerian Roots

Does the President-elect of America, Barack Obama, have roots in Nigeria? The Obama community in Rivers State says yes, claiming that the great-great-great grandfather of the next US President, who assumes office tomorrow, is their "kith and kin".

The community, which is in present-day Bakana in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State, said the name "Bakana" was a Portuguese creation as their real name is "Obama" which means "Oba's kingdom" or "Oba's town". "Oba" means king. etc . . .

http://www.genealogyblog.com/?p=464

fstranger3:

Now, if you have any ounce of self respect, you will prove your assertion.
If anything, it is Edos  that are trying to claim us and we have always, from the Ooni of Ife to the ordinary Yoruba on the street, tried to emphasize our differences. Go read Professor Ade Ajayi's book. Even here on NL, try reading Physics Post, get a tutor, preferably a native speaker because Physics syntax might just be too much for your Igbo brain,  careful analysis of posts on the relevant subject would impress it upon you that we do not like to claim people.

PS: That said, if claiming people into your already wretched ethnic group help you psychologically, by all means continue to do so

sbeezy8:

or that majority of black americans descended from Igbos - when all the DNA test of celebs I saw ranged from Ghana, sierra leone, Angola, Liberia (oprah) Nigeria etc.

they just need to relax or any and ever successful black person is Iigbo like Obama.

Obamas third great grandfather was from Rivers AHAHAHAHAHA LMFAO IM LAUGHING SOOO HARD RIGHT NOW.

excanny:


Big lie!    

You care to read this topic to see some of your Yoruba brothers' desperate claim for biniland.

You keep calling descendants of the skyman Oduduwa, and they've always told you they are NOT descendants of the sky-falling man.

Take a peep here to see how annoying your claims are.
http://nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-392592.64.htm#msg7727199

EzeUche_:

You know the community claiming that his great grandfather is from Rivers is not an Igbo village.

And if an African American family is from Virginia or Maryland. Most likely they are descendants of Igbo. T.D. Jakes, Blair Underwood, Danny Glover are all descendants of Igbos.

EzeUche_:

The Bight of Biafra was one of the largest source of slaves for the Americas. English colonies focused on slaves from that region, while the Portuguese and Spanish had a lot of Yoruba slaves. There is historical evidence for that.

fstranger3:

And they've also claimed Michele Obama:


http://www.naijarules.com/vb/news-current-affairs-politics/31833-obamas-law-married-igbo-woman.html

excanny:

Dude, calling you silly is an insult to the actually silly people. You are DUMB!

How does Michelle Obama's brother marrying an Igbo woman=Igbos claiming Michelle?

Egwe tufuo gi isi. Anuofia.

fstranger3:

And they've also claimed Michele Obama:


http://www.naijarules.com/vb/news-current-affairs-politics/31833-obamas-law-married-igbo-woman.html

fstranger3:

Because there is no evidence

People made it up just to link Michele Obama with the Ibos

Comprehension problem much?

sbeezy8:



[img]http://www4.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/Barack+Obama+Sworn+44th+President+United+States+8-kqfAaj4fWl.jpg[/img]

^^^^ the day he was sworn in with craig robinson and his "igbo wife"- i guess shes blonde and WHITE

excanny:

Dont Yorubas also claim nas?
http://nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-3541.32.html

fstranger3:

With your latest post, it is obvious you are having some mental issues

Are you one of the people described in this thread?


https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-548826.0.html

ezeagu:

I think it's nonsense to discredit him for his works and contributions to African independence because he served as a medical officer in the British Army. It is just as much as it would be nonsense for someone to discredit all that Malcom X had done because of his past as a gangster. James Beale was one of the first to speak up against White superiority and the thinking that everything African was inferior. He was one of the men who set up the foundations of what would become the independence movements in Africa. I don't need to lionize him, the man is a legend.

excanny:
@ Physics

You are right when you say that 'Okoro' as a name is not exclusive to Igbos. You of all people should know that the Igbos, Binis, Urhobos, Isokos, Itshekiris used to have trades and wars among themselves before the advent of the British, hence the shared word. That however does not mean that a shared word has no original source.

For example, Essence(the nigerian singer) bears Okoro as her family name, yet she's Itshekiri by tribe.

The article you posted as to the origin of the name 'okoro' is a debate for  another day. But with the versatility that name is used in Igbo, I can bet it's of Igbo origin(okonkwo, okoronkwo, okoroafor, okafor, etc). No other groups using this name have different forms of the same name like this.

Additionally, the author Peter Ekeh is an Urhobo(maybe Isoko) man who was trying to be one-sided towards disclaiming an Igbo origin to the name. I'm sure if you ask him, he wouldn't even know that his own last name is still of Igbo origin.

Your arguments are really flawed. Every shared word has an original source if you trace it well.

Ojo(definitely Yoruba origin)

Obasi(Ibibio origin)

Olorogun(likely of Yoruba origin from the way it's constructed. Many Yoruba words look like that. E.g olorioko, olowo,olomo, etc)

PhysicsMHD:


How is it nonsense? He had the opportunity to turn down serving as an officer to an army that was invading an independent African kingdom but he went twice to assist them. Kumasi was burned the second time. Kumasi and the Ashanti in general were an example of something that challenged ideas of black barbarity, and when the British entered Kumasi they were impressed by the palace. Then they burned the capital. Today all we have are photos of a few houses and a few reconstructed buildings. And then today they tell us that Africans were not capable of architecture - only huts.

PhysicsMHD:

As for setting up foundations of what would become the independence movements in Africa, I can't recall a single independence leader or movement that traced its inspiration to him. For example J.E. Casely Hayford, Edward Wilmot Blyden, and  I.T.A. Wallace-Johnson, tower over him in influencing independence movements.

As for being a legend, he's actually quite obscure in comparison with other black nationalists.

ezeagu:

The Ashanti held slaves up until the wars, does that take away from their contributions to African society?