phreakabit:

Well thank you fraudster. . . . However still haven't answered my question, regarding what you did with the donated funds you got for your non-existing digital library for Africa.

dayokanu:

How that one take "consain" you?

You wan attache on top another person money again?

bros i dey fear for you oo

Attache on top land, attache on top food, attache on top money

Is parasite your middle name?

russellino:

I don't really blame the ikwerres for the ludicrous denial of heritage. They allowed their politicians divide for political power. Also ppl elechi amadi applied his skills as a writer to mess with ppl's minds

phreakabit:

Quit using corny jokes as a cover up here. Answer the darn question.

naijaking1:

That's why it's especially sad.
Otherwise, it's not uncommon for people to deny kinship to a poor man. If you're rich and popular, every Tom and Joystick will want to be associated with you.  After the war, there was no question that Igbos were poor, so it paid to get as far away from being an Igbo as possible. So, intellectuals like Elechi Amadi adopted a laughably fabricated "Ikwerre history" and origin so distinct and hard to believe you'd think they fell from the moon.
So we have Rumumasi, Rumuigbo, R-amadi, R-elechi, and even R-Odili

dayokanu:

How e take concern you is the question here. Parasite

naijaking1:

That's why it's especially sad.
Otherwise, it's not uncommon for people to deny kinship to a poor man. If you're rich and popular, every Tom and Joystick will want to be associated with you.  After the war, there was no question that Igbos were poor, so it paid to get as far away from being an Igbo as possible. So, intellectuals like Elechi Amadi adopted a laughably fabricated "Ikwerre history" and origin so distinct and hard to believe you'd think they fell from the moon.
So we have Rumumasi, Rumuigbo, R-amadi, R-elechi, and even R-Odili

dayokanu:

How that one take "consain" you?

You wan attache on top another person money again?

bros i dey fear for you oo

Attache on top land, attache on top food, attache on top money

Is parasite your middle name?

phreakabit:

LOLZ!!!! I think I struck a nerve there. Eyah no vex ehn. LMAO!

NRI PRIEST:

Bros,how about the "digital library" wey you promise Africa
Almost peed on myself laughing at this grass eating goat!!

eastOFwest:

However, here's the gist; Ikwere's are Igbo-like, BUT THEY ARE NOT IGBO. Ikwere language and names are similar to Igbo's but they have cultures and traditions that are not related to Igbo's. To say Ikwere's are Igbo is like saying Portuguese are Spanish??

pazienza:

Ikwerre tribe will not add anything special to the other tribes that chose to remain in the larger igbo nation,they are not that important,you guys should stop making them feel important,of more importance are those igbo people indigenious to bonny,they are the ones we should be talking about,they can give us access to the sea,ikwerre is landlocked,Ph is not an ikwerre city now,the okirika(ijaw) people have a stake in that city now,ikwerre's  oil wells are not that much now.Left for me,they should be allowed to stay,they are not important.

Btw,can anyone tell me more about those wonderful igbo people indigenious to bonny?

ChinenyeN:

Apparently, eastOFwest does not know the first thing there is to know about "Igbos".

eastOFwest:

And pray tell me, what's the first thing there is to know about Igbos?

yarodin:

I never could understand the problem with Ikwerre people.  They bear names such as Ugochukwu, Amadi, Elechi etc, but deny they are Igbos.   The few Yoruba on NL saying "Na by force one must be Igbo" are also the ones that call them Igbos when they hear their names.    Don't worry, when the Ijaws are ready to overrun Port Harcourt is when they will remember that they are Igbos.  

ChinenyeN:

I'll explain using your own words.

"here's the gist; Ikwere's are Igbo-like, BUT THEY ARE NOT IGBO. Ikwere language and names are similar to Igbo's but they have cultures and traditions that are not related to Igbo's. To say Ikwere's are Igbo is like saying Portuguese are Spanish"

"here's the gist; Ngwa's are Igbo-like, BUT THEY ARE NOT IGBO. Ngwa language and names are similar to Igbo's but they have cultures and traditions that are not related to Igbo's. To say Ngwa's are Igbo is like saying Portuguese are Spanish"

"here's the gist; Izii's are Igbo-like, BUT THEY ARE NOT IGBO. Izii language and names are similar to Igbo's but they have cultures and traditions that are not related to Igbo's. To say Izii's are Igbo is like saying Portuguese are Spanish"

I could continue. . . .

eastOFwest:

Ok, this is probably just a topic to draw internet traffic (as usual).

However, here's the gist; Ikwere's are Igbo-like, BUT THEY ARE NOT IGBO. Ikwere language and names are similar to Igbo's but they have cultures and traditions that are not related to Igbo's. To say Ikwere's are Igbo is like saying Portuguese are Spanish?? To me, there are similarities between Spanish and Portuguese languages and names, and yes because their languages are all derivatives of ancient Latin and hence names.

Of course most Ikwere's understand and can speak Igbo and when they find themselves outside Rivers state they find it easy to identify and fraternize with Igbos (man must survive ), but when they get back home they re-affirm their Ikwere identity.

On a side note -  I was watching Tee-A the comedian interview the Nigerian singer Lynxxx (Chukie Edozien) and they were flowing as per Lagos stylee when suddenly Tee-A now jokingly said "make una no mind this guy o, the guy na Igbo man o, nnaKedu kodi". Lynxxx went out of way to emphasize "from Asaba o!, from Asaba o!".

maki:

Dreaming  

shymmex:

Word on the road is that Ikwerre don't want to associate themselves with Ibos because Ibos are LOSERS

You lost the war dammit

I don't blame them, I wouldn't if I was in their shoes - you lost the WAR

eastOFwest:

Going by your analogy - Nigerians, Ghanaians and Sierra Leonians speak English and bear English names, therefore we are English? Forget the language and name thing, investigate the culture and traditions. People might acquire names and lingua by close association or by being dominated.

afam4eva:

@eastofwest
You people have to understand that just as Ikwerre has it's own unique culture(names, food etc) different from the greater Igbos, so does Ngwa, Owerri, Asaba, Onitsha and co have their own unique culture. Or are you insinuating that all Igbos in the south-east speak alike?

Henritwist:

greedy igbos, ikwerrans are nt igbo and can never b igbo. Y do u pple dnt allow ikwerri 2 rest, there must b a hiden agenda. Is ur land nt milk nd fertile? Then wat is ur problem. Enough of all dis

pazienza:

Ikwerre tribe will not add anything special to the other tribes that chose to remain in the larger igbo nation,they are not that important,you guys should stop making them feel important,of more importance are those igbo people indigenious to bonny,they are the ones we should be talking about,they can give us access to the sea,ikwerre is landlocked,Ph is not an ikwerre city now,the okirika(ijaw) people have a stake in that city now,ikwerre's  oil wells are not that much now.Left for me,they should be allowed to stay,they are not important.

Btw,can anyone tell me more about those wonderful igbo people indigenious to bonny?