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When last did you visit your village? How often do you visit your home town? I grew up partly in the villa.
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big father (m)
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Been too busy to that !
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Caliente (m)
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@ big father
But do you know the place at all?
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ibkaye (f)
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Last Year Sept  |
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elodie (f)
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last year xmas 2007.
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$$Rhino
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Almost 5 years, and i missed it.
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Caliente (m)
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1990 is a damn long time. I guess you left when Charlie Boy was singing his 1990 hit song 
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big father (m)
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@ big father
But do you know the place at all?
Of course, i fit close my eyes drive down to the place sef ! |
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rubi (f)
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2005, I keep reminiscing about the old days in the villa
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Queenisha
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February 1990.
na wa o them banish una? |
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Ruby_Pearl
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Visited one of them on July 2005, didn't have time to visit the second one
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Caliente (m)
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 Aaaaa you also don't know the name? You should at least know the name. Don't your folks know it too or you've not bothered to ask?
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Ibime (m)
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I noticed that Yorubas do not visit their villages as often as Ibo's or Ijaws. Is there any reason?
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MrCrackles (m)
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Omo e don tey ooo!  |
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carnal
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@Ibime,igbos visit more because of their older folks are in the village while the yorubas especially those in lagos don't visit much because most of their elderly folks are in the cities,do you also know that alot of yoruba people don't take their people home for burial rites?
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Queenisha
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@Ibime,igbos visit more because of their older folks are in the village while the yorubas especially those in lagos don't visit much because most of their elderly folks are in the cities,do you also know that alot of yoruba people don't take their people home for burial rites?
That's not true. Igbos believe that your village is your ultimate home so no matter where they are, Christmas is not the same when you don't spend it in the village. We take pride in our villages We build our most gorgeous homes in our villages even if you have to spend just 2 weeks in a year there We go there to conduct our traditional and sometimes church weddings,anniversaries and ultimately our funerals. My parents live in a city,I was born in a city but the biggest and most gorgeous house they have,is in the village. An Igbo man without a home in his village is not yet a man. You can move to Lagos,Onitsha and Ijebuode. If you have a home in Lagos,you are expected to build your real home in your village. We take pride in our place of origin. Even when our folks have passed away or moved to anywhere else,our villages remain a place of pride We don't do "town marriages" any Igbo man that comes to marry someone,when the traditional things set off,everyone migrates to the village not Aba or Enugu where the woman and her folks may be residing. They move down home to Umuokonko Isiekenesi straight to her father's compound That is the real home Where she comes from,where her father,grandfather and great grand come from That is Igbo culture And we are very very proud of this.  can't wait to go to my village,my mothers and my hubby's |
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sima (f)
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Aaaaa you also don't know the name? You should at least know the name. Don't your folks know it too or you've not bothered to ask? welll. . . i know my state but not my village  n' my dad told mi d name several tymes but i just can't seem 2 cram it. . .  |
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Ibime (m)
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That's not true. Igbos believe that your village is your ultimate home so no matter where they are, Christmas is not the same when you don't spend it in the village. We take pride in our villages We build our most gorgeous homes in our villages even if you have to spend just 2 weeks in a year there We go there to conduct our traditional and sometimes church weddings,anniversaries and ultimately our funerals. My parents live in a city,I was born in a city but the biggest and most gorgeous house they have,is in the village. An Igbo man without a home in his village is not yet a man. You can move to Lagos,Onitsha and Ijebuode. If you have a home in Lagos,you are expected to build your real home in your village. We take pride in our place of origin. Even when our folks have passed away or moved to anywhere else,our villages remain a place of pride We don't do "town marriages" any Igbo man that comes to marry someone,when the traditional things set off,everyone migrates to the village not Aba or Enugu where the woman and her folks may be residing. They move down home to Umuokonko Isiekenesi straight to her father's compound That is the real home Where she comes from,where her father,grandfather and great grand come from That is Igbo culture And we are very very proud of this. can't wait to go to my village,my mothers and my hubby's That is very true for Ijaws also. Although we do not have to build our best house in the village sha. I cannot remember any school holiday when I didn't go home to my beloved Ogan-ama. Be it Easter, Summer or Christmas, even midterm holidays. |
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mesmya
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na wa o
them banish una?
i tire oooo |
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Bbeee (m)
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last month |
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tRoOE (f)
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I got no Village , am a Lagosian
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tRoOE (f)
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I feel ya burra girl  Me i`m from agege, infact i dey agege cyber cafe now, how you dey? If you need agege bread and some akara i can't still get you not too late
shey you fit send me agege bread and the togo beans
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bettes (f)
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@tRoOE: you supposed no where you come from even if na lagos.
@skfa1: i don't have a village as well; i'm from lagos our villages are usually streets.I'm from lagos island,hawley street
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