Igbo's Be United {from Ikwere To Kwale} There Is Nothing Like Fake Igbo

Why are IGBO's so disunited, a Delta IBO person would say am an IGBO person when he or she is in problem, but when things are alright the same person would say am not an IGBO, the IGBO's from ANAMBRA, IMO, ENUGU, ABIA etc would say those are not real IGBO'S. Dialectical differences does not mean we are different, we are all brothers, dialectical differences exist every where in IGBOLAND and thats what that makes the language interesting.
     Please if any body has a solution to this problem please come forward with your Ideas, a positive responds would be most appreciated  .

To hot angel


Yes the Anambra and Enugu people has no problem with there IBO Identity and so is the Imo and Abia, but they might be forced to say that the Delta IBO'S are not real IBO'S because of the Delta IBO'S state of mind, which depending on how he or she feels at a particular time might say am an IBO or my say am not an IBO, and that where the whole problem is, I think we need to change this.

Are u saying ikwerre's are igbo's .

if ikwerre were igbo, they'd call it igbo and not ikwerre.
Ikwerre is Ikwerre, Igbo is Igbo

OK

 To NINETO FIVE

Are you a fake IBO

I don't need to waist my time on this argument, If you are in doubt that Ikwerre people are IBO'S then you might as well be in doubt that Nkwerre people are IBO'S too, am sure you know better, there is no ethnic group called Ikwerre, is like you say Nnewi people or Aba people.

Look! i don't know where you popped up this theory from.
But don't give me that crap about Ikwere not being an ethnicity. ~~~ ROARS~~~

Am Ikwerre, I am not Igbo. I could understand when you say igbo are igbos even though the anambra's say they are the real igbos. But crossing your boundary and saying Ikwerre is Igbo, then i think i need to school you boy.

p.s
which one be Nkwerre

As a 'Delta Ibo' guy, I'd like to comment. From time immemorial, the various Igbo sound-alikes in Delta and elsewhere have striven to maintain their identity while the Igbos have always proclaimed that the others are Igbo.

I can tell you that even when the going's good NO Delta-Ibo guy would say he's Igbo. We've always tried to maintain our identity - unfortunately, because there're several similarities, everyone else wants to group us together.

You can't call an Urhobo man Isoko simply because they sound alike or an Ibibio man Efik.

My language is called Ukwani and there're a great many differences with the main Igbo language so. . .

We're not the ones who call ourselves Delta-Ibo - it was conferred on us. Forget your insinuations - what I'm saying is that nobody from that region will agree he's Igbo.

The only thing we've tolerated is as regards the use of Ibo instead of Igbo in Delta-Ibo. The languages are related but they're not the same - period.

Well said lioness - Fulanis are offended if you call them Hausa even though the languages sound alike and vice versa. This guy needs to do his homework.

_{By the way, I'm waiting for my hickey. . .}

Who conferred it on you , why have you refused to make any sense, are you listening to yourself, you came on this thread and introduced yourself as a Delta Ibo. You see am just seek and tired of having traitors {Note: very very few traitors, not generalizing } around me, it has happened to me twice, somebody coming to me and telling me please help me, am your brother am an IBO, but when I 've helped the person, to here the same person next time turn around an say to me ''ol boy I no be IBO o'', It makes my heart bleed. Well there is no time for emotions now,please show me your ethnic group and your Ukwani language on the map below. people are laughing at very few people like you .



 I started this thread to foster unity, all my write ups are not based on theory or assumption but facts, get yourself some education the map below would really help, do me a favor show me your Ikwerre tribe and your ikwerre language on the map below, I can see other ethnic groups but I can't see yours, are we getting somewhere now, are you confused?.


Nkwerre is a town in abia state


Is not a very good comparison because your Ukwani language is just the same as Uguta language in Abia state, try to find out.

there is no need to fight it .

To Zahymaka


Yes you better stop posting on this thread, 'cause you are not intelligent, the truth is always bitter, accept defeat.

NINETOFIVE,

Your map was from 1979 - when we had just how many LGA's
Your theory is that there are about 12 - 15 tribes in Nigeria.
There is a difference between Majority and minority ethnicity. What you have pointed out are major ethnicity and it  doesnt mean others don't exist.
1st of all Ijaw is no longer in Portharcourt. Where did tribes such as "Okrika, Kalabari, ndoni, etc" come from.  Are they also Igbo? or maybe Edo or Yoruba.


If you must exhibit your ignorance, do it with wisdom

Stop living in the past Ok.

Hello NINETOFIVE,
i understand where your coming from but i don't honestly think you'll make any head way.
Alot of past historians have argued this and even brought more than just Maps to prove it but at each time, there has been a counter map and historical background that has proved them wrong.

How can you say obvious tribes that stand alone should agree that they are igbos when even the igbo's feel that not all of them are truely igbo's.
I asked my flate mate who is anambra and he said they are the true igbo's his words "core heart of igbo" and he said the abia's are just outsketch of igbo. Even at marriage time, the igbo's select even within themselves.

So i really don't see you making any head way with this.

TO lioness

I told you before be civil in you approach, don't use abusive words, stop this market women style of approach, lets have a healthy argument here.


Are you trying to say that after 1979, Nigeria gave birth to other new ethnic minority groups, you are not making a lot of sense here, and also before i forget you should be able to know the difference between LGA's and ethnicity. LGA's are created but ethnicity is something you are born into, or to some extent a natural thing.

The people that drew the map are intellectuals and they have investigated all this things you are trying to pin point and came to a conclusion that is just a mere dialectical differences. how funny and stupid is it going to sound if every town in Delta state is declared an ethnic group just because some few people don't know what is called unity, that would be very cumbersome.



please be civilized stop being abusive , Let's come to your comment are you trying to say that Ikwerre was part of IBO in the past and now is no more or what is the living in the past issue.