For long I have seen us as a people wallow in denial. Even my family is not short of this. First of all I would start by saying I am Ikwerre to my father's side but schooled in Anambra. Why are we deceiving ourselves to think we are different from the Igbo ethnic group. Our language is the same, our culture is the same etc so why should we keep denying our Identity.

I for one am ikwerre and I know myself to be Igbo. To an average Nigerian, Ikwerre to them is Igbo whether in the North or in the South. My brothers and sisters, do not be deceived. Let us embrace our identity insisted or denying it.

Ibani na-madu, enough said

I'm an average Nigerian and I didn't know Ikwerre is Ibo.

Ikwere mu bu nye Ngwa bu nwenne zi nu mba. M bekwulem. Hne ndi-igbo kanu buru oma. O bu eziokwu nu nsogbu nu nkpa ke unu karilam hoo haa.

ndi-igbo:

Ibani na-madu

Mind explaining why you added this part in particular?

Ikwerre Kwenu! Alaigbo kwenu!!

Ikwerre meka. Hahaha. . . My Ikwerre friend will always reply by saying "diale". @ChinenyeN. Are you from Ikwerre?

desertboom:

Ikwerre meka. Hahaha. . . My Ikwerre friend will always reply by saying "diale". @ChinenyeN. Are you from Ikwerre?

It is "diali" not "diale".Also "dieli" depending on dialect.

@topic I will like a bit of slow down on this Ikwerre-Igbo issue because it is an in house issue.

Ele kuru iku si nu be vu wene zi nu mba mazi!

Abagworo:

Ele kuru iku si nu be vu wene zi nu mba mazi!

I menem. A Meka!

desertboom:

@ChinenyeN. Are you from Ikwerre?

No, I'm Ngwa. Us and Ikwere get relationship.

I'm tired of hearinf this Ikwerre is Igbo thing. I have Ikwerre friends who say they are Igbo and have also seen those that say they are not Igbo. I will not want to force down Igbo on anyone's throat. The most important thing is that Ikwerre is an Igboid language and are closer to Igbos linguistically, culturally than any other group in Nigeria. Even Ikwerres cannot deny this. Pls give this issue a beffiting rest.

afam4eva:

I'm tired of hearinf this Ikwerre is Igbo thing. I have Ikwerre friends who say they are Igbo and have also seen those that say they are not Igbo. I will not want to force down Igbo on anyone's throat. The most important thing is that Ikwerre is an Igboid language and are closer to Igbos linguistically, culturally than any other group in Nigeria. Even Ikwerres cannot deny this. Pls give this issue a beffiting rest.

We are not Igboid but part of igbo. I do not consider myself as an Igboid group but an Igbo group just like Ngwa and co

ndi-igbo, I'd still very much like to know why you said "Ibani na madu". Would you mind explaining that for me? Just out of curiosity.

Negro_Ntns:

I'm an average Nigerian and I didn't know Ikwerre is Ibo.

Shut up your putrid mouth, fool. You are two rungs below average Nigerian that is the reason you did not know ikwerre as Igbo. When the poster of the thread wrote about “average Nigerian”, he or she did not include your lazy arse as an average Nigerian.

Dede i na-atupuru ya onu maka gini?

It is instructive to note that ndi-Igbo is addressing his Ikwere brothers on this issue. It is most Ikweres that have issue on this as an average Igboman regard Ikwerre as Igbo. But I dare say this task is herculean as 7 Year old Ikwerre neighbour's kid aggressively insists she is not Igbo. At this point those Ikwerre elders who have lied to their subordinates need to come out in the light and make a similar statement just as ndi-Igbo have done on this thread. only then will this strongly entrenched falsehood begin to disappear.

We should also note that there are Ikwerre's who do not disclaim Igbo. For example, my wife is Igbo and she as well as her Ikwerre family are proud Igbo people. On my own part, I know my wife is Igbo and that is what she is actually.

Are we seriously going to go through this subject matter again? C'mon people.

ChinenyeN:

Are we seriously going to go through this subject matter again? C'mon people.

Thank you.

Chyz*:

Thank you.

See, you know what I'm saying. There's no need to continually dive into these topics with any kind of serious intent. I, for example, only took an interest in this topic because ndi-igbo stated "Ibani na madu", and I'm seriously interesting in why he said that.

ChinenyeN:

See, you know what I'm saying. There's no need to continually dive into these topics with any kind of serious intent. I, for example, only took an interest in this topic because ndi-igbo stated "Ibani na madu", and I'm seriously interesting in why he said that.

Don't worry yourself.That guy bu w'isoma.O bula ha ya kanu.

hm. Alright.

Please what is the meaning of Ikwerre meka and A meka?

This issue is only an issue to igbos and also only on Nairaland. In real life ikwerres never consider themselves igbo. If u like open a thousand threads and argue to eternity.

The same Ikwerre that seized abandoned property? The same Ikwerres that rejected the imposed Ibo NCNC candidate Elugwaraonu in favour of an independent candidate : Wonodi and disgraced the Ibo NCNC at the 1963 polls?